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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'.

"From the creator of Being John Malkovich, comes the story about the creator of Being John Malkovich."

Credits

Nicolas CageCharlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman

Meryl StreepSusan Orlean

Chris CooperJohn Laroche

Tilda SwintonValerie Thomas

Jay TavareMatthew Osceola