CHARLIE KAUFMAN - KAUFMAN EMPLOYS ALL STAR CAST FOR NEW FILM

Academy award-winning screenwriter CHARLIE KAUFMAN has employed an all-star cast, including PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN, MICHELLE WILLIAMS and CATHERINE KEENER to appear in his directorial debut. SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK will see Hoffman will play a theatre director who attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse for a new play. It will be celebrated writer Kaufman's directorial debut, after writing a string of quirky but successful movies including BEING JOHN MALKOVICH and ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND.