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Adaptation. is a 2002 film directed by Spike Jonze. It was the second collaboration between Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman, who's credited as the writer along with his fictional brother Donald Kaufman, a character in the film.
He wrote the films Being John Malkovich (1999), Adaptation (2002), and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004). He both wrote and directed the films Synecdoche, New York (2008), Anomalisa (2015), and I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020). In 2020, Kaufman released his first novel, Antkind.
A few birthday cards on the mantel, two of them identical: "To Our Dear Son on His Fortieth Birthday." Charlie Kaufman, a fat, balding man in a purple sweater with tags still attached, paces the room. His incantational voice-over carpets the scene.
Susan Orlean and John Laroche are both characters in Adaptation, but so is Charlie Kaufman (played by Nicolas Cage). Charlie Kaufman's brother, Donald Kaufman (not a real person) is also a character in the movie. Also, despite being fictitious, Donald Kaufman is really credited as a writer of the movie.
Credits Gag: "Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman." The film is dedicated to Donald's memory as well. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, so Donald is possibly the only fictional character to receive any real-life awards nomination.
Dec 11, 2012 · And so, the real-life screenplay of Adaptation is actually credited — officially, according to the WGA and everything — to Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman, making Donald Kaufman the first entirely fictitious person to ever be nominated for an Academy Award.
Despite the success of his first produced script, "Being John Malkovich," for which he received an Academy Award nomination for best original screenplay, Charlie Kaufman is plagued by insecurities, both in his career and his personal life. When he is hired to adapt "The Orchid Thief," a nonfiction b.
