Synecdoche, New York

The Resource Synecdoche, New York
Label
Synecdoche, New York
Statement of responsibility
Likely Story ; Projective Testing Service ; Sidney Kimmel Entertainment ; produced by Anthony Bregman, Spike Jonze, Charlie Kaufman, Sidney Kimmel ; written by Charlie Kaufman ; directed by Charlie Kaufman
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Theater director Caden Cotard is mounting a new play. Determined to create a piece of brutal realism and honesty, he gathers an ensemble cast into a warehouse in Manhattan's theater district. He instructs 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 track. His daughter, Olive, is growing up under questionable guidance. He's helplessly driving his marriage to actress Claire into the ground. His daughter, Ariel, is mentally handicapped. He steadily blurs the line between the world of the play and that of his own deteriorating reality. As he pushes the limits of his relationships, both personally and professionally, a change in creative direction arrives in Millicent Weems, a celebrated theater actress who may offer Caden the break he needs
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, Frederick Elmes ; editor, Robert Frazen ; music, Jon Brion
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R; for language and some sexual content/nudity
Language note
Closed-captioned
LC call number
PN1997.2
LC item number
.S96 2009
PerformerNote
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Michelle Williams, Samantha Morton, Dianne Wiest
Runtime
124
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
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