Peculiar film about screenwriter Charlie Kaufman's troubles in adapting Susan Orlean's novel "The Orchid Thief" for the screen.
As played by Nicolas Cage, Kaufman is neurotic and paranoid and becomes particularly disturbed when his twin brother (also Cage) decides to become a
screenwriter too, attends a screenwriting seminar, develops a story, pitches it and sells it without much exertion or effort. Meryl Streep costars as
Orlean and Spike Jonze directs. Also with Chris Cooper, Tilda Swinton and Cara Seymour. [1:50 - R]
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