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Adaptation.

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Adaptation.	comment	Screenwriter Charlie Kaufman, fresh off the success of Being John Malkovich, had a problem. He'd been hired to adapt the Susan Orlean book The Orchid Thief, about her experiences with rare flower hunter John LaRoche, into a film, only to find out it had no real story and was mostly about flowers. Going out of his mind with writer's block, he eventually went off the deep end and wrote a screenplay beginning with: "Screenwriter Charlie Kaufman, fresh off the success of Being John Malkovich, had a problem..."This only begins to touch upon the postmodern head trip that is Adaptation.note And yes, the period is supposed to be part of the title, a 2002 film directed by Spike Jonze that functions both as a surprisingly effective film version of Orlean's book, with Meryl Streep as Orlean and Chris Cooper as LaRoche (for which he won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar), retaining as much as possible the botanical and historical treatises on orchids; and as a layered deconstruction of the creative process.The film follows neurotic intellectual Charlie Kaufman (Nicolas Cage) and his tortured quest to write a movie where nothing happens, "like in real life", conflicting with his free-spirited twin Donald (a fictional character also played by Nicolas Cage), who has written a trashy thriller full of car chases and murders — the exact kind of movie Charlie hates. Unfortunately for him, it's also increasingly the movie he's in after a meeting with screenwriting mentor Robert McKee (Brian Cox) inspires him to move the story steadily further away from reality. All of this plays against the raging existential crisis running incessantly through Charlie's mind.The theme of "adaptation" gains a triple meaning throughout the film, referring not only to Charlie's attempt to adapt Orleans' novel, but also to the evolutionary marvel of orchids, and also to Charlie's own attempt to evolve and "learn how to live in the world".Among the film's accolades, it received four Academy Award nominations. Apart from the aforementioned Best Supporting Actor win for Chris Cooper, it was also nominated for Best Actor (Cage), Best Supporting Actress (Streep), and Best Adapted Screenplay. Kaufman was co-credited as a writer on the film alongside his fictional brother Donald, and as such both were recognized in the screenplay nomination; this made Donald the first fictional character in history to be nominated for an Oscar.This article is about the movie titled Adaptation. For adaptation-related tropes, see Derivative Works.
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Adaptation. / int_10f35f3a	type	Creator Breakdown
Adaptation. / int_10f35f3a	comment	Creator Breakdown: invoked Charlie goes through this, ultimately writing himself into the story.
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Adaptation. / int_177a6464	type	Genre Shift
Adaptation. / int_177a6464	comment	Genre Shift: Charlie asks Donald for help writing the film's ending...
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Adaptation. / int_18d15922	type	Title Drop
Adaptation. / int_18d15922	comment	Title Drop: In LaRoche's speech about evolution
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Adaptation. / int_1b65dfad	type	The Cameo
Adaptation. / int_1b65dfad	comment	The Cameo: John Malkovich appears as himself on the set of Being John Malkovich (Kaufman's previous movie where Malkovich played a fictionalized version of himself), along with John Cusack and Catherine Keener also as themselves dressed in their respective characters (Craig and Maxine). The sets and costumes were recreated to where it almost appears as if this film was actually shot during principal photography of Being John Malkovich.
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Adaptation. / int_22cf536c	type	Chekhov's Gun
Adaptation. / int_22cf536c	comment	Chekhov's Gun The montage at the beginning showed two alligators in the swamp where LaRoche is stealing orchids with the natives. They would later show up in the climax to save Charlie and Donald from LaRoche.
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Adaptation. / int_23011aa8	type	Hard-to-Adapt Work
Adaptation. / int_23011aa8	comment	Hard-to-Adapt Work: In-Universe Charlie has a mental breakdown trying to turn The Orchid Thief into a compelling screenplay, initially done as a Self-Imposed Challenge but he ends up questioning his own self-worth in the process. Meta-textually, this film was the end result of Charlie trying to figure out a way to tell the story.
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Adaptation. / int_2a090d00	type	Lampshade Hanging
Adaptation. / int_2a090d00	comment	Lampshade Hanging: "And God help you if you use voice-over in your work, my friends. God help you. That's flaccid, sloppy writing." It must be noted that in real life, Robert McKee says he allows voice over "despite what Charlie Kaufman tells you" as long as it does more than simply describe what's happening on the screen. Charlie questions the logistics of Donald's script, asking "How could you have somebody held prisoner in a basement and... and working at a police station at the same time?", and Donald responds "trick photography": This is of course in a scene where two characters played by the same actor interact with each other.
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Adaptation. / int_2cd22076	type	Fantastic Drug
Adaptation. / int_2cd22076	comment	Fantastic Drug: Susan and LaRoche are apparently hooked on a drug made from the Ghost Orchids.
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Adaptation. / int_2fd62e54	type	The Killer in Me
Adaptation. / int_2fd62e54	comment	The Killer in Me: Spoofed. Donald's hackneyed script "The Three" has the twist that the killer, the detective, and the victim are all the same person. Charlie complains that it makes no sense, but it's a smash hit anyway.
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Adaptation. / int_3149c4b0	type	It Will Never Catch On
Adaptation. / int_3149c4b0	comment	It Will Never Catch On: In a burst of inspiration, Charlie describes into a voice recorder an intro for his movie very similar to the actual intro to Adaptation. The next scene features him listening to his audio back with a disparaging expression, clearly disappointed.
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Adaptation. / int_352151a3	type	Recursive Reality
Adaptation. / int_352151a3	comment	Though this depends a lot on your definition of "truth." See Mind Screw.
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Adaptation. / int_370aad9	type	Split Personality
Adaptation. / int_370aad9	comment	Split Personality: In The Three, the detective, killer and hostage all turn out to be the same person. However that's supposed to work.
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Adaptation. / int_3fca462c	type	Deus ex Machina
Adaptation. / int_3fca462c	comment	Deus ex Machina: Discussed and defied. Charlie and Donald are saved from Orlean and LaRoche by alligators appearing and attacking LaRoche. However, this use is really a late-hung Chekhov's Gun as just before the third act where everything gets weird, Charlie is told by screenwriting guru Robert McKee that Deus ex Machina is lazy writing.
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Adaptation. / int_415b3315	type	Stylistic Suck
Adaptation. / int_415b3315	comment	Stylistic Suck: Donald's cliched thriller. At least, how much it sucks is based on Charlie's opinion of the material as described by Donald. Also, the entire final act; Charlie finally allows Donald to assist with the Orchid Thief script he's writing, thereby altering their own reality in the process.
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Adaptation. / int_48c99e19	type	Death by Adaptation
Adaptation. / int_48c99e19	comment	Death by Adaptation: As of 2020, John is still alive and well. He certainly wasnâ€™t eaten by an alligator.
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Adaptation. / int_4af55b78	type	Credits Gag
Adaptation. / int_4af55b78	comment	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. (Donald's "picture" on the Oscarcast was a picture of Charlie reversed.)
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Adaptation. / int_4dd46feb	type	Polar Opposite Twins
Adaptation. / int_4dd46feb	comment	Polar Opposite Twins: Donald and Charlie Kaufman.
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Adaptation. / int_4f62bde6	type	Kavorka Man
Adaptation. / int_4f62bde6	comment	Kavorka Man: Ron Livingston's character is an agent who isn't above using his job to score aspiring actresses. In conversation with Charlie he frequently breaks off in mid-sentence to mutter "Ooh, I fucked you in the ass!" at women passing in the background. Donald is another example.
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Adaptation. / int_5744f019	type	Lucky Charms Title
Adaptation. / int_5744f019	comment	Lucky Charms Title: The unconventional period at the end of the title.
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Adaptation. / int_603f1a80	type	Pragmatic Adaptation
Adaptation. / int_603f1a80	comment	Pragmatic Adaptation: Charlie approaches adapting the book in every way possible, going to far as to open the story with the beginning of the universe... and still getting nowhere. The movie itself is Charlie's answer to adapting a book that could not possibly make for a good movie (at least without an amazing level of Adaptation Decay). The irony is that the film is able to cover all important details of The Orchid Thief through Charlie's obsession with the lack of any narrative, only going off on completely original material towards the end.
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Adaptation. / int_653c5c73	type	Cannot Spit It Out
Adaptation. / int_653c5c73	comment	Cannot Spit It Out: At one point, Charlie runs into Susan on an elevator, and is immediately struck silent by her. He stammers once, but cannot muster the strength to speak to her before she steps off at her floor.
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Adaptation. / int_6bf93fc7	type	FanService
Adaptation. / int_6bf93fc7	comment	Fanservice: It's surprisingly abundant. There is a lot of toplessness (some of it coming from Meryl Streep of all people).
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Adaptation. / int_6c87dbef	type	Masturbation Means Sexual Frustration
Adaptation. / int_6c87dbef	comment	Masturbation Means Sexual Frustration: Because Charlie is too insecure to talk to Orlean, he regularly jerks off to fantasies of them having sex. He even jerks off to a waitress simply kissing him earlier in the film.
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Adaptation. / int_7d89315b	type	"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Adaptation. / int_7d89315b	comment	"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Charlie asks Robert McKee for advice on a screenplay where nothing happens. McKee epically shoots him down: Charlie gives a brief one to Susan after Donald dies and alligators kill LaRoche.
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Adaptation. / int_85557b38	type	Reality Is Unrealistic
Adaptation. / int_85557b38	comment	Reality Is Unrealistic: The crux of the below speech from McKee is that wildly dramatic and seemingly unrealistic things happen in the â€œreal worldâ€� every day, and that realism shouldnâ€™t have to be boring.
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Adaptation. / int_896459e2	type	Adaptation Decay
Adaptation. / int_896459e2	comment	Adaptation Decay: Charlie's inability to adapt Orlean's story. The movie is unique in being about its own adaptation decay.
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Adaptation. / int_8b5df221	type	Surprise Car Crash
Adaptation. / int_8b5df221	comment	Surprise Car Crash: Chris Cooper's character retells the story of how he lost his front teeth. The flashback shows him in the process of backing out of the driveway when his station wagon is hit by a truck. His mother and uncle in the backseat are instantly dead.
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Adaptation. / int_a4c37cbe	type	Mood Whiplash
Adaptation. / int_a4c37cbe	comment	Mood Whiplash: The final act, very intentionally so.
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Adaptation. / int_ad44a161	type	Ouroboros
Adaptation. / int_ad44a161	comment	Ouroboros: Donald first brings up the concept as a motif in his book; The victim has a tattoo of the symbol, and is forced to eat herself by someone who is her. When he explains it to Charlie, he forgets the name and refuses to believe Charlie when they remind him. At that moment, Charlie, so caught up in his self-destruction, compares himself to the Ouroboros as well.
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Adaptation. / int_adbbb5c5	type	Writers Suck
Adaptation. / int_adbbb5c5	comment	Writers Suck: Kaufman's self deprecation is the major theme of this film, and this self-loathing persists until The Climax. At the same time, however, Kaufman (the real writer) uses his Author Avatar to capture the triumph and joy of the creative process, and the qualities that separate a talented writer from a hack like Donald.
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Adaptation. / int_b53077b3	type	Take That!
Adaptation. / int_b53077b3	comment	It must be noted that in real life, Robert McKee says he allows voice over "despite what Charlie Kaufman tells you" as long as it does more than simply describe what's happening on the screen.
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Adaptation. / int_b5e63cc4	type	Shadow Archetype
Adaptation. / int_b5e63cc4	comment	Shadow Archetype: Donald functions as Charlie's Jungian Shadow, representing everything that he rejects about himself/his profession or doesn't want to become. And, true to Jung's idea, Charlie only grows as a person when he accepts that there are good things about Donald and learns from them after Donald's death.
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Adaptation. / int_b9d11ad6	type	Self-Insert Fic
Adaptation. / int_b9d11ad6	comment	Self-Insert Fic: A more professional example than most.
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Adaptation. / int_bef696dd	type	Mind Screw
Adaptation. / int_bef696dd	comment	Mind Screw: Seriously. Just think about it for a minute, especially considering that most of this story is true. Though this depends a lot on your definition of "truth." See Mind Screw.
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Adaptation. / int_bf67c13e	type	Opening Monologue
Adaptation. / int_bf67c13e	comment	Opening Monologue: The film opens with a black screen and Donald talking about his loser life for 90 seconds.
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Adaptation. / int_c190165	type	"How I Wrote This Article" Article
Adaptation. / int_c190165	comment	"How I Wrote This Article" Article: The movie is essentially one of these in movie form, following the general pattern of a creator having writer's block and deciding to write about their writer's block instead.
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Adaptation. / int_c4c9bb40	type	Inner Monologue
Adaptation. / int_c4c9bb40	comment	Inner Monologue: Which disappears the moment Robert McKee says it's hackneyed. It then reappears at the end, when Charlie can't think of another way to express his character (Charlie)'s thoughts and decides to hell what McKee thinks.
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Adaptation. / int_c5249b29	type	Nice Guy
Adaptation. / int_c5249b29	comment	Nice Guy: Donald is a very friendly man who gets along with everyone and supports his brother despite his occasional snarky retorts.
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Adaptation. / int_d013cd12	type	Lovable Rogue
Adaptation. / int_d013cd12	comment	Lovable Rogue: LaRoche. The fictional version of him, at least. The real one actually organized that poaching operation to draw the authorities' attention to the legal loophole.
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Adaptation. / int_d17eaa9f	type	Postmodernism
Adaptation. / int_d17eaa9f	comment	Postmodernism: The movie is an adaptation of The Orchid Thief, a book about poaching flowers, but it is also about Charlie figuring out a way to make a film adaptation of The Orchid Thief that could appeal to mainstream audiences while staying true to the source material. At the end, Charlie finally figures out a good way to actually adapt the novel.
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Adaptation. / int_dc77cb66	type	Multi-Gendered Split Personalities
Adaptation. / int_dc77cb66	comment	Multi-Gendered Split Personalities: An in-universe example, in which Donald's inane psychological thriller screenplay The Thr3e ends with the reveal that the cop protagonist, the killer he is chasing after and the female victim the cop falls in love with are all the same person. Donald chooses to cheerfully ignore all of the Fridge Logic and plot holes created by this plot twist.
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Adaptation. / int_dda99fa8	type	Despair Event Horizon
Adaptation. / int_dda99fa8	comment	Despair Event Horizon: By the end of the film Susan Orlean regrets everything she's done her entire life.
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Adaptation. / int_e0113647	type	Decon-Recon Switch
Adaptation. / int_e0113647	comment	Decon-Recon Switch: For movie clichÃ©s. Turns out even trying to make a script/film "about nothing" requires Acceptable Breaks from Reality. McKee's "The Reason You Suck" Speech at Donald even lampshades how Reality Is Unrealistic. Or? at least, thatâ€™s one interpretation. Another is that the first two-thirds deconstruct movie cliches, and the third act merely spoofs them.
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Adaptation. / int_e16217f8	type	Historical Villain Upgrade
Adaptation. / int_e16217f8	comment	Historical Villain Upgrade: Susan Orlean and John LaRoche are both real people and the movie does function as an adaptation of Orleans' book The Orchid Thief...up until about the 3rd act, where Orlean and LaRoche are "revealed" to have actually gone on to form a relationship, become drug addicts (and implied drug dealers), and then try and murder the Kaufman brothers to cover up the fact. Also presumably applies to the Native Americans who 3rd act LaRoche is shown to have caught also snorting the orchid drug. The real Susan Orlean apparently was shocked at the direction they wanted to take the script, but relented and now loves the movie. To a lesser extent, screenwriting "guru" Robert McKee is portrayed as an over-the-top, dictatorial egomaniac who shouts and swears at the people in his seminar, especially if they ask what he considers stupid questions, and viciously rips into any trope he considers to be tripe or cliche and the writers who write them (that part isn't necessarily fictional, mind). They had to get the real McKee's permission to put him in the script, of course, and he had no problems with the portrayal (in fact, he even suggested Brian Cox for the part) after seeing the movie, especially since Kaufman is if anything even harder on himself. He does think the movie simplified what he actually teaches, but also doesn't mind that as it suited the story.
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Adaptation. / int_e174e266	type	Nature vs. Technology
Adaptation. / int_e174e266	comment	Nature vs. Technology: Parodied, where Donald's Cliché Storm movie script includes a chase scene with the killer on horseback and the cop in pursuit on a motorcycle, which Donald describes enthusiastically as "technology versus horse". And the killer and cop are the same person.
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Adaptation. / int_ec40626	type	Love Martyr
Adaptation. / int_ec40626	comment	Love Martyr: Charlie tells Donald his girlfriend was unfaithful when he wasn't around. Donald responds that he knew, but he loved her, and could not change that just because she didn't act like she loved him.
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