Adaptation [dvd videorecording] /Columbia Pictures presents in association with Intermedia Films a Magnet/Clinica Estetico production ; producers, Edward Saxon, Vincent Landay, Jonathan Demme ; screenplay writers, Charlie Kaufman, Donald Kaufman ; director, Spike Jonze.
Contributor(s): Saxon, Edward
| Landay, Vincent | Demme, Jonathan | Kaufman, Charlie | Jonze, Spike | Cage, Nicolas | Streep, Meryl | Cooper, Chris | Swinton, Tilda | Seymour, Cara | Cox, Brian | Greer, Judy | Gyllenhaal, Maggie | Acord, Lance | Zumbrunnen, Eric | Burwell, Carter | Storm, Casey | Barrett, K. K | Orlean, Susan. Orchid thief | Columbia Pictures Corporation | Intermedia Films | Clinica Estetico, Ltd | Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm).
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Visual materialSeries: Publisher: Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, [2003], c2002Edition: Widescreen version.Description: 1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.ISBN: 0767879805; 9780767879804.Subject(s): Screenwriters -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama | Motion pictures -- Plots, themes, etc. -- DramaGenre/Form: Feature films. | Comedy films. | Video recordings for the hearing impaired. | Dark comedy films. | Film adaptations. | Fiction films.DDC classification: 791.4372 Originally released as a motion picture in 2002.
Based on the book "The orchid thief" by Susan Orlean.
Special features: theatrical trailer, director and cast filmographies.
Director of photography, Lance Acord ; editor, Eric Zumbrunnen ; music, Carter Burwell ; costume designer, Casey Storm ; production designer, K.K. Barrett.
Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Tilda Swinton, Cara Seymour, Brian Cox, Judy Greer, Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Blends fictional characters and situations with the lives of real people: obsessive orchid hunter John Laroche, "New Yorker" journalist Susan Orlean, Hollywood screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and his twin brother Donald. As Charlie struggles to adapt a best-selling book, he writes himself into the movie plot.
MPAA rating: R.
DVD, Region 1 ; Dolby digital surround, DTS surround.
Closed-captioned.
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Chris Cooper) in 2002.
Academy Award nominee (2002) for Best Actor (Cage), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Streep), and Best Writing for adapted screenplay (Kaufman and Kaufman).
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