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Synecdoche, New York

Release Date: Friday, October 24, 2008 Limited

Director: Charlie Kaufman

Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman Catherine Keener Michelle Williams Samantha Morton Tilda Swinton

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Philip Seymour Hoffman will play a theater director who ambitiously attempts to put on a play by creating a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse. Catherine Keener is set to play his first wife, Michelle Williams will play his second wife, Samantha Morton will appear as his sometime lover, and Tilda Swinton will portray Keener's best friend and the dubious mentor to the daughter of Hoffman and Keener's characters.
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The film's director Charlie Kaufman last directed I'm Thinking of Ending Things and Anomalisa. The film's writer Charlie Kaufman last wrote Orion and the Dark and Chaos Walking.

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R Restricted for language and some sexual content/nudity
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Synecdoche, New York was released in limited movie theaters on Friday, October 24, 2008. There were 6 other movies released on the same date, including High School Musical 3: Senior Year, Passengers and Changeling. As a limited release, Synecdoche, New York was shown in select movie theaters in major markets.

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