Synecdoche, New York

The Resource Synecdoche, New York
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Synecdoche, New York
Statement of responsibility
Sony Pictures Classics ; Sidney Kimmel Entertainment presents ; a Likely Story / Projective Testing Service / Russia, Inc. production ; executive producers, William Horberg, Bruce Toll, Ray Angelic ; produced by Anthony Bregman, Charlie Kaufman, Spike Jonze, Sidney Kimmel ; written and by directed by Charlie Kaufman
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  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
Theater director Caden Cotard is mounting a new play. Determined to create a piece of brutal realism and honesty, he gathers an ensemble cast into a warehouse in Manhattan's theater district. He instructs each to live out their constructed lives in a small mock up of the city outside. As the city inside the warehouse grows, Caden's own life veers wildly off track. His daughter Olive is growing up under questionable guidance. He's helplessly driving his marriage to actress Claire into the ground. His daughter Ariel is mentally handicapped. He steadily blurs the line between the world of the play and that of his own deteriorating reality. As he pushes the limits of his relationships, both personally and professionally, a change in creative direction arrives in Millicent Weems, a celebrated theater actress who may offer Caden the break he needs
Awards note
Winner, 2009 Independent Spirit Awards for Best First Feature--Charlie Kaufman [director/producer], Anthony Bregman, Spike Jonze, and Sidney Kimmel [producers]; Robert Altman Award--Charlie Kaufman [director], Jeanne McCarthy [casting director], Hope Davis, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Catherine Keener, Samantha Morton, Tom Noonan, Emily Watson, Dianne Wiest, Michelle Williams [cast].
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, Frederick Elmes ; production designer, Mark Friedberg ; editor, Robert Frazen ; costume designer, Melissa Toth ; visual effects supervisor, Mark Russell ; music by Jon Brion
Dewey number
791.4372
Intended audience
MPAA rating: Rated R for language and some sexual content/nudity
Language note
In English with optional subtitles in English; closed-captioned
LC call number
PN1997.2
LC item number
.S9643 2009
PerformerNote
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams, Catherine Keener, Emily Watson, Dianne Wiest, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hope Davis, Tom Noonan
Runtime
124
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
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