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Synecdoche, New York (2008)
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Ratings: 7.2/10 from 26,773 users
Metascore:
67/100
Reviews: 215 user | 207 critic | 34 from Metacritic.com 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 KaufmanWriter:Charlie Kaufman |
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| Philip Seymour Hoffman | ... | ||
| Catherine Keener | ... | ||
| Sadie Goldstein | ... |
Olive (4 years old)
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| Tom Noonan | ... | ||
| Peter Friedman | ... |
Emergency Room Doctor
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Charles Techman | ... |
Like Clockwork Patient
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| Josh Pais | ... |
Ophthalmologist
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| Daniel London | ... | ||
| Robert Seay | ... | ||
| Michelle Williams | ... | ||
| Stephen Adly Guirgis | ... | ||
| Samantha Morton | ... | ||
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Frank Girardeau | ... |
Plumber
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| 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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Rated R for language and some sexual content/nudity See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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(Netherlands) See more »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)Company Credits
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Caden Cotard: She left us. Nobody knows that better than you. Except me.
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Written by Charlie Kaufman and Jon Brion
Performed by Sadie Goldstein See more »
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The article that Catan reads while in the doctor's waiting room, about his wife, is titled: "It's Good To Be Adele". The intro paragraph reads: "Six months ago, Adele was an under-appreciated housewife in Eastern New York. Stuck in a dead-end marriage to a slovenly ugly-face loser, Adele Lack had big dreams for her and her then four-year-old daughter, Olivia. That's when her paintings got small." See more »Goofs
Continuity: In the scene where Caden is talking to Hazel directly after having talked to the doctor after his seizure, there is a dog in a box behind Hazel in her box office. Upon cutting to Caden, and then cutting back, the dog is gone. This is the remnants of the character "Squishy", from the original draft of the script. The almost-dead dog was found by Hazel after driving home from the premiere. She was saddened by Caden denying her, and she finds the dog, run over and bloody on the side of the road. She decides to keep it. This is the only scene where he is present, and his presence is not explained. See more »Quotes
Sammy Barnathan: Why did we leave Adele, Caden?Caden Cotard: She left us. Nobody knows that better than you. Except me.
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"Synecdoche Song"Written by Charlie Kaufman and Jon Brion
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