Adaptation.

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comedy-drama film film metafictional film

Adaptation is a 2002 metafictional comedy-drama film directed by Spike Jonze and written by Charlie Kaufman, loosely based on Susan Orlean’s book "The Orchid Thief" and known for its inventive narrative structure and acclaimed performances.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf comedy-drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
metafictional film ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
awardReceivedBy Chris Cooper ⓘ
basedOn The Orchid Thief ⓘ
basedOnWorkAuthor Susan Orlean ⓘ
cinematographer Lance Acord ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception acclaimed ⓘ
director Spike Jonze ⓘ
distributor Columbia Pictures ⓘ
editor Eric Zumbrunnen ⓘ
genre comedy-drama ⓘ
metafiction ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter Charlie Kaufman ⓘ
Donald Kaufman ⓘ
John Laroche ⓘ
Susan Orlean ⓘ
musicBy Carter Burwell ⓘ
narrativeForm nonlinear narrative ⓘ
self-referential structure ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ
notableFor inventive narrative structure ⓘ
metafictional depiction of screenwriting process ⓘ
portrays Chris Cooper as John Laroche ⓘ
Meryl Streep as Susan Orlean ⓘ
Nicolas Cage as Charlie Kaufman ⓘ
Nicolas Cage as Donald Kaufman ⓘ
producer Edward Saxon ⓘ
Jonathan Demme ⓘ
Vincent Landay ⓘ
productionCompany Columbia Pictures ⓘ
Intermedia Films ⓘ
releaseYear 2002 ⓘ
runningTimeMinutes 114 ⓘ
screenwriter Charlie Kaufman ⓘ
setIn Florida ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ
starredActor Brian Cox ⓘ
Chris Cooper ⓘ
Meryl Streep ⓘ
Nicolas Cage ⓘ
Tilda Swinton ⓘ
theme adaptation of literature to film ⓘ
artistic integrity ⓘ
identity ⓘ
writer's block ⓘ

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Meryl Streep → notableWork → Adaptation. ⓘ
Mary → notableWork → Adaptation. ⓘ
subject surface form: Mary Louise Streep
Brian Cox → notableWork → Adaptation. ⓘ
Chris Cooper → notableWork → Adaptation. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Adaptation
Nicolas Cage → notableWork → Adaptation. ⓘ
Maggie Gyllenhaal → appearedIn → Adaptation. ⓘ
Spike Jonze → notableWork → Adaptation. ⓘ
Charlie Kaufman → notableWork → Adaptation. ⓘ
Charlie Kaufman → wroteScreenplayFor → Adaptation. ⓘ
Susan Orlean → inspiredWork → Adaptation. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Adaptation