Synecdoche, New York

2008 film by Charlie Kaufman
Movie film Q860479
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Summary

Synecdoche, New York is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,112 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Charlie Kaufman[3]
  • Screenwriter: Charlie Kaufman[4]
  • Composer: Jon Brion[5]
  • Genre: drama film[6]
  • Named after: synecdoche[7], Schenectady[8]
  • Cast member: Philip Seymour Hoffman[9], Catherine Keener[10], Samantha Morton[11], Hope Davis[12], Tom Noonan[13], Emily Watson[14], Michelle Williams[15], Jennifer Jason Leigh[16], Daniel London[17], Dianne Wiest[18], Josh Pais[19], Peter Friedman[20], Robin Weigert[21], Rosemary Murphy[22]
  • Producer: Charlie Kaufman[23], Spike Jonze[24]
  • Part of the series: BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century[25]
  • Production company: Sidney Kimmel Entertainment[26]
  • Director of photography: Frederick Elmes[27]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[28]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[29]
  • Review score: 69%[30], 6.8/10[31], 67/100[32]
  • Color: color[33]
  • Country of origin: United States[34]
  • Publication date: May 23, 2008[35]
  • Distributed by: Sony Pictures Classics[36], Netflix[37]
  • Narrative location: New York City[38]
  • Official website: http://www.sonyclassics.com/synecdocheny[39]
  • Filming location: New York City[40]
  • Film editor: Robert Frazen[41]
  • Title: Synecdoche, New York[42]
  • Duration: 124 minutes[43]
  • Capital cost: 20,000,000 US dollars[44]
  • Box office: 4,500,000 US dollars[45]

Why It Matters

Synecdoche, New York has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] ↑ . bbc.co.uk. Retrieved . bbc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [46] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [47] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Kwayst · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 28
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'bg', 'ca', 'cy', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr',
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  2. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 53814
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  4. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +2008-05-23T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Charlie Kaufman
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+124'}
    Named after → synecdoche, Schenectady
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