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title: 'Synecdoche, New York (2008)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Charlie Kaufman'
released: '2008-05-23'
runtime_minutes: 124
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/synecdoche-new-york-2008'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0383028/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Synecdoche, New York (2008)

2008 · 124 min · Drama · United States

Part of: BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century

## Synopsis

Synecdoche, New York is a 2008 American postmodern psychological drama film written and directed by Charlie Kaufman in his directorial debut. It stars Philip Seymour Hoffman as an ailing theater director who works on an increasingly elaborate stage production and whose extreme commitment to realism begins to blur the boundaries between fiction and reality. The film's title is a play on Schenectady, New York, where much of the film is set, and the concept of synecdoche, wherein a part of something represents the whole or vice versa.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Charlie Kaufman](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlie-kaufman)
- **Screenplay:** [Charlie Kaufman](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlie-kaufman)
- **Producer:** [Charlie Kaufman](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlie-kaufman), [Spike Jonze](https://cinepixo.com/people/spike-jonze)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jon Brion](https://cinepixo.com/people/jon-brion)
- **Director of Photography:** [Frederick Elmes](https://cinepixo.com/people/frederick-elmes)
- **Editor:** [Robert Frazen](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-frazen)

## Cast

- [Josh Pais](https://cinepixo.com/people/josh-pais)
- [Lynn Cohen](https://cinepixo.com/people/lynn-cohen)
- [Daisy Tahan](https://cinepixo.com/people/daisy-tahan)
- [Amy Wright](https://cinepixo.com/people/amy-wright)
- [Robin Weigert](https://cinepixo.com/people/robin-weigert)
- [Peter Friedman](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-friedman)
- [Emily Watson](https://cinepixo.com/people/emily-watson)
- [Stephen Adly Guirgis](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-adly-guirgis)
- [Deirdre O'Connell](https://cinepixo.com/people/deirdre-o-connell-2)
- [Rosemary Murphy](https://cinepixo.com/people/rosemary-murphy)
- [Michelle Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/michelle-williams)
- [Tim Guinee](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-guinee)
- [Jennifer Jason Leigh](https://cinepixo.com/people/jennifer-jason-leigh)
- [Tom Noonan](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-noonan)
- [Hope Davis](https://cinepixo.com/people/hope-davis)

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Official site: http://www.sonyclassics.com/synecdocheny
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/synecdoche-new-york-2008
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