Comedy Crime Drama
Charlie Kaufman is a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, and by the screenwriting ambitions of his freeloading twin brother Donald. While struggling to adapt "The Orchid Thief," by Susan Orlean, Kaufman's life spins from pathetic to bizarre. The lives of Kaufman, Orlean's book, become strangely intertwined as each one's search for passion collides with the others'.
Directed by
Spike Jonze
Nicolas Cage
Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Caroline Cunningham
Meryl Streep
Susan Orlean
Brian Cox
Robert McKee
John Malkovich
John Malkovich (uncredited)
Tilda Swinton
Valerie Thomas
John Cusack
John Cusack (uncredited)
Judy Greer
Alice the Waitress
Catherine Keener
Catherine Keener (uncredited)
Jim Beaver
Ranger Tony
Chris Cooper
John Laroche
Doug Jones
Augustus Margary
Ron Livingston
Marty Bowen
Peter Jason
Defense Attorney
Gregory Itzin
Prosecutor
Bob Stephenson
David
Nancy Lenehan
Kaufman’s Mother
Gary Farmer
Buster Baxley
Jay Tavare
Matthew Osceola
Roger Willie
Randy
Cara Seymour
Amelia Kavan
Litefoot
Russell
Curt Clendenin
Restaurant Customer (uncredited)
Julie Janney
Lisa Love
Orlean Dinner Guest
Agnes NaDene Baddoo
Orlean Dinner Guest
Paul Fortune
Orlean Dinner Guest
Paul Jasmin
Orlean Dinner Guest
Wendy Mogel
Orlean Dinner Guest
Lynn Court
Laroche’s Dad
Roger E. Fanter
Laroche’s Uncle
Larry Krask
EMT
John Etter
McKee Lecture Attendee
Ray Berrios
Police Officer

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