DVD
Adaptation
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (CEN, EAS)
Edition
Widescreen version.
Performers
Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Tilda Swinton, Cara Seymour, Brian Cox, Judy Greer, Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Publication Information
Culver City, CA : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, c2003.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
This film blends fictional characters and situations with the lives of real people: obsessive orchid hunter, John Laroche, "New Yorker" journalist Susan Orlean, Hollywood screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and his twin brother Donald. As Charlie struggles to adapt a best-selling book, he writes himself into the movie plot. The various stories crash into one another exploding into a wildly imaginative film.
Notes
DVD format, Region 1 ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround sound.
Videodisc release of the 2002 motion picture.
Based on the book "The orchid thief" by Susan Orlean.
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Rated R for language, sexuality, some drug use and violent images.
In English with optional French language soundtrack ; optional subtitles in English and French.
Special features include: Cast and filmmaker filmographies ; theatrical trailer ; animated menus ; scene selections.
Presented in a widescreen version which preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1.