Adaptation

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film

Adaptation is a 2002 metafictional comedy-drama film written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Spike Jonze, known for its inventive narrative about a screenwriter struggling to adapt a nonfiction book.

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Adaptation canonical	8
Adaptation.	6

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film ⓘ
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
awardReceivedBy	Chris Cooper NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	The Orchid Thief NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOnAuthor	Susan Orlean NERFINISHED ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Lance Acord NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Spike Jonze NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributedBy	Columbia Pictures ⓘ
editedBy	Eric Zumbrunnen NERFINISHED ⓘ
festivalScreening	Berlin International Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	comedy-drama ⓘ metafiction ⓘ
hasTheme	adaptation process ⓘ art versus reality ⓘ writer's block ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainCharacter	Charlie Kaufman (fictionalized) NERFINISHED ⓘ Donald Kaufman NERFINISHED ⓘ Susan Orlean (character) NERFINISHED ⓘ
metafictionalElement	fictional twin brother Donald Kaufman credited as co-writer ⓘ
musicBy	Carter Burwell NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeDevice	film about screenwriting ⓘ self-referential storytelling ⓘ
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
portrayedBy	Brian Cox NERFINISHED ⓘ Cara Seymour NERFINISHED ⓘ Chris Cooper NERFINISHED ⓘ Jay Tavare NERFINISHED ⓘ Judy Greer NERFINISHED ⓘ Maggie Gyllenhaal NERFINISHED ⓘ Meryl Streep NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicolas Cage NERFINISHED ⓘ Ron Livingston NERFINISHED ⓘ Tilda Swinton NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany	Columbia Pictures ⓘ Intermedia Films NERFINISHED ⓘ Propaganda Films NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseDateUS	2002-12-06 ⓘ
releaseYear	2002 ⓘ
runningTimeMinutes	114 ⓘ
screenwriter	Charlie Kaufman NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting	Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ Los Angeles ⓘ