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Synecdoche, New York

  • 2008
  • 12
  • 2h 4m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
98K
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Synecdoche, New York (2008)
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A theatre director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he creates a life-size replica of New York City inside a warehouse as part of his new play.A theatre director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he creates a life-size replica of New York City inside a warehouse as part of his new play.A theatre director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he creates a life-size replica of New York City inside a warehouse as part of his new play.

  • Director
    • Charlie Kaufman
  • Writer
    • Charlie Kaufman
  • Stars
    • Philip Seymour Hoffman
    • Samantha Morton
    • Michelle Williams
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.5/10
    98K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    3,635
    374
    • Director
      • Charlie Kaufman
    • Writer
      • Charlie Kaufman
    • Stars
      • Philip Seymour Hoffman
      • Samantha Morton
      • Michelle Williams
    • 380User reviews
    • 251Critic reviews
    • 67Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 8 wins & 29 nominations

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    Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, and Sadie Goldstein in Synecdoche, New York (2008)
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    Philip Seymour Hoffman
    Philip Seymour Hoffman
    • Caden Cotard
    Samantha Morton
    Samantha Morton
    • Hazel
    Michelle Williams
    Michelle Williams
    • Claire Keen
    Catherine Keener
    Catherine Keener
    • Adele Lack
    Sadie Goldstein
    Sadie Goldstein
    • Olive (4 years old)
    Tom Noonan
    Tom Noonan
    • Sammy Barnathan
    Peter Friedman
    Peter Friedman
    • Emergency Room Doctor
    Charles Techman
    Charles Techman
    • Like Clockwork Patient
    Josh Pais
    Josh Pais
    • Ophthalmologist
    Daniel London
    Daniel London
    • Tom
    Robert Seay
    Robert Seay
    • David
    Stephen Adly Guirgis
    Stephen Adly Guirgis
    • Davis
    Hope Davis
    Hope Davis
    • Madeleine Gravis
    Frank Girardeau
    • Plumber
    Jennifer Jason Leigh
    Jennifer Jason Leigh
    • Maria
    Amy Wright
    Amy Wright
    • Burning House Realtor
    Paul Sparks
    Paul Sparks
    • Derek
    Jerry Adler
    Jerry Adler
    • Caden's Father
    • Director
      • Charlie Kaufman
    • Writer
      • Charlie Kaufman
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    • Trivia
      The article that Caden reads 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."
    • Goofs
      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.
    • Quotes

      Pastor: Everything is more complicated than you think. You only see a tenth of what is true. There are a million little strings attached to every choice you make; you can destroy your life every time you choose. But maybe you won't know for twenty years. And you may never ever trace it to its source. And you only get one chance to play it out. Just try and figure out your own divorce. And they say there is no fate, but there is: it's what you create. And even though the world goes on for eons and eons, you are only here for a fraction of a fraction of a second. Most of your time is spent being dead or not yet born. But while alive, you wait in vain, wasting years, for a phone call or a letter or a look from someone or something to make it all right. And it never comes or it seems to but it doesn't really. And so you spend your time in vague regret or vaguer hope that something good will come along. Something to make you feel connected, something to make you feel whole, something to make you feel loved. And the truth is I feel so angry, and the truth is I feel so fucking sad, and the truth is I've felt so fucking hurt for so fucking long and for just as long I've been pretending I'm OK, just to get along, just for, I don't know why, maybe because no one wants to hear about my misery, because they have their own. Well, fuck everybody. Amen.

    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Race to Witch Mountain/Sunshine Cleaning/The Last House on the Left/Brothers at War (2009)
    • Soundtracks
      Synecdoche Song
      Written by Charlie Kaufman and Jon Brion

      Performed by Deanna Storey

    User reviews380

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    I don't understand this film at all
    This film is about a play director who creates an alternate New York in a huge theatre.

    I probably will never understand why "Synecdoche, New York" have such raving reviews and positive comments. To me, "Synecdoche, New York" is pointless, confusing and boring. It is overlong and slow, and I had to get up from my seat and exercise in order to stop myself falling asleep. So was Cotard living a dream, or directing a play, or is he delusional? I just do not understand this mess.

    Maybe the film is full of metaphors or messages, but I did not get a single thing. It surely goes down as one of the most time wasting film I have ever watched.
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    • Gordon-11
    • May 30, 2009

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 5, 2009 (Netherlands)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Languages
      • English
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Stage Play
    • Filming locations
      • Schenectady, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Sidney Kimmel Entertainment
      • Likely Story
      • Projective Testing Service
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $20,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $3,083,538
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $172,194
      • Oct 26, 2008
    • Gross worldwide
      • $4,658,401
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 4 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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