


Charlie Kaufman is a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, and by the screenwriting ambitions of his freeloading twin brother Donald. While struggling to adapt "The Orchid Thief," by Susan Orlean, Kaufman's life spins from pathetic to bizarre. The lives of Kaufman, Orlean's book, become strangely intertwined as each one's search for passion collides with the others'.

Nicolas Cage
Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman

Meryl Streep
Susan Orlean

Chris Cooper
John Laroche

Tilda Swinton
Valerie Thomas

Jay Tavare
Matthew Osceola

Litefoot
Russell

Roger Willie
Randy

Jim Beaver
Ranger Tony

Cara Seymour
Amelia Kavan

Doug Jones
Augustus Margary

Gary Farmer
Buster Baxley

Peter Jason
Defense Attorney

Gregory Itzin
Prosecutor

Curtis Hanson
Orlean's Husband
Agnes NaDene Baddoo
Orlean Dinner Guest
Paul Fortune
Orlean Dinner Guest
Paul Jasmin
Orlean Dinner Guest

Lisa Love
Orlean Dinner Guest
Wendy Mogel
Orlean Dinner Guest

David O. Russell
Orlean Dinner Guest
Spike Jonze
Charlie Kaufman
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