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	Adaptation. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Where real life ends and adaptation begins is the question, as Orlean herself (Meryl Streep) and the orchid thief, John Laroche (Chris Cooper), are drawn into the story.
		As he came under increasing pressure to turn in a screenplay, the "adaptation" became a story of a screenwriter's attempt to write a screenplay about a book that can't be adapted into a screenplay.
		As the movie does contain large elements of self-reference, there is also speculation that Donald, the character who writes about split personalities and imaginary characters, might himself be nothing more than another aspect of Charlie's personality (as he is in real life).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Adaptation_(movie) (518 words)

	Adaptation (movie) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Adaptation is a fl comedy with surrealistic elements, released in 2002.
		Adaptation is directed by Spike Jonze, and is his second collaboration with Charlie Kaufman (the first being Being John Malkovich[?]).
		In this task she was worthily assisted by one of her brothers, course of time, and his wife died in giving birth to Oonah, who was soon poor; so that the praiseworthy desire of the brother to befriend his supporting two children instead of one.
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	Movie Review: Adaptation
		Adaptation conveys the struggle of writer Charlie Kaufman (Nicolas Cage) to adapt "The Orchid Thief" for a movie.
		And as the adaptation of the novel proceeds, Charlie finds that the people in and around the story must also adapt if they are to ever find happiness in life.
		The fourth Oscar™ nomination for Adaptation was for its screenwriters: Charlie and Donald Kaufman.
	www.ladylibrty.com /movie_review_archives/2003/adaptation.html (680 words)

	A Movie Parable: Adaptation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Adaptation may be the most self-aware screenplay ever to have been penned by a fat, bald, and repulsive writer.
		Whether it is the most ingenious face-saving moves in movie history or simply the product of a facile imagination, Adaptation investigates the so-called creative process while getting in its fair share of jabs directed towards the film industry at large.
		As one of the characters says in the film, "Adaptation is a profound process," and indeed it is. The act of changing in order to thrive and prosper in the midst of one's environment is something that is commonplace in all of nature.
	www.christiancritic.com /mov2002/adaption.asp (648 words)

	Adaptation movie review by Jim Eadon
		Adaptation is an increasingly rare breed of movie, a movie for grown-ups (I mutter, piously).
		Adaptation was not as moving as it should have been, but I reveled in the themes about mediocrity, passion, capriciousness and self-delusion.
		Ironically, this was where the movie unravelled: the acting became stilted, as if the actors themselves were uncertain how to play it, which in turn seems to have been down to fuzzy direction.
	www.eadon.com /movies/adaptation.php (611 words)

	Adaptation. Movie Review
		Above all ADAPTATION is, at least in theory, the largest cream pie that a filmmaker could throw in the face of an audience and still have that audience come up smiling.
		In Charlie Kaufman's adaptation of Susan Orlean's THE ORCHID THIEF, real life screenwriter Charlie Kaufman, here played by Nicholas Cage, is hired to write a screenplay for the book THE ORCHID THIEF by Susan Orlean (here played by Meryl Streep).
		I rate ADAPTATION an 8 on the 0 to 10 scale and a low +3 on the -4 to +4 scale.
	www.killermovies.com /a/adaptation/reviews/jdm.html (603 words)

	Adaptation Movie Review at Hollywood Video
		Before Adaptation ends, Charlie will break all the rules he has set out for himself, and the film will knock down most of the walls inherent in cinema.
		All this cleverness, however, cannot disguise the fact that the center of the movie—the adaptation, as it were, of Orlean's book—doesn't hold.
		"Adaptation is a profound process," murmurs John LaRoche (Chris Cooper) to Susan Orlean (Meryl Streep) in Spike Jonze's Adaptation.
	www.hollywoodvideo.com /movies/movie.aspx?mid=131765 (1437 words)

	Adaptation. Movie Review
		Adaptation is the story of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman (Nicholas Cage).
		It is based on his real experiences as a screenwriter (therefore, the movie makes heavy use of references to Being John Malkovich), and like his breakthrough work, there is heavy use of self-reference, only this time, it is to a much greater degree than merely one actor.
		Unfortunately, the two stars I DID give the movie were mostly for that acting, and to a certain degree, the interesting concept of a self-referential screenplay and the moments when that concept were handled well.
	www.killermovies.com /a/adaptation/reviews/jln.html (616 words)

	Adaptation. (2002) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		But it's a movie you have to go along with.
		It's one of the most original movies of the last ten years, but I'm sure it's not for all tastes.
		Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for Adaptation.
	us.imdb.com /Title?0268126 (545 words)

	Adaptation. - Movie Commentary by Scott Ventura (FeedMyEgo.com)
		The movie is about the adaptation of a book into a movie.
		The movie toys with these thoughts by having the brother write a screenplay about a multiple-personality protagonist.
		As Adaptation is not the most straightforward movie, I took this as one more piece of evidence for the "does Donald exist" argument.
	feedmyego.com /movies/A/Adaptation2002.html (579 words)

	Adaptation - A movie by Spike Jonze based on The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean November 2002
		In preparing for Adaptation, she chose not to meet with Susan because she "didn't want to be diverted by the truth." In turn, Susan has been in exactly one other film in her life, The Deer Hunter starring Meryl Streep.
		In a piece on holiday movies for The Boston Globe, the release date listed for Adaptation is December 20th.
		Adaptation is based on The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean...and that's only the half of it.
	www.susanorlean.com /adaptation/nov02.html (1899 words)

	Radio Free Movie Review: Adaptation (2002) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		So, to reiterate: Adaptation is the story of Charlie Kaufman and his writing of a story that incorporates and is based on a story written by Susan Orlean.
		If it is the latter, then Adaptation is a better observer of Hollywood cliches than it is a producer--Charlie's comments on Donald's paint-by-numbers screenplay are funny, but the brothers' involvement in their own corny melodrama is just silly.
		This lack of boundaries cranks out a movie that is worth a viewing or two, but I'm not convinced it is entirely deserving of all the critical acclaim it has garnered.
	movies.radiofree.com /reviews/adaptati.shtml (714 words)

	Adaptation Movie Review
		Adaptation plays as a sort of metaphor for writer's block, and while similar subject matter was displayed more brilliantly in the Coen Brothers' vastly underrated Barton Fink, Kaufman and Jonze have fashioned a compelling tale about what it's like to be a writer.
		Adaptation is an intimate, in depth look into the world of screenwriting, not only giving a satirical glimpse into the world of big studios, but a look into the mind of the writer himself.
		While certainly flawed, Adaptation is more often brilliant than not, and I greatly admire it for it's innovation and willingness to attempt something fresh and exciting.
	www.zboneman.com /movies/29.html (532 words)

	Amazon.com: movie info: Adaptation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Given the coveted job of writing an adaptation of Susan Orlean's THE ORCHID THIEF, he struggles mightily with his art and the downturn of his personal life, which is also desperately in need of adaptation.
		Spike Jonze's new movie, "Adaptation," is a funny and entertaining look at insecure screenwriters, Hollywood hokum, and the lengths to which people will go to get what they want.
		Adaptation is a heck of a strange piece of film, beautiful acting, wild story telling and even a fictional character that actually got nominated for a real oscar, now that's funny, were they clueless or just trying to be funny.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005JLRC?v=glance (1442 words)

	Movie Photos: Adaptation
		The Kaufmans write themselves into their movie with a terrific Nicolas Cage playing both characters.
		ADAPTATION is a deft and hilarious blend of fiction, reality -- there really is a book by Susan Orlean titled "The Orchid Thief" -- and movies -- we go on the set of BEING JOHN MALKOVICH.
		The labyrinth of a plot has a lyrical gem at its center as we go into the world that Susan captures in her book.
	www.allmoviephoto.com /photo/2002_Adaptation_photo.html (624 words)

	Adaptation Movie Review - Adaptation Movie Trailer - The Boston Globe
		But ''Adaptation'' wrestles with the central idea at the heart of Darwin's thinking: the system by which a new species comes into being, be it a sea turtle - or a screenplay.
		''Adaptation'' is about movies in the way that ''Malkovich'' was about the actor John Malkovich - the medium is beside the point.
		But ''Adaptation'' finds the whole experience toxic, ruinous, and alas unnatural, where ''Malkovich'' was an amusement park about the banality of celebrity.
	www.boston.com /movies/display?display=movie&id=1810 (957 words)

	Adaptation. (2002) - Movie Review - Movie Mania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This Adaptation is not of The Orchid Thief even though the book and its author are credited.
		He is funny when playing him as a Smart Alec but is poignantly sensitive when he bares his soul, and cynical and acerbic when he is neither of the former two.
		Adaptation has many witty moments, most of which are at Kaufman/Charlie’s expense.
	www.moviem.com /review.php?mid=83 (1013 words)

	OFFOFFOFF film review ADAPTATION. movie by Spike Jonze with Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Tilda Swinton, ...
		The lines between reality and invention are cleverly and schizophrenically blurred in "Adaptation.," the latest puzzle from the creative minds behind "Being John Malkovich" screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and director Spike Jonze.
		The ending of "Adaptation." is, as it turns out, a bit of a letdown especially since at one point in the film an authority on screenwriting suggests that an exceptional ending is what separates great films from merely good ones (so you're led to expect an extraordinary finale that never really transpires).
		Yet even the more obvious meaning of "Adaptation." cannot ignore that strange — and from a non-grammatical standpoint relatively disappointing — period at the end.
	www.offoffoff.com /film/2002/adaptation.php3 (689 words)

	Adaptation Movie Review - MovieWeb
		Based on the nonfiction novel The Orchid Thief, by Susan Orlean, which is itself based on the true story of John Laroche, a plant dealer who conspired with three Seminole Indians to clone rare orchids and sell them at exorbitant rates to plant collectors.
		The movie also tells of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman's (Being John Malkovich) attempts to adapt the novel to the big screen.
		But boiled down to its most simple essence, Adaptation is about the perils and needs for an artist to createâ”as well as the requirement for mutability as a Hollywood player, a lover, a writer, a human being.
	movieweb.com /movies/reviews/review.php?film=441&review=744 (746 words)

	News about Ender's Game: The Movie
		Still, Card warns, "No matter who writes the script, there are only a hundred and twenty pages available to tell a story that took more than five times that many to tell in novel form.
		The upshot is that all are agreed on a fairly detailed outline of a film that combines Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow in a way that will combine the most important elements of both.
		So there will almost certainly be scenes and even plot threads that you cared about which are not present in the film.
	www.frescopictures.com /movies/ender/endersgame_update.html (1338 words)

	Station Information - Adaptation (movie)
		It was directed by Spike Jonze and written by Charlie Kaufman.
		Nicholas Cage plays Kaufman, the screenwriter, who is having problems turning a book by Susan Orlean, The Orchid Thief, into a movie.
		Whilst Orlean, Laroche, and Charlie Kaufman are most definitely real, as is The Orchid Thief, Donald Kaufman is an invention of Charlie, as are many of the other events in the film.
	www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/a/ad/adaptation__movie_.html (134 words)

	Adaptation - A movie by Spike Jonze based on The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean October 2002
		Fatboy remixing Adaptation :: According to this article in Rolling Stone, Fatboy Slim is "working on a remix of the theme for the upcoming Spike Jonze movie Adaptation".
		Screening of Adaptation in SF :: The New Yorker is holding a "series of signature programs" in San Francisco on Oct 23-26 called New Yorker Nights.
		The third night of the festivities (Oct 25th @ 7pm to be precise) is a screening of Adaptation at the SFMOMA with Susan and Messrs.
	www.susanorlean.com /adaptation/oct02.html (1725 words)

	"Adaptation" Movie Review by Kevin Carr - 7M Pictures
		“Adaptation” is the story of Kaufman (Nicolas Cage), who has been hired by a studio to adapt Susan Orlean’s nonfiction book “The Orchid Thief” into a feature-length screenplay.
		He falls insanely behind on his deadline before he even is able to get past page one, and his obsessive personality causes him to focus in a somewhat unhealthy manner on the book’s author (Meryl Streep) - and various other women he encounters from ex-girlfriends to a waitress at a local restaurant.
		“Adaptation” shows the ridiculous hero worship of McKee (played by Brian Cox) by his students, and gives us great insight into how much of a racket McKee is operating.
	www.7mpictures.com /inside/reviews/adaptation_review.htm (772 words)

	regarding: Adaptation weblog - about a movie by Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman based on The Orchid Thief by Susan ...
		Orchid Fever begat The Orchid Thief begat Adaptation begat this weblog.
		Adaptation DVD :: Steve brings word that Adaptation will be out on DVD (cover art) on May 20th.
		This is disappointing as Adaptation is a movie that cries out for bonus materials (and an odd choice because Adaptation doesn't seem like the type of film that needs a higher-than-normal quality picture or sound).
	www.susanorlean.com /adaptation (1225 words)

	Reviews: Garfield: The Movie - Christianity Today Movies
		While some adaptations of comic characters end up scaring the children or offending the parents, Davis, Cohen and Sokolow have chosen to retain the charm and gentle wit of the strip.
		Because this is a movie and not a comic strip, a narrative with a resolvable conflict was needed.
		Michael Elliott (Movie Parables) says, "The trailer leaves us with the strong and unmistakable impression that the film is going to be a boring, unfaithful, and unfunny bastardization of the popular comic strip.
	www.christianitytoday.com /movies/reviews/garfield.html (1560 words)

	Adaptation Spike Jonze Movie starring Nicholas Cage
		Adaptation zooms around in time, going as far back as the bubbling beginnings of the planet, with zippy little visual essays on Darwin and orchids.
		Adaptation gets at the way we build erotic scenarios around the authors we read and how we imagine their real lives to be.
		Adaptation is full of defeatism: Charlie the nut-brain artist flounders while his brother’s laughable high-concept script sells for a fortune.
	www.newyorkmetro.com /nymetro/movies/reviews/n_8075 (1192 words)

	Frank's Reel Movie Reviews -Adaptation
		Both the blessing and the curse of Adaptation is that it is a true film-lover's movie.
		The problem is that, if you're a regular old Joe who only loves to go to the movies on Saturday nights with your significant other, you're probably not going to like it.
		That might be generalizing a bit, but considering the fact that the entire running time of the film revolves around a writer trying to adapt a best-selling novel into a film and the trouble he has, it a hard sell for your average run-of-the-mill moviegoer.
	www.franksreelreviews.com /reviews/adaptation.htm (598 words)

	USATODAY.com - Cage's 'Adaptation'? Sorry, Charlie ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It is New Yorker writer Susan Orlean's non-fiction The Orchid Thief, which concerns flower breeding, plant adaptation (the movie's title has dual meanings) and a self-made thief of rare orchids (Chris Cooper, minus his front teeth).
		Even at its best, Adaptation is one of the movie year's most esoteric outings — more so than even Paul Thomas Anderson's far superior Punch-drunk Love.
		Too smart to ignore but a little too smugly superior to like, this could be a movie that ends up slapping its target audience in the face by shooting itself in the foot.
	www.usatoday.com /life/movies/reviews/2002-12-05-adaptation_x.htm (517 words)

	Adaptation-Psychology ® Psychotherapy & Counseling in New York - Adaptation-the movie - New York ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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		"ADAPTATION - PSYCHOLOGY for a Changing World" was a registered trademark long before the film.
		"Adaptation means you figure out how to survive in the world.
	www.adaptation.net /generic53.html (98 words)

	Adaptation DVD at Video Universe
		While the boisterous Donald freeloads off of his sibling and works on a serial-killer movie script, Charlie is tormented by both his own army of neuroses and his new project, adapting THE ORCHID THIEF by Susan Orlean into a screenplay.
		Kaufman and Jonze skillfully sidestep the pitfalls of such a seemingly self-indulgent project, creating a multilayered film that focuses on the writing process as well as the nature of beauty, the beauty of nature, and dozens of other significant themes.
		Careening wildly between the hilarious, the ridiculous, and the poignant, Kaufman and Jonze's ADAPTATION is another fine example of their bravura yet sincere style of cinema.
	www.cduniverse.com /search/xx/movie/pid/5739960/a/Adaptation.htm (565 words)

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