Synecdoche, New York

Resource Information

The work Synecdoche, New York represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Synecdoche, New York

Statement of responsibility

a Sony Pictures Classics release ; Sidney Kimmel Entertainment presents a Likely Story/Projective Testing Service/Russia, Inc. production ; produced by Anthony Bregman, Charlie Kaufman, Spike Jonze, Sidney Kimmel ; written and directed by Charlie Kaufman

Contributor

• Likely Story (Firm)
• Projective Testing Service (Firm)
• Russia, Inc. (Firm)
• Sidney Kimmel Entertainment (Firm)
• Sony Pictures Classics (Firm)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Bregman, Anthony
• Davis, Hope, 1967-
• Hoffman, Philip Seymour, 1967-2014
• Jonze, Spike
• Kaufman, Charlie, 1958-
• Keener, Catherine
• Kimmel, Sidney
• Leigh, Jennifer Jason, 1962-
• Morton, Samantha
• Noonan, Tom
• Watson, Emily, 1967-
• Wiest, Dianne
• Williams, Michelle, 1980-

Subject

• Actresses -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama
• Comedy films
• Fathers and daughters -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama
• Feature films
• Man-woman relationships -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama
• Theatrical producers and directors -- United States -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Warehouses -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama

Genre

• Comedy films
• Drama
• Feature films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

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 ; visual effects supervisor, Mark Russell

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R; for language and some sexual content/nudity

Language note

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

LC call number

PN1997.2

LC item number

.S96 2009

PerformerNote

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams, Catherine Keener, Emily Watson, Dianne Wiest, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hope Davis, Tom Noonan

Runtime

124

Technique

live action