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In 2002 Screenwriter Charlie Kaufman (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Being John Malcovich) produced some of his BEST work.



Synopsis:The film stars Nicolas Cage as both Charlie Kaufman himself and his fictionalized identical twin brother, Donald Kaufman. 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. As Charlie struggles to shape the nonfiction novel into a film, he begins writing himself into the story of Orlean (Meryl Streep), a sad-eyed journalist, and her subject, renegade Florida flower expert John Laroche (Chris Cooper). The resulting tale extends far beyond the scope of the book, stretching from Hollywood to New York to...Hollywood four billion years ago.
-From RottenTomatoes.com

Nicolas Cage and Meryl Streep give phenomenal performances! A film with deep insight into Charlie Kaufman's life and the things about life. A truly inspirational film for me, and hands down one of the best movies I have ever seen.