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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 cit...

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Corporate Authors: Sony Pictures Classics (Firm), Sidney Kimmel Entertainment (Firm), Likely Story (Firm), Projective Testing Service (Firm), Russia, Inc. (Firm), Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Bregman, Anthony, Kaufman, Charlie, 1958-, Jonze, Spike, Kimmel, Sidney, Hoffman, Philip Seymour, 1967-2014, Morton, Samantha, Williams, Michelle, 1980-, Keener, Catherine, Watson, Emily, 1967-, Wiest, Dianne, Leigh, Jennifer Jason, 1962-, Davis, Hope, 1967-, Noonan, Tom
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Published: Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2009]
Subjects:
Theatrical producers and directors > United States > Drama.
Warehouses > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
Actresses > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
Fathers and daughters > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
Comedy films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
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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.
Item Description:Title from container.
Orginally released as a motion picture in 2008.
Special features: BD-Live enabled: In and around Synecdoche, New York; "The story of Caden Cotard:" in conversation with Philip Seymour Hoffman; "Infectious diseases in cattle:" blogger's roundtable; screen animations; NFTS/Script Factory masterclass with Charlie Kaufman.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:Blu-ray Disc; regions A, B and C, widescreen (2.35:1); Dolby TrueHD 5.1 surround, 1080p High Definition ; (Special features: Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo., standard & High Definition).
This Blu-ray disc will not play in standard DVD players.
Audience:MPAA rating: R; for language and some sexual content/nudity.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Frederick Elmes ; editor, Robert Frazen ; music, Jon Brion ; visual effects supervisor, Mark Russell.
ISBN:143596103X
9781435961036