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- Director: Charlie Kaufman
- Executive producers: Ray Angelic, William Horberg and Bruce Toll
- Producers: Anthony Bregman, Spike Jonze, Charlie Kauffman and Sidney Kimmel
- Screenwriter: Charlie Kaufman
- Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
- Release date: October 24, 2008 (limited)
- MPAA rating: R
- Run time: 124 minutes
- Filmed in the Bronx
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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.
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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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Watching synecdoche new York- whatacast!
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I'm sorry Netflix but Synecdoche, New York is NOT a freakin comedy!
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'Synecdoche, New York' did not please me.
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plus, i've been wanting to to a kaufman retrospective after seeing synecdoche, new york.
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@slashzer Entonces Synecdoche, New York.
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