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Synecdoche, New York movie poster

Synecdoche, New York (2008)

Drama
Rated R
124 min.
Release Date
October 24, 2008 (LA/NY)
DVD Release Date
March 10, 2009 (Buy on Amazon)
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
Running Time
124 minutes
MPA 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)... Full synopsis »

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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. Full movie review »
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