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Adaptation. (2002) [R]

Release Date:
December 6, 2002

Original Title:
Adaptation.

Alternate Titles:
Adaptação.
Adaption.
El Ladron de Orquideas
El ladrón de orquídeas
Orkide-tyven
The Orchid Thief
Адаптация.
어댑테이션

Genres:
Comedy | Crime | Drama

Production Companies:
Beverly Detroit Studios
Clinica Estetico
Columbia Pictures
Good Machine
Intermedia
Propaganda Films

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: MA 15+  CH: 12  CZ: U  DE: 12  ES: 12  FR: U  GB: 15  HU: 12  IE: 15A  KR: 18  NL: 12  US: R 

Runtime: 115

From the creator of Being John Malkovich, comes the story about the creator of Being John Malkovich.

Overview from TheMovieDB

Nicolas Cage is Charlie Kaufman, 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'.

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Production

ADR Editor:
David Bach

Actor's Assistant:
Stephen Bures

Apprentice Sound Editor:
Everett Moore

Art Department Coordinator:
Patti McNulty

Art Direction:
Peter Andrus

Assistant Chief Lighting Technician:
Chris Weigand

Assistant Editor:
Nathan R. Fitzgerald

Assistant Property Master:
Chris Vail

Assistant Sound Editor:
Jeremy Molod
Julia Shirar

Boom Operator:
Lawrence L. Commans
Mark Fay

Camera Operator:
Thomas Lohmann

Casting:
Justine Arteta
Kim Davis-Wagner

Chief Lighting Technician:
Michael S. Adler

Color Timer:
Bob Fredrickson

Construction Coordinator:
Chris Forster

Construction Foreman:
Anders Rundblad

Costume Design:
Casey Storm

Costumer:
Anita Louise Brown
Marina Marit
Debbie Travis

Dialogue Editor:
David A. Cohen
David Franklin Bergad

Director:
Spike Jonze

Director of Photography:
Lance Acord

Dolly Grip:
Zoli Hajdu
Danny Andersen

Editor:
Eric Zumbrunnen

Executive Producer:
Charlie Kaufman
Peter Saraf

First Assistant Camera:
Mark Williams
Jamie Felz

First Assistant Director:
Thomas Patrick Smith

First Assistant Editor:
Eric E. Osmond

Foley Artist:
Marnie Moore

Foley Mixer:
Nick Peck

Foley Recordist:
Jory K. Prum

Foley Supervisor:
William Storkson

Hair Department Head:
Roz Music

Hairstylist:
Joseph Coscia
Larry Waggoner

Key Grip:
Gino Nix

Leadman:
Grant Samson

Location Manager:
Richard Schuler

Makeup & Hair:
J. Roy Helland

Makeup Artist:
Lynn Barber
Isabel Harkins
Allen Weisinger

Makeup Department Head:
Joel Harlow

Music Editor:
Adam Milo Smalley

Novel:
Susan Orlean

Original Music Composer:
Carter Burwell

Other:
Molly Hansen

Producer:
Vincent Landay
Jonathan Demme
Edward Saxon
Charlie Kaufman

Production Accountant:
Seve Spracklen

Production Coordinator:
Rick C. Taplin

Production Design:
K.K. Barrett

Production Sound Mixer:
Drew Kunin

Production Supervisor:
Andrew J. Sacks

Property Master:
Jeffrey Paul Johnson

Scoring Mixer:
Michael Farrow

Screenplay:
Charlie Kaufman

Script Supervisor:
Chiemi Karasawa

Second Assistant Camera:
Nina Chien

Second Assistant Director:
Brian O'Kelley

Second Second Assistant Director:
Gregory J. Smith

Second Unit Director:
Dan Bradley

Set Decoration:
Gene Serdena

Set Designer:
Lynn Christopher
Peter Davidson

Sound Designer:
Richard Beggs
David Abrahamsen

Sound Effects Editor:
Peter Staubli

Sound Mixer:
Mark Weber
Derek Vanderhorst

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Kent Sparling
Lora Hirschberg

Special Effects:
Gary D'Amico

Stand In:
Marco Kyris
Julie Janney
Jonathan Paley

Steadicam Operator:
Paul Taylor

Still Photographer:
Ben Kaller

Stunt Coordinator:
Dan Bradley

Stunts:
Scott Rogers
Rick Barker
Chris Carnel
Lane Leavitt
Norb Phillips
Darrin Prescott
Eddie Yansick

Supervising Sound Editor:
Michael Kirchberger

Transportation Captain:
Griff Ruggles

Transportation Co-Captain:
Ronald Stinton

Unit Production Manager:
Karen Koch

Video Assist Operator:
Mike Pickel

Visual Effects Supervisor:
Gray Marshall

Wardrobe Designer:
Ann Roth

Wardrobe Supervisor:
Stacy Horn
Shari Gray

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