Synecdoche, New York (2008)
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| Release Date: | October 24, 2008 (LA/NY) |
| On DVD: | March 10, 2009 |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Director: | Charlie Kaufman |
| Writer: | Charlie Kaufman |
| Cast: | Philip Seymour Hoffman, Dianne Wiest, Samantha Morton, Catherine Keener, Michelle Williams, Emily Watson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hope Davis, Tom Noonan |
| Studio: | Sony Pictures Classics |
| Official site: | sonyclassics.com/synecdocheny |
| Running Time: | 124 minutes |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated R for language and some sexual content/nudity. |
Theater director Caden Cotard (Hoffman) is mounting a new play. His life catering to suburban blue-hairs at the local regional theater in Schenectady, New York is looking bleak. His wife Adele (Keener) has left him to pursue her painting in Berlin, taking their young daughter Olive (Goldstein) with her. His therapist, Madeleine Gravis (Davis), is better at plugging her best-seller than she is at counseling him. A new relationship with the alluringly candid Hazel (Morton)...
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Charlie Kaufman is undoubtedly one of the most creative minds at work today, as exemplified by such multilayered films as Adaptation, Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Those titles are some of the most unique properties released in the last ten years, so it's a bit surprising that his directorial debut, Synecdoche, New York, came and went with minimal fanfare.
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