Directed by Spike Jonze Written by Susan Orlean   Charlie Kaufman   Cast Nicolas Cage ... Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman Tilda Swinton ... Valerie Thomas Meryl Streep ... Susan Orlean Chris Cooper ... John Laroche Jay Tavare ... Matthew Osceola Litefoot ... Russell (as G. Paul Davis) Roger Willie ... Randy Jim Beaver ... Ranger Tony Cara Seymour ... Amelia Kavan Doug Jones ... Augustus Margary Stephen Tobolowsky ... Ranger Steve Neely (scenes deleted) Gary Farmer ... Buster Baxley Peter Jason ... Defense Attorney Gregory Itzin ... Prosecutor Curtis Hanson ... Orlean's Husband Agnes NaDene Baddoo ... Orlean Dinner Guest (as Agnes Badoo) Paul Fortune ... Orlean Dinner Guest Paul Jasmin ... Orlean Dinner Guest Lisa Love ... Orlean Dinner Guest Wendy Mogel ... Orlean Dinner Guest David O. Russell ... Orlean Dinner Guest Judy Greer ... Alice the Waitress Maggie Gyllenhaal ... Caroline Cunningham Bob Stephenson ... David Bob Yerkes ... Charles Darwin Lynn Court ... Laroche's Dad Roger E. Fanter ... Laroche's Uncle Jim Sandra Lee Gimpel ... Laroche's Mom (as Sandra Gimpel) Caron Colvett ... Laroche's Wife Larry Krask ... EMT Ron Livingston ... Marty Bowen Brian Cox ... Robert McKee John Etter ... McKee Lecture Attendee Ray Berrios ... Police Officer Nancy Lenehan ... Kaufman's Mother (voice) Susan Orlean ... Woman in Supermarket (scenes deleted) Uncredited Cast Lance Acord ... Self Brigitte Bogle ... Teenage Orlean Ryan Bosch ... Partygoer Jan Citron ... Flower Shop Patron Curt Clendenin ... Restaurant Customer Lathan Crowe ... Orchid Vendor John Cusack ... John Cusack Donald Dowd ... Cafe Customer Chip Godwin ... Bicycle Messenger Spike Jonze ... Self Catherine Keener ... Catherine Keener Jake Magnuson ... Cafe Customer John Malkovich ... Self Thomas Patrick Smith ... Thomas Patrick Smith Rheagan Wallace ... Kim Canetti Anne Zogby ... Wardrobe Supervisor Produced by Jonathan Demme   Charlie Kaufman   Vincent Landay   Peter Saraf   Edward Saxon   Original Music by Carter Burwell

Additional Info Premiere: December 06, 2002 Theatrical Release: January 10, 2003 DVD Release: May 20, 2003 Blu-ray Release: January 31, 2012 Country: Distributor: Shout! Factory Websites: Production Companies Beverly Detroit Clinica Estetico Good Machine Intermedia Magnet Productions Propaganda Films Distributors Columbia Pictures   (2002) (USA) (theatrical) Sony Pictures Releasing   (2002) (USA) (theatrical) Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment   (2003) (USA) (DVD) Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment   (2003) (USA) (VHS) Image Entertainment   (2011) (USA) (Blu-ray) RLJ Entertainment   (2013) (USA) (DVD) (reissue) Shout! Factory   (2020) (USA) (Blu-ray) The Criterion Channel   (2020) (USA) (TV) (digital) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.2 / 10 Our Rating 6.7 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 6.4 / 10 Female Users 6.2 / 10 Site Ranking #979 / 20,886 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 7 total ratings Almost Perfect 3 total ratings Average 3 total ratings Mediocre 1 total rating Crap 1 total rating Site Ranking #975 Red Sparrow (2018) #976 The Birds (1963) #977 Zombieland: Double Tap (2019) #978 Pocahontas (1995) #979 Adaptation. (2002) #980 Promising Young Woman (2020) #981 Cobra Kai: Season 5 (2022) #982 Cobra Kai: Season 3 (2021) #983 The Fly (1986)