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Synecdoche, New York

Cast

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Michelle Williams View All

Crew

Charlie Kaufman (Screenplay), Charlie Kaufman (Director) View All

Release: Oct. 24th, 2008

Runtime: 2 hours, 4 minutes

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.

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4 Synecdoche New York

Written and Directed by Charlie Kaufman (writer of Eternal Sunshine , Adaptation , Being John Malkovich). Looks most similar to my favorite of his Eternal Sunshine : and I love the idea of having this...

4 Synecdoche, New York

I know people have posted their thoughts about the film in the movie tab thread, but I haven't seen a thread yet devoted entirely to the film... my thoughts... Synecdoche, New York (2008, Charli...

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23 Synecdoche, New York (Discussion + Spoilers)

Synecdoche, New York Lets discuss this film. Was Ellen (Cleaning lady, Diane West) a real person, or is she someone Caden creates within the play. Caden's daughter makes Caden say that he is ha...

1 How does Scorsese portray New York in Taxi Driver, Gangs of New York and Mean Streets

Hi Guys i'm new to forums, but have started using them as they're a good source for information. I'm doing a college project on Scorsese and I would like some of your opinions on how Scorsese portrays...

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meatwadsprite
The movie starts off with Caden Cotard (Phillip Seymour Hoffman) who I suppose in some ways is to represent Kaufman himself - as he starts losing his health and is soon convinced he will be dieing soon.

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mark f
In his first filmed screenplay, Being John Malkovich, directed by Spize Jonze, he depicted a life and a marriage in disarray, and Jonze filmed the beginning mostly seriously and grittily, even though a puppeteer was the main character.

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