Adaptation.

The movie 'Adaptation.' follows the story of neurotic screenwriter Charlie Kaufman, who is tasked with adapting 'The Orchid Thief' into a screenplay. However, he faces immense difficulty in the process, battling his own insecurities, lagging self-esteem, and the eccentricities of the book's author. As a result, he ends up writing himself into the script in this metafictional film.

• Nicholas Cage plays both twin brothers Charlie and Donald Kaufman.
• Meryl Streep's first movie with director Spike Jonze.
• The film was nominated for four Academy Awards.
• The screenplay is based on a real book 'The Orchid Thief'.
• Charlie Kaufman wrote himself into the script as a character.

• You are what you love, not what loves you.
• Charlie Kaufman: I've written myself into my screenplay.
• I suppose I do have one unembarrassed passion. I want to know how it feels to care about something passionately.
• I'm putting in a chase sequence. So the killer flees on horseback with the girl, the cop's after them on a motorcycle...
• The book has no story. There's no story. Ok. It's about flowers.