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missions Kaufman to write the adaptation of the book.
The film flips back and forth across time, alternating between the “present,” in which Kaufman is trying to write the screenplay, and three years in the past.
There are also various flashbacks and even an excursion to pre-historic times. Certain events take place on the set of Director Spike Jonze’s and Kaufman’s previous collaboration, “Being John Malkovich,” allowing actors like Malkovich and Catherine Keener to make cameos.
The title, “Adaptation,” doesn’t only refer to what Kaufman is doing to Orleans book. It also means that humans adapt to circumstances.
“Adaptation” has a serious point or two to divulge. In particular, it’s about the importance of passion in every endeavor. Laroche’s passion is orchids. Orlean’s one great need in life is to feel passion about something. And Kaufman desperately wants to write something original.
As film reviewer James Berardinelli says,"the movie takes great pains to skewer the script-bynumbers mentality of Hollywood. The final 15 minutes represent a parody of how things would have concluded had Kaufman followed the screenwriter’s Bible.”
The film is rated R and contains sexual material and nudity.
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