'Synecdoche' in sync with SPC

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Sony Pictures Classics eyes “Synecdoche, New York”
Published 7/22/2008 by Nick Plowman at Fataculture
... Keener, Emily Watson, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Dianne Wiest, awards watchers will no doubt keep their eyes peeled. I know I am. The film, deemed “special-effects heavy,” cost about $20 million to make, and Sony Classics plan to pay a price somewhere in the low seven-figure range for US rights. The original cut was 4 hours long, and was subsequently shortened for its festival unveiling, and Kaufman has said that he plans to cut the film down even further before its official release. [ Hollywood Reporter ]

Charlie Kaufman's Meta Vision Gets An Actual Distributor [Trade Roundup]
Published 7/22/2008 by Seth at Defamer
... · Sony Pictures Classics is close to picking up Synecdoche, New York, Charlie Kaufman's sprawling directorial debut spanning 40 years in the life of a guy who tries to mount the greatest play of all time. It began as a real-time project, but has since been whittled down to a far more digestible two hours, four minutes. [THR] ...