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A love-lorn script writer grows increasingly desperate in his quest to adapt the book 'The Orchid Thief'.
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A love-lorn script writer grows increasingly desperate in his quest to adapt the book 'The Orchid Thief'.
Best Actor in a Supporting Role | 2003 | Chris
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | 2003 | Meryl
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | 2003 | Chris
Best Screenplay Adapted | 2003 | Charlie
Best Supporting Actor | 2003 | Chris
Best Writer For | 2003
Best Writer | 2003 | Charlie
Best Film | 2003
Best Supporting Actor | 2003 | Chris
Best Supporting Actress | 2003 | Meryl
Best Screenplay | 2003 | Charlie
Supporting Actress | 2003 | Meryl
Adapted Screenplay | 2003 | Charlie
Supporting Actor | 2003 | Chris
Most Golden Globe awards won by an actress | 2017 | Meryl
Most Golden Globe Awards | 2012 | Meryl
Best Actress | 2003 | Meryl
Best Supporting Actor | 2003 | Chris
Best Supporting Actress | 2003 | Meryl
Best Casting | 2003 | Kim
Best Writing Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium | 2003 | Charlie
Screenplay | 2003 | Charlie
Best Screenplay Adapted | 2003 | Charlie
Best Supporting Actor | 2003 | Chris
Best Actress in a Supporting Role | 2002 | Meryl
Best Adapted Screenplay | 2002 | Charlie
Best Screenplay | 2002 | Charlie
Best Supporting Actor | 2002 | Chris
Best Supporting Actor | 2002 | Chris
Best Supporting Actor | 2002 | Chris
Best Screenplay For and | 2002
Top Ten Films | 2002
Best Screenplay | 2002 | Charlie
Best Screenplay | 2002 | Charlie
Best Supporting Actor | 2002 | Chris
Best Supporting Actor | 2002 | Chris
Best Supporting Actor | 2002 | Chris
Best Supporting Actress | 2002 | Meryl
Best Adapted Screenplay | 2002 | Charlie
Best Picture | 2002
Best Screenplay | 2002 | Charlie
Best Performance Male | 2002 | Nicolas
Best Supporting Performance Male | 2002 | Chris
Best Director | 2002 | Spike
Best Supporting Actor | 2002 | Chris
Best Adapted Screenplay | 2002 | Charlie
Movie of the Year | 2003
Jury Grand Prix | 2003 | Spike
Best Screenplay | 2003 | Charlie
Best Supporting Actress | 2003 | Meryl
Most Promising Performer For and | 2003
Best Writing Adapted Screenplay | 2003 | Charlie
Best Actor in a Leading Role | 2003 | Nicolas
Best Actress in a Supporting Role | 2003 | Meryl
Best Screenplay Motion Picture | 2003 | Charlie
Best Director Motion Picture | 2003 | Spike
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical | 2003 | Nicolas
Best Motion Picture Comedy or Musical | 2003
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | 2003 | Chris
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role | 2003 | Meryl
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | 2003 | Nicolas
Best Adapted Screenplay of the Decade | 2012
Best Motion Picture | 2002 | Edward
Best Director | 2002 | Spike
Best Actor in a Leading Role | 2002 | Nicolas
Best Actor in a Supporting Role | 2002 | Chris
Best Achievement in Film Editing | 2002 | Eric
Best Cast Ensemble | 2002 | Cara
Supporting Actress of the Decade | 2010 | Meryl
Supporting Actor of the Decade | 2010 | Chris
Adapted Screenplay of the Decade | 2010 | Charlie
Ensemble Cast | 2003 | Tilda
Lead Actor | 2003 | Nicolas
Best Film of the Decade | 2009
Actor of the Year | 2004 | Nicolas
Actress of the Year | 2004 | Meryl
Screenwriter of the Year | 2004 | Charlie
Best Foreign Actress Mejor Actriz Extranjera For | 2004
Best Foreign Actress (Mejor Actriz Extranjera) | 2004 | Meryl
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | 2003 | Nicolas
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role | 2003 | Chris
Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture | 2003 | Tilda
Best Edited Feature Film Comedy or Musical | 2003 | Eric
2003 | Spike
Best Comedy Film | 2003
Best Picture | 2003
Best Actor | 2003 | Nicolas
Best Supporting Actor | 2003 | Chris
Best Original Screenplay | 2003 | Charlie
Best Supporting Actress | 2003 | Meryl
Best Ensemble Cast | 2003
Best Picture | 2003
Best Actor | 2003 | Nicolas
Best Film Editing | 2003 | Eric
Best Supporting Actor Miglior attore non protagonista | 2003 | Chris
Best Sound Editing in a Feature Music Feature Film | 2003 | Adam Milo
Best Supporting Actor | 2003 | Chris
Best Picture | 2003
Best Director | 2003 | Spike
Best Actor | 2003 | Nicolas
Best Supporting Actor | 2003 | Chris
Best Supporting Actress | 2003 | Meryl
Best Ensemble | 2003 | Brian
Best Editing | 2003 | Eric
Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures | 2003 | Vincent
Best Actor in a Leading Role | 2003 | Nicolas
Best Actor in a Supporting Role | 2003 | Chris
Best Actress in a Supporting Role | 2003 | Meryl
Best Acting Ensemble | 2003 | Tilda
Best Screenplay Adapted | 2003 | Charlie
Best Actor in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical | 2003 | Nicolas
Best Actress in a Supporting Role Comedy or Musical | 2003 | Meryl
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Comedy or Musical | 2003 | Chris
Best Motion Picture Comedy or Musical | 2003
Best Film Editing | 2003 | Eric
Best Performance by an Actor in an Effects Film | 2003 | Nicolas
Best Adapted Screenplay | 2003 | Charlie
Best Supporting Actress of the Year | 2002 | Meryl
Best Director of the Year | 2002 | Spike
Trippiest Movie of the Year | 2002
Best Actor of the Year | 2002 | Nicolas
Best Supporting Actor of the Year | 2002 | Chris
Favorite Movie Poster of the Year | 2002
Best Actor | 2002 | Nicolas
Best Supporting Actor | 2002 | Chris
Best Screenplay | 2002 | Charlie
Best Screenplay | 2002 | Charlie
Best Supporting Actor | 2002 | Chris
Best Director | 2002 | Spike
Best Picture | 2002
Best Screenplay | 2002 | Charlie
Best Film | 2002
Budget 19,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 32,801,173 USD
To portray John La Roche, Chris Cooper grew out his hair, shed weight and used a prosthesis to create the illusion of a toothless mouth. Spike Jonze granted Cooper's request for numerous takes so he could find the right tone for the eccentric character.
Nicolas Cage has said that during the filming of this movie, he ignored all of his acting instincts and played the part of Charlie Kaufman exactly as director Spike Jonze asked him to. He then received an Academy Award nomination for it.
Based on writer Charlie Kaufman's struggle to adapt the best-selling book "The Orchid Thief" by Susan Orlean. Kaufman quickly got writer's block, since the book lacked the dramatic structure needed for a movie. So he decided to write a screenplay about himself struggling to write a book adaptation, exaggerating many of the story elements and characters, and making up new ones (such as a non-existent twin brother, Donald Kaufman.) Knowing that the producers would reject the idea, he did not tell them about the new direction in which he was taking the story, and simply handed in the finished script. Although this move was supported by Spike Jonze, Kaufman himself believed it would end his career, but it didn't.
In his renowned screenwriters seminars, Robert McKee now makes note that he is not against the use of voice-over narration, "despite what Charlie Kaufman says." His point is voice-over narration must add to the story, not describe what's already being seen on the screen, otherwise there's no reason for it.
In one scene, Charlie comes home and checks his mail. He is in front of a mirror, and Donald is talking to him behind him. The reflection of Donald in the mirror is actually the real Charlie Kaufman.
"Charlie Kaufman: There was this time in high school. I was watching you out the library window. You were talking to Sarah Marsh. Donald Kaufman: Oh, God. I was so in love with her. Charlie Kaufman: I know. And you were flirting with her. And she was being really sweet to you. Donald Kaufman: I remember that. Charlie Kaufman: Then, when you walked away, she started making fun of you with Kim Canetti. And it was like they were laughing at *me*. You didn't know at all. You seemed so happy. Donald Kaufman: I knew. I heard them. Charlie Kaufman: How come you looked so happy? Donald Kaufman: I loved Sarah, Charles. It was mine, that love. I owned it. Even Sarah didn't have the right to take it away. I can love whoever I want. Charlie Kaufman: But she thought you were pathetic. Donald Kaufman: That was her business, not mine. You are what you love, not what loves you. That's what I decided a long time ago."
"[first lines] Charlie Kaufman: [voiceover] Do I have an original thought in my head? My bald head. Maybe if I were happier, my hair wouldn't be falling out. Life is short. I need to make the most of it. Today is the first day of the rest of my life. I'm a walking cliché. I really need to go to the doctor and have my leg checked. There's something wrong. A bump. The dentist called again. I'm way overdue. If I stop putting things off, I would be happier. All I do is sit on my fat ass. If my ass wasn't fat I would be happier. I wouldn't have to wear these shirts with the tails out all the time. Like that's fooling anyone. Fat ass. I should start jogging again. Five miles a day. Really do it this time. Maybe rock climbing. I need to turn my life around. What do I need to do? I need to fall in love. I need to have a girlfriend. I need to read more, improve myself. What if I learned Russian or something? Or took up an instrument? I could speak Chinese. I'd be the screenwriter who speaks Chinese and plays the oboe. That would be cool. I should get my hair cut short. Stop trying to fool myself and everyone else into thinking I have a full head of hair. How pathetic is that? Just be real. Confident. Isn't that what women are attracted to? Men don't have to be attractive. But that's not true. Especially these days. Almost as much pressure on men as there is on women these days. Why should I be made to feel I have to apologize for my existence? Maybe it's my brain chemistry. Maybe that's what's wrong with me. Bad chemistry. All my problems and anxiety can be reduced to a chemical imbalance or some kind of misfiring synapses. I need to get help for that. But I'll still be ugly though. Nothing's gonna change that."
