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Director Spike Jonze
Producer Jonathan Demme; Vincent Landay; Johnathan Demme
Writer Susan Orlean; Charlie Kaufman; Donald Kaufman

A lovelorn screenwriter turns to his less talented twin brother for help when his efforts to adapt a non-fiction book go nowhere.

Twisty brilliance from screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and director Spike Jonze, the team who created Being John Malkovich. Nicolas Cage returns to form with a funny, sad, and sneaky performance as Charlie Kaufman, a self-loathing screenwriter who has been hired to adapt Susan Orlean's book The Orchid Thief into a screenplay. Frustrated and infatuated by Orlean's elegant but plotless book (which is largely a rumination on flowers), Kaufman begins to write a screenplay about himself trying to write a screenplay about The Orchid Thief, all the while hounded by his twin brother Donald (Cage again), who's cheerfully writing the kind of formulaic action movie that Kaufman finds repugnant. By its conclusion, Adaptation is the most artistically ambitious, most utterly cynical, and most uncategorizable movie ever to come out of Hollywood. Also starring Meryl Streep (as Susan Orlean), Chris Cooper, Tilda Swinton, and Brian Cox; superb performances throughout. --Bret Fetzer

Edition Details
Barcode 709629011175
Region Region 1
Chapters 28
Release Date 01/11/2005
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)
Subtitles English; French
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC]
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Surround [CC]
ENGLISH: DTS Stereo [CC]
FRENCH: Dolby Digital 5.1
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1
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  • Cast and Filmmaker Filmographies
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    • ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC]
    ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Surround [CC]
    ENGLISH: DTS Stereo [CC]
    FRENCH: Dolby Digital 5.1 Layers Single Side, Dual Layer Nr of Disks/Tapes 1
    Personal Details
    Acquired By Download
    Links IMDB
    Amazon US
    DVD Empire

    Features
  • Superbit DVDs utilize a special high bit rate digital transfer process that optimizes video quality and offers a choice of both DTS and 5.1 Dolby Digital audio. All Superbit DVDs start with high definition masters and double the bit rate of the original release.
  • All Superbit DVDs are widescreen presentations in the original language. Other languages are subtitled.
  • Cast and Filmmaker Filmographies
  • Trailer
  • Animated Menus
  • Scene Selections