De film vertelt het verhaal van screenwriter Charlie Kaufman die probeert om Susan Orleans non-fictie boek The Orchid Thief te verfilmen. Het boek is het verhaal van John Laroche, een plantendealer die zeldzame orchideeën kloont en deze aan verzamelaars verkoopt.
Nee, helaas is Adaptation. nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Writing | Charlie Kaufman | Screenplay |
| Production | Vincent Landay | Producer |
| Art | Gene Serdena | Set Decoration |
| Camera | Lance Acord | Director of Photography |
| Art | K.K. Barrett | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Casey Storm | Costume Design |
| Production | Jonathan Demme | Producer |
| Art | Peter Andrus | Art Direction |
| Directing | Spike Jonze | Director |
| Production | Justine Arteta | Casting |
| Production | Edward Saxon | Producer |
| Editing | Eric Zumbrunnen | Editor |
| Production | Charlie Kaufman | Executive Producer |
| Production | Peter Saraf | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Carter Burwell | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Kim Davis-Wagner | Casting |
| Sound | Peter Staubli | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Michael Kirchberger | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Richard Beggs | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Mark Weber | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Kent Sparling | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | David Abrahamsen | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Derek Vanderhorst | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Lora Hirschberg | Sound Re-Recording 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 Osmond | First Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Nathan R. Fitzgerald | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | David Bach | ADR Editor |
| Editing | Bob Fredrickson | Color Timer |
| 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 | Jonathan Paley | Stand In |
| Writing | Susan Orlean | Novel |
| Crew | Molly Hansen | Other |
