• Synecdoche, New York is a film written by Charlie Kaufman about a theater director who builds a model of New York City, in a warehouse, to prove himself. During an optometry exam, a psychological problem is revealed. The film follows his struggle through his illness, the project and his relationships, as they gradually merge over several decades.FirstShowing.net: News Photos From Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, New York (May 11, 2008)

  The film won a Spirit Award for Best First Feature and the Robert Altman Award.

• Fast Facts

  1. Director: Charlie Kaufman
  2. Executive producers: Ray Angelic, William Horberg and Bruce Toll
  3. Producers: Anthony Bregman, Spike Jonze, Charlie Kauffman and Sidney Kimmel
  4. Screenwriter: Charlie Kaufman
  5. Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
  6. Release date: October 24, 2008 (limited)
  7. MPAA rating: R
  8. Run time: 124 minutes
  9. Filmed in the Bronx

• Cast Information

  • Philip Seymour Hoffman as Caden Cotard
  • Catherine Keener as Adele Lack
  • Michelle Williams as Claire Keen
  • Samantha Morton as Hazel
  • Jennifer Jason Leigh as Maria
  • Emily Watson as Tammy
  • Dianne Wiest as Ellen Bascomb and Millicent Weems
  • Sadie Goldstein as Olive
  • Tom Noonan as Sammy Barnathan

• Film Title

  Synecdoche (si-nek-duh-kee) is a noun defined as "a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part." Kaufman used the word synecdoche in the title as a play on the word Schenectady, a county in New York featured in the movie.Dictionary.com: Synecdoche Film 4: Synecdoche, New York(2007)

• Quotes

  • "It reliably contains Kaufman's wondrous visual inventions, complicated characters, idiosyncratic conversations and delightful plot designs, but its collective impact will kick the wind out of you."—Jay Fernandez, Los Angeles Times/film: Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche (January 11, 2008)

  • "I don't know what it will be. I think it's gonna be creepy ... It's a movie about the break-up of a relationship."—Charlie Kaufman in March 2004Film 4: Synecdoche, New York(2007)

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  Synecdoche New York Reviews | Synecdoche New York Cast | Catherine Keener | Michelle Williams | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Samantha Morton | Charlie Kaufman | Cannes Film Lineup 2008 | Cannes Film Festival | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Emily Watson | Dianne Wiest

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