Synecdoche, New York

Obsession and identity are recurring themes in screenwriter Charlie Kaufman's work, and he draws on them again in his directorial debut, SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK. Kaufman's film focuses on the wiles of Caden Cotard (Philip Seymour Hoffman), a regional theater director who has won a MacArthur grant to help produce his next project. Cotard's artist wife, Adele Lack (Catherine Keener), subsequently departs with their daughter to Berlin, and he begins a flirtation with box office clerk Hazel (Samantha Morton). Much of the movie revolves around Cotard's ambitious next project, based around his life, which is being constructed in an enormous industrial space in New York City. As the years pass and the project is mired in endless rehearsals that replicate Cotard's existence, the tortured director obsesses over Adele, Hazel, his daughter, his health, and myriad other topics. Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Dianne Wiest, Director Charlie Kaufman Special Features: Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35 Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English Subtitles - English Additional Release Material: NFTS/Script Factory Masterclass with Charlie Kaufman Screen Animations Runtime: 124 Minutes.

Director: Charlie Kaufman
Producer: Anthony Bregman
Producer: Charlie Kaufman
Producer: Sidney Kimmel
Producer: Spike Jonze
Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman
Actor: Catherine Keener
Actor: Michelle Williams
Actor: Samantha Morton
Actor: Tilda Swinton
Actor: Emily Watson
Actor: Josh Pais
Actor: Tim Guinee
Actor: Frank Girardeau
Actor: Jerry Adler
Actor: Lynn Cohen
Actor: Michael Higgins
Actor: Paul Sparks
Actor: Robert Seay
Actor: Sadie Goldstein
Actor: Hope Davis
Actor: Dianne Wiest
Actor: Robin Weigert
Actor: Tom Noonan
Actor: Daniel London
Actor: Erica Berg
Actor: Stephen Adly-Guirgis
Actor: Michael Medeiros
Actor: Daisy Tahan
Actor: Jennifer Jason Leigh