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Adaptation: The Shooting Script (Newmarket Shooting Script Series) by screenplay by Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman; based on the book "The orchid thief" by Susan Orlean is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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<p>"One of the most talked about scripts of the year, Adaptation is the story of an orchid collector (Chris Cooper), a journalist (Meryl Streep, as author Susan Orlean), and the screenwriter (Charlie Kaufman, played by Nicolas Cage) who, in adapting Orlean's bestselling book The Orchid Thief writes himself and his twin brother (also played by Cage) into the movie." "In the foreword, written exclusively for this Newmarket edition, Orlean reveals her own struggle to tell the story of the orchid, and her delight that "strangely, marvelously, hilariously, Kaufman's screenplay has ended up not being a literal adaptation of my book, but a spiritual one."" Kaufman and Jonze take readers behind the scenes of Adaptation and their other films to speak about how they collaborate, where truth and fiction diverge, the challenges of balancing various storylines, why they do not like to comment on the meaning of their work, and Kaufman's approach to writing.</p> <h3>Library Journal</h3> <p>Skate rat turned director Spike Jonze followed up his wildly inventive Being John Malkovich with another metaflick, Adaptation. Written by Charlie Kaufman, the man who brought audiences inside John Malkovich's

Author

screenplay by Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman; based on the book "The orchid thief" by Susan Orlean

Publisher

Newmarket Press; Dey Street Books

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9791557045118

Subjects

Sports, Literary Fiction, Humanities

Rating

4.29 / 5 (232 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14