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'.
Unfortunately the movie Adaptation. is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Spike Jonze | Director |
| Writing | Charlie Kaufman | Screenplay |
| Production | Jonathan Demme | Producer |
| Production | Edward Saxon | Producer |
| Production | Vincent Landay | Producer |
| Camera | Lance Acord | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Eric Zumbrunnen | Editor |
| Production | Justine Arteta | Casting |
| Art | K.K. Barrett | Production Design |
| Art | Peter Andrus | Art Direction |
| Art | Gene Serdena | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Casey Storm | Costume Design |
| Writing | Susan Orlean | Novel |
| Crew | Molly Hansen | Other |
| Production | Charlie Kaufman | Executive Producer |
| Production | Peter Saraf | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Carter Burwell | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Kim Davis-Wagner | Casting |
| Crew | Jonathan Paley | Stand In |
| Sound | Richard Beggs | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Lora Hirschberg | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Michael Kirchberger | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Kent Sparling | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Peter Staubli | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | David Abrahamsen | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Derek Vanderhorst | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Mark Weber | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Jeremy Molod | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Julia Shirar | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Everett Moore | Apprentice Sound Editor |
| Sound | David A. Cohen | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | David Franklin Bergad | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | William Storkson | Foley Supervisor |
| Sound | Marnie Moore | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Nick Peck | Foley Mixer |
| Sound | Jory K. Prum | Foley Recordist |
| Sound | Adam Milo Smalley | Music Editor |
| Sound | Michael Farrow | Scoring Mixer |
| Crew | Marco Kyris | Stand In |
| Crew | Julie Janney | Stand In |
| Crew | Dan Bradley | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Scott Rogers | Stunts |
| Crew | Rick Barker | Stunts |
| Crew | Chris Carnel | Stunts |
| Crew | Lane Leavitt | Stunts |
| Crew | Norb Phillips | Stunts |
| Crew | Darrin Prescott | Stunts |
| Crew | Eddie Yansick | Stunts |
| Production | Karen Koch | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Thomas Patrick Smith | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Brian O'Kelley | Second Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ann Roth | Wardrobe Designer |
| Directing | Chiemi Karasawa | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Thomas Lohmann | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Mark Williams | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Jamie Felz | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Nina Chien | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Paul Taylor | Steadicam Operator |
| Crew | Mike Pickel | Video Assist Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joel Harlow | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Roz Music | Hair Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Stacy Horn | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Shari Gray | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anita Louise Brown | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marina Marit | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Debbie Travis | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lynn Barber | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Isabel Harkins | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Allen Weisinger | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | J. Roy Helland | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joseph Coscia | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Larry Waggoner | Hairstylist |
| Lighting | Michael S. Adler | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Chris Weigand | Assistant Chief Lighting Technician |
| Camera | Gino Nix | Key Grip |
| Camera | Zoli Hajdu | Dolly Grip |
| Camera | Danny Andersen | Dolly Grip |
| Sound | Drew Kunin | Production Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Lawrence L. Commans | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Mark Fay | Boom Operator |
| Crew | Gary D'Amico | Special Effects |
| Production | Richard Schuler | Location Manager |
| Visual Effects | Gray Marshall | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Production | Andrew J. Sacks | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Rick C. Taplin | Production Coordinator |
| Production | Seve Spracklen | Production Accountant |
| Art | Chris Forster | Construction Coordinator |
| Art | Anders Rundblad | Construction Foreman |
| Art | Patti McNulty | Art Department Coordinator |
| Art | Lynn Christopher | Set Designer |
| Art | Peter Davidson | Set Designer |
| Art | Grant Samson | Leadman |
| Art | Jeffrey Paul Johnson | Property Master |
| Art | Chris Vail | Assistant Property Master |
| Directing | Gregory J. Smith | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Ben Kaller | Still Photographer |
| Crew | Stephen Bures | Actor's Assistant |
| Crew | Griff Ruggles | Transportation Captain |
| Crew | Ronald Stinton | Transportation Co-Captain |
| Directing | Dan Bradley | Second Unit Director |
| Editing | Eric E. Osmond | First Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Nathan R. Fitzgerald | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | David Bach | ADR Editor |
| Editing | Bob Fredrickson | Color Timer |
