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''Malkovich'' writer, director score big with ''Adaptation''; Comic romp skewers L.A.

Publication: The Washington Times
Publication Date: 22-MAY-03 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: ''Malkovich'' writer, director score big with ''Adaptation''; Comic romp skewers L.A.(WASHINGTON WEEKEND)(PHANTOM OF THE MOVIES)

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Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES

"Being John Malkovich" screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and director Spike Jonze easily top that effort with their bold, witty, justly acclaimed comic collaboration Adaptation, new this week from Columbia/TriStar Home Entertainment. It's our ...

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In the film (priced for rental VHS, $26.95 DVD), a restrained, frequently very funny Nicolas Cage portrays both neurotic scenarist Charlie Kaufman and his identical twin Donald. When Charlie experiences difficulty adapting Susan Orlean's nonfiction best-seller "The Orchid Thief" from book to script page, he reluctantly turns to slacker/scripter wannabe Donald for advice. As Donald's dubious ideas intrude on the project, sensitive author Orlean (Meryl Streep) and her Everglades-dwelling subject John Laroche (Oscar-winning Chris Cooper) are increasingly run through the hack-thriller wringer, ultimately recast as secret lovers and...

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