Storyline: Adaptation. (2002) While his latest movie Being John Malkovich (1999) is in production, screenwriter Charlie Kaufman is hired by Valerie Thomas to adapt Susan Orlean's non-fiction book "The Orchid Thief" for the screen. Thomas bought the movie rights before Orlean wrote the book, when it was only an article in The New Yorker. The book details the story of rare orchid hunter John Laroche, whose passion for orchids and horticulture made Orlean discover passion and beauty for the first time in her life. Charlie wants to be faithful to the book in his adaptation, but despite Laroche himself being an interesting character in his own right, Charlie is having difficulty finding enough material in Laroche to fill a movie, while equally not having enough to say cinematically about the beauty of orchids. At the same time, Charlie is going through other issues in his life. His insecurity as a person doesn't allow him to act upon his feelings for Amelia Kavan, who is interested in him as a man. And Charlie's twin brother, pretentious Donald, has moved into his house with a goal of also becoming a screenwriter. Despite not admiring Donald as a screenwriter, Charlie asks for his advice. Together, they feel that there is some interesting subtext in the book on which Orlean herself can only elaborate, if only Charlie has the nerve to talk to her. If she can't or won't elaborate, they may have to find out the meaning of that subtext on their own.
You Got to Move (1985)
You Got to Move is a documentary by Lucy Massie Phenix Winter Soldier and Veronica Selver Word Is Out that follows people from communities in the Southern United States in their various processes of becoming involved in social
King of Jazz (1930)
American Pre Code color film starring Paul Whiteman and his Jazz orchestra
Flower and Snake (1974)
The elderly Senzo Toyama Nagatoshi Sakamoto orders his employee, Makoto Katagiri Yasunori Ishizu, to kidnap and train his wife Shizuko Naomi Tani in order to break her pride so that she will submit to his desires
The Real MVP: The Wanda Durant Story (2016)
The inspiring true story of NBA great Kevin Durants mother Wanda and her dedication to raise one of the greatest basketball players in the world
The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944)
When the U S forces withdraw from Java, ahead of the Japanese invasion, U S Navy doctor Corydon M Wassell coordinates the remaining wounded servicemen and leads them to safety towards the last Allied evacuation points
Freddys Fridays (2023)
An evil man lures female victims to his lair to be sacrificed by monsters
This Hits Home (2023)
This Hits Home is a feature length documentary that reveals the invisible and silent epidemic of permanent traumatic brain injury in women devastated by domestic violence The intimate and compelling stories of courageous women, i
Single White Female 2: The Psycho (2005)
A young woman develops a dangerous, obsessive friendship with her new roommate and plots to murder all those who she feels have done her new friend wrong
Bikini Destinations: Fantasy (2006)
Photo shootings of nude models at tropical beaches around the world
Alien from L.A. (1988)
A nerdy young woman with a childish voice travels to Africa looking for her missing archaeologist father, and stumbles into a strange subterranean civilization
Romeo & Juliet (II) (2013)
Romeo and Juliet secretly wed despite the sworn contempt their families hold for each other It is not long, however, before a chain of fateful events changes the lives of both families forever
Chiwawa (2019)
In Tokyo, Chiwawa is a popular girl One day, her dead body is found in Tokyo Bay Her body are in pieces Chiwawas friends gather to remember her, but they realize they do not know anything about her like her real name or her ba
Tales of Robin Hood (1951)
An outlaw and his band sally forth from their hideout in Sherwood Forest to do battle with the brutal Sheriff of Nottingham and his oppressive tax collectors, who are stripping the poor villagers of what little they have left
D.A.R.Y.L. (1985)
A seemingly normal young boy is found abandoned on a mountain road and adopted by a family who are increasingly amazed by his abilities before discovering the secret behind his real identity
The Music Teacher (2012)
When a high school music teacher loses her program, her former students spring into action to save it