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CAST:
CHARLIE KAUFMAN - Nicolas Cage
VALERIE - Tilda Swinton
SUSAN ORLEAN - Meryl Streep
JOHN LAROCHE - Chris Cooper
MATTHEW OSCEOLA - Jay Tavare
RUSSELL - G. Paul Davis
RANDY - Roger Willie
RANGER TONY - Jim Beaver
DONALD KAUFMAN - Nicolas Cage
AMELIA - Cara Seymour
AUGUSTUS MARGARY - Doug Jones
RANGER STEVE NEELY - Stephen Tobolowsky
BUSTER BAXLEY - Gary Farmer
DEFENSE ATTORNEY - Peter Jason
PROSECUTOR - Gregory Itzin
ORLEAN'S HUSBAND - Curtis Hanson
ORLEAN DINNER GUESTS - Agnes Badoo, Paul fortune, Paul Jasmin, Lisa Love, Wendy Mogel and David O. Russell
ALICE THE WAITRESS - Judy Greer
CAROLINE - Maggie Gyllenhaal
DAVID - Bob Stephenson
CHARLES DARWIN - Bob Yerkes
MARTY - Ron Livingston
ROBERT McKEE - Brian Cox

CREW:
Director: Spike Jonze
Screenplay By: Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman
Based on the Book: "The Orchid" Thief by Susan Orlean
Producers: Edward Saxon, Vincent Landay and Jonathan Demme
Executive Producers: Charlie Kaufman and Peter Saraf
Director of Photography: Lance Acord
Film Editor: Eric Zumbrunnen
Production Designer: KK Barrett
Music: Carter Burwell
Costume Designer: Casey Storm
Casting: Justine Baddeley and Kim Davis-Wagner
Art Director: Peter Andrus
Set Decorator: Gene Serdena

RUNNING TIME: 1 Hour, 54 Minutes
MPAA RATING: R for language, sexuality, some drug use and violent images
RELEASE DATE: December 6, 2002

SOURCE: Columbia Pictures