Synecdoche, New York

The Resource Synecdoche, New York
Label
Synecdoche, New York
Statement of responsibility
Sony Pictures Classics ; Sidney Kimmel Entertainment presents ; a Likely Story/Projective Testing Service/Russia, Inc. production ; produced by Anthony Bregman, Charlie Kaufman, Spike Jonze ; produced by Sidney Kimmel ; written and by directed by Charlie Kaufman
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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
Language note
In English with optional subtitles in English; closed-captioned
PerformerNote
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams, Catherine Keener, Emily Watson, Dianne Wiest, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hope Davis, Tom Noonan
Runtime
124
Technique
live action
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