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Synopsis: Theater director Caden Cotard is mounting a new play. Fresh off of a successful production of Death of a Salesman, he has traded in the suburban blue-hairs and regional theater of Schenectady for the cultured audiences and bright footlights of Broadway. Armed with a MacArthur grant and determined to create a piece of brutal realism and honesty, something into which he can put his whole self, he gathers an ensemble cast into a warehouse in Manhattan's theater district. He directs them in a celebration of the mundane, instructing each to live out their constructed lives in a small mock-up of the city outside. As the city inside the warehouse grows, Caden's own life veers wildly off the tracks. The shadow of his ex-wife Adele, a celebrated painter who left him years ago for Germany's art scene, sneers at him from every corner. Somewhere in Berlin, his daughter Olive is growing up under the questionable guidance of Adele's friend, Maria. He's helplessly driving his marriage to actress Clai
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Charlie Kaufman
Production: Sydney Kimmel Entertainment
  8 wins & 28 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.5
Metacritic:
67
Rotten Tomatoes:
69%
R
Year:
2008
124 min
$3,000,000
Website
1,833 Views


- Yeah.

- You like?

- Love.

I'm such an idiot

for not knowing about this book.

- It's famous, as it turns out.

- Yeah.

You're not an idiot.

Then you say:

"In fact, Hazel, you're very bright,

and I love your eyes."

- In fact, Hazel, you're very bright.

- Oh, am I?

- And I love your eyes.

- Do you? Oh, you're a darling.

Then what do I say?

- I can't say what then you say.

- Why?

Because it's dirty.

Could you step out for a second?

Go ahead. I've seen boy parts.

- Can I take a piss in your sink?

- Yeah, sure. I guess.

We're sold out.

Great.

Gorgeous.

Thanks.

- How was rehearsal?

- Awful.

We have 560 lighting cues.

- I don't why I make it so complicated.

- Because that's what you do.

Yeah.

We got through it though.

That's really pretty.

Caden, I'm sorry, I...

I can't come tonight. I'm sorry.

I have two canvasses I have

to get ready to ship for tomorrow.

- I know it sucks...

- It's opening night.

I know. I wish I could come.

I would if I could.

- I've gotta get ready.

- Tomorrow...

I have to get ready.

I don't know what I'm gonna wear.

I have to figure out

what I'm gonna wear.

Hey.

- Oh, boy, oh boy.

- Willy?

It's all right, I came back.

I hated myself tonight.

- Plus, I'm so... Excuse me.

- Hey, Tom.

I'm so bloated and enormous.

No, you look good. You were great.

I was very pleased.

- You okay?

- Sorry. A little bit of a headache.

Willy Loman.

I just wanted to say thank you

for everything.

You've been absolutely brilliant.

It's gonna be miserable

going ahead without you.

- I'll be around. I'll check in.

- I'm such a baby.

Okay. I'm gonna go get drunk,

that's what.

Okay. Claire. Sweetheart.

- Good. Good job.

- Oh, don't worry, I'll get better.

- Good work.

- Don't worry, it'll get better.

Hey. I figured I'd better get in fast.

- Hey, you wanna sit?

- Yeah, yeah.

- Where's el wife-o?

- Had to work.

Her show in Berlin is in two weeks.

We're gonna go there

for like a month.

- Why do I like you so much?

- I couldn't begin to guess.

Me neither.

Do you get high, my friend?

You know, sometimes.

Do you want to now?

With me, in my car?

I get kind of...

...something when I'm stoned.

What does "something" mean?

You know...

...bothered.

- What does "bothered" mean?

- You know.

Bothered. Horny.

And me with a station wagon and all.

Could be dangerous.

- Yeah, could be.

- You're absolutely zero fun.

When are the reviews

gonna get here?

Don't know.

His best friends finger two babies...

One this big, one this big.

- And two kittens.

- Hey.

- Hi, Caden. How'd it go?

- Hi.

- Hi.

It's late.

Maria came over

to keep me company because...

And we just lost track.

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Charlie Kaufman

Charles Stuart "Charlie" Kaufman (born November 19, 1958) is an American screenwriter, producer, director, and lyricist. He wrote the films Being John Malkovich (1999), Adaptation (2002), and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004). He made his directorial debut with Synecdoche, New York (2008), which was also well-received; film critic Roger Ebert named it "the best movie of the decade" in 2009. It was followed by Anomalisa (2015). more…

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