Synecdoche, New York
2009
DVD
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 Details
Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- digital
- optical
- surround
- Dolby digital 5.1
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
Target Audience Note: 14A.
Notes:
- Originally released as a motion picture in 2008.
- Special features: In and around Synecdoche, New York ; The story of Caden Cotard : in conversation with Philip Seymour Hoffman ; Infectious diseases in cattle : bloggers' roundtable ; Screen animations ; NFTS/Script factory masterclass with Charlie Kaufman.
- Director of photography, Frederick Elmes ; editor, Robert Frazen ; music by, Jon Brion.
- Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Michelle Williams, Samantha Morton, Dianne Wiest, Emily Watson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hope Davis, Tom Noonan.
- DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
- For private home use only.
- English dialogue; closed-captioned.
Publisher or Distributor Number: 20452
Control Number: 525338
UPC: 057373204528
Publisher: Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2009]Subjects:
- Actresses -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
- Fathers and daughters -- Drama.
- Man-woman relationships -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
- Theatrical producers and directors -- United States -- Drama.
- Warehouses -- New York (State) -- Drama.
Genre:
Other Authors:
- Bregman, Anthony.
- Davis, Hope, 1967-
- Hoffman, Philip Seymour, 1967-2014.
- Jonze, Spike.
- Kaufman, Charlie, 1958-
- Keener, Catherine.
- Kimmel, Sidney.
- Leigh, Jennifer Jason, 1962-
- Likely Story (Firm)
- Morton, Samantha.
- Noonan, Tom.
- Projective Testing Service (Firm)
- Russia, Inc. (Firm)
- Sidney Kimmel Entertainment (Firm)
- Sony Pictures Classics (Firm)
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Watson, Emily, 1967-
- Wiest, Dianne.
- Williams, Michelle, 1980-