Synecdoche, New York (2008)

Director:

Charlie Kaufman

Writer (WGA):

Charlie Kaufman (written by)

Release Date:

2008 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

A theater director (Hoffman) 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.

Plot Keywords:

Manhattan | New York City | Theater | Play | Director

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Philip Seymour Hoffman	...	Caden Cotard
Samantha Morton	...	Hazal
Michelle Williams	...	Claire Keen
Catherine Keener	...	Adele Lack
Emily Watson	...	Tammy
Dianne Wiest	...	Ellen Bascomb / Millicent Weems
Jennifer Jason Leigh	...	Maria
Hope Davis	...	Madeleine Gravis
Tom Noonan	...	Sammy Barnathan
Sadie Goldstein	...	Olive - Age 4
Robin Weigert	...	Olive - Adult
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Stephen Adly Guirgis	...	Davis
Jennifer H. Anderson	...	Arguing couple
Erica Berg	...	German Woman
Tim Brennan	...	Actor
Franco Bulaon	...	Arguing couple
Kristen Bush	...	Actor playing Clare
Lynn Cohen	...	Caden's Mom
Peter Conboy	...	Stagehand
Timothy Doyle	...	Michael
Aristedes Philip DuVal	...	Burlesque Patron
Gerald Emerick	...	Man In Line
Bianca Giancoli	...	Claire's body double
Gregory Guy Gorden	...	Waiter
Tim Guinee	...	Actor
Barbara Haas	...	Warehouse Worker
Daniel London	...	Tom
Mark Lotito	...	Minister
Amelia Martin	...	Actress as Tammy as Hazel
Greg McFadden	...	Actor Playing Actor
Michael Medeiros	...	Eric
Rebecca Merle	...	Upstate Theater Goer
Deirdre O'Connell	...	Mary
Josh Pais	...	Dr. Eisenberg
Kat Peters	...	Young Ellen
Robert Seay	...	David
Stephen Seidel	...	Thomas Willing
Amy Spanger	...	Warehouse Actor #1
Paul Sparks	...	Derek
Daisy Tahan	...	Ariel

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some sexual content/nudity.

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Likely Story

Trivia:

Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary defines "synecdoche" as: "a figure of speech by which a part is put for the whole (as fifty sail for fifty ships), the whole for a part (as society for high society), the species for the genus (as cutthroat for assassin), the genus for the species (as a creature for a man), or the name of the material for the thing made (as boards for stage)."