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* TalkingToHimself: Creator/NicolasCage as Charlie and Donald Kaufman.
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* ApprovalOfGod: Surprisingly enough, the original author of ''The Orchid Thief'', Susan Orlean (portrayed in the film by Creator/MerylStreep), admired the finished product, although she admitted to being mortified when she was first shown the script. Orlean has said that she eventually came around to the thematic similarities of both works: obsession, longing, and disappointment in particular.
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** ''Film/{{Identity}}'' has an extremely similar twist to ''The Three'', with the added bonus that it has multiple serial killers, multiple cops, and multiple damsels in distress all running concurrently and on different levels of reality.
** High Tension also has a similar plot twist to that of The Three, with an almost identical plot hole. Roger Ebert has even said "the movie's plot has a hole that is not only large enough to drive a truck through, but in fact does have a truck driven right through it."
** High Tension also has a similar plot twist to that of The Three, with an almost identical plot hole. Roger Ebert has even said "the movie's plot has a hole that is not only large enough to drive a truck through, but in fact does have a truck driven right through it."
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** ''Film/{{Identity}}'' has an extremely similar twist to ''The Three'', ''[=Thr3e=]'', with the added bonus that it has multiple serial killers, multiple cops, and multiple damsels in distress all running concurrently and on different levels of reality.
**High Tension ''Film/HighTension'' also has a similar plot twist to that of The Three, ''[=Thr3e=]'', with an almost identical plot hole. Roger Ebert has even said "the movie's plot has a hole that is not only large enough to drive a truck through, but in fact does have a truck driven right through it."
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** High Tension also has a similar plot twist to that of The Three, with an almost identical plot hole. Rodger Ebert has even said "the movie's plot has a hole that is not only large enough to drive a truck through, but in fact does have a truck driven right through it."
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** High Tension also has a similar plot twist to that of The Three, with an almost identical plot hole. Rodger Roger Ebert has even said "the movie's plot has a hole that is not only large enough to drive a truck through, but in fact does have a truck driven right through it."
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** High Tension also has a similar plot twist to that of The Three, with an almost identical plot hole. Rodger Ebert has even said "the movie's plot has a hole that is not only large enough to drive a truck through, but in fact does have a truck driven right through it."
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** In the original script, there was a cryptid known as the Swamp Ape that kills John Laroche at the climax. Robert McKee asked that the Swamp Ape be removed, saying "I'll be a character in a movie but I won't be a character in a bad movie". Susan Orlean was also supposed to die by shooting herself with Laroche's rifle.
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** In the original script, there was a cryptid known as the Swamp Ape that kills John Laroche at the climax. Robert McKee [=McKee=] asked that the Swamp Ape be removed, saying "I'll be a character in a movie but I won't be a character in a bad movie". Susan Orlean was also supposed to die by shooting herself with Laroche's rifle.
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** In the original script, there was a cryptid known as the Swamp Ape that kills John Laroche at the climax. Robert McKee asked that the Swamp Ape be removed, saying "I'll be a character in a movie but I won't be a character in a bad movie". Susan Orlean was also supposed to die by shooting herself with Laroche's rifle.
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* CutSong: Music/{{Weezer]] recorded an acoustic version of "Happy Together" to be included in the film. However, Spike Jonze felt the original version by The Turtles was a better fit for the film.
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* CutSong: Music/{{Weezer]] Music/{{Weezer}} recorded an acoustic version of "Happy Together" to be included in the film. However, Spike Jonze felt the original version by The Turtles was a better fit for the film.
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* DyeingForYourArt: To portray John Laroche, Creator/ChrisCooper grew out his hair, shed weight and used a prosthesis to create the illusion of a toothless mouth. Spike Jonze granted Cooper's request for numerous takes so he could find the right tone for the eccentric character.
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* DyeingForYourArt: To portray John Laroche, [=LaRoche=], Creator/ChrisCooper grew out his hair, shed weight and used a prosthesis to create the illusion of a toothless mouth. Spike Jonze Creator/SpikeJonze granted Cooper's request for numerous takes so he could find the right tone for the eccentric character.
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** Creator/JoaquinPhoenix auditioned for the role of John Laroche and got close to getting the part. According to Creator/SpikeJonze, during one of their final meetings, Phoenix told him that he was wrong for the part, and that it should go to someone else, and took himself out of the running. Creator/ChrisCooper eventually got the part, and ended up winning an Oscar for his performance.
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** Creator/JoaquinPhoenix auditioned for the role of John Laroche [=LaRoche=] and got close to getting the part. According to Creator/SpikeJonze, during one of their final meetings, Phoenix told him that he was wrong for the part, and that it should go to someone else, and took himself out of the running. Creator/ChrisCooper eventually got the part, and ended up winning an Oscar for his performance.
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* CutSong: Music/{{Weezer]] recorded an acoustic version of "Happy Together" to be included in the film. However, Spike Jonze felt the original version by The Turtles was a better fit for the film.
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* DeletedRole: Though his name appears in the final credits, Creator/StephenTobolowsky doesn't appear in the movie, since all of his scenes were cut.
* DyeingForYourArt: To portray John Laroche, Creator/ChrisCooper grew out his hair, shed weight and used a prosthesis to create the illusion of a toothless mouth. Spike Jonze granted Cooper's request for numerous takes so he could find the right tone for the eccentric character.
* DyeingForYourArt: To portray John Laroche, Creator/ChrisCooper grew out his hair, shed weight and used a prosthesis to create the illusion of a toothless mouth. Spike Jonze granted Cooper's request for numerous takes so he could find the right tone for the eccentric character.
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* TalkingToHimself: Nicolas Cage as Charlie and Donald Kaufman.
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* TalkingToHimself: Nicolas Cage Creator/NicolasCage as Charlie and Donald Kaufman.Kaufman.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/TomHanks was originally cast in the lead role(s) but dropped out.
** Creator/JoaquinPhoenix auditioned for the role of John Laroche and got close to getting the part. According to Creator/SpikeJonze, during one of their final meetings, Phoenix told him that he was wrong for the part, and that it should go to someone else, and took himself out of the running. Creator/ChrisCooper eventually got the part, and ended up winning an Oscar for his performance.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/TomHanks was originally cast in the lead role(s) but dropped out.
** Creator/JoaquinPhoenix auditioned for the role of John Laroche and got close to getting the part. According to Creator/SpikeJonze, during one of their final meetings, Phoenix told him that he was wrong for the part, and that it should go to someone else, and took himself out of the running. Creator/ChrisCooper eventually got the part, and ended up winning an Oscar for his performance.
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* ActingForTwo: Creator/NicolasCage plays Charlie and his twin brother Donald.
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* PlayingTheirOwnTwin: Creator/NicolasCage plays Charlie and his twin brother Donald.
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* ActingForTwo: Creator/NicolasCage plays Charlie and his twin brother Donald.
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* {{Defictionalization}}:
** There exists a movie called ''Film/{{Thr3e}}'' that has a remarkably similar premise to Donald Kaufman's (fictional) script "The Three". (There's no chase scene with a horse and a motorcycle, though.) Amazingly enough, though, its similarity was entirely coincidental.
** It's not all that surprising when you think of how bland and cliche Donald's story was, [[StylisticSuck which the film was entirely aware of]]. Of course there would be several psychological thrillers using the same or very similar concept without the writers even having heard of ''Adaptation''.
** ''Film/{{Identity}}'' has an extremely similar twist to ''The Three'', with the added bonus that it has multiple serial killers, multiple cops, and multiple damsels in distress all running concurrently and on different levels of reality.
* FlipFlopOfGod: God in this case being Charlie, who says he'll never [[spoiler:pack his screenplays with sex, drugs and violence]]...but just look at the third act of the film.
* TalkingToHimself: Nicolas Cage as Charlie and Donald Kaufman.
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** There exists a movie called ''Film/{{Thr3e}}'' that has a remarkably similar premise to Donald Kaufman's (fictional) script "The Three". (There's no chase scene with a horse and a motorcycle, though.) Amazingly enough, though, its similarity was entirely coincidental.
** It's not all that surprising when you think of how bland and cliche Donald's story was, [[StylisticSuck which the film was entirely aware of]]. Of course there would be several psychological thrillers using the same or very similar concept without the writers even having heard of ''Adaptation''.
** ''Film/{{Identity}}'' has an extremely similar twist to ''The Three'', with the added bonus that it has multiple serial killers, multiple cops, and multiple damsels in distress all running concurrently and on different levels of reality.
* FlipFlopOfGod: God in this case being Charlie, who says he'll never [[spoiler:pack his screenplays with sex, drugs and violence]]...but just look at the third act of the film.
* TalkingToHimself: Nicolas Cage as Charlie and Donald Kaufman.
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