Cinematic background from Adaptation. 2002 - Nicolas Cage is Charlie Kaufman, a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, and by the screenwriting ambitions of his freeloading twin brother Donald. While struggling to adapt "The Orchid Thief," by Susan Orlean, Kaufman's life spins from pathetic to bizarre. The lives of Kaufman, Orlean's book, become strangely intertwined as each one's search for passion collides with the others'.
A man and a woman laying in a bed at night
A view of a city street with cars driving down the road
An audience is sitting in front of a man on a stage
A man standing in front of a group of people on a dirt road