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Synecdoche, New York (2008)

R 124 min  -  Drama  -   5 February 2009 (Netherlands)
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A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.

Director:

Charlie Kaufman
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Philip Seymour Hoffman ...
Catherine Keener ...
Sadie Goldstein ...
Olive (4 years old)
Tom Noonan ...
Peter Friedman ...
Emergency Room Doctor
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Like Clockwork Patient
Josh Pais ...
Ophthalmologist
Daniel London ...
Tom
Robert Seay ...
Michelle Williams ...
Stephen Adly Guirgis ...
Samantha Morton ...
Hope Davis ...
Frank Girardeau Frank Girardeau ...
Plumber
Jennifer Jason Leigh ...
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Storyline

Theater director Caden Cotard is mounting a new play. Fresh off of a successful production of Death of a Salesman, he has traded in the suburban blue-hairs and regional theater of Schenectady for the cultured audiences and bright footlights of Broadway. Armed with a MacArthur grant and determined to create a piece of brutal realism and honesty, something into which he can put his whole self, he gathers an ensemble cast into a warehouse in Manhattan's theater district. He directs them in a celebration of the mundane, instructing each to live out their constructed lives in a small mockup of the city outside. As the city inside the warehouse grows, Caden's own life veers wildly off the tracks. The shadow of his ex-wife Adele, a celebrated painter who left him years ago for Germany's art scene, sneers at him from every corner. Somewhere in Berlin, his daughter Olive is growing up under the questionable guidance of Adele's friend... Written by Anonymous  

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Genres:

Drama

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and some sexual content/nudity See all certifications »

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Details

Official Sites:

Océan Films [France] | Official site | See more »

Country:

USA

Language:

English | German

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

I synekdohi tis Neas Yorkis See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$21,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$172,194 (USA) (26 October 2008) (9 Screens)

Gross:

$3,081,925 (USA) (22 March 2009)
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Color:

Color (DeLuxe)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Trivia

When Caden sees Hazel at the box-office, a brief shot reveals she is reading: page 1 of Marcel Proust's Swann's Way, the first book of his multi-volume novel Search of Lost Time. A recurring character throughout Proust's novel is Dr. Cottard, reportedly based somewhat on Proust's own father, a noted physician, and on the Cotard who gives the delusional syndrome its name. See more »

Goofs

Factual errors: In both instances where Caden is posting presents to Germany for Olive, the packages would never arrive - for one because there is no 'Kampfstrasse' in Berlin (though this would literally mean 'Fight Street', most likely a poetic choice made by the filmmakers). Also, the 4-digit postal code (D-1805) was never used for Berlin addresses. Before 5-digit codes were introduced in Germany in 1993, all of West-Berlin had the code 1000 (to be completed by a 2-digit number after the name of the city for the precise region), while the numbers beginning with 18 were reserved for the (until 1990) socialist Brandenburg. See more »

Quotes

Millicent Weems: Glad to be weirdly close.
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Connections

Referenced in The Extra Man (2010) See more »

Soundtracks

"Synecdoche Song"
Written by Charlie Kaufman and Jon Brion
Performed by Sadie Goldstein See more »