"The end is built into the beginning."
A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.
Social & External
The people behind it
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Caden Cotard
Samantha Morton
Hazel
Michelle Williams
Claire Keen
Catherine Keener
Adele Lack
Emily Watson
Tammy
Dianne Wiest
Ellen Bascomb / Millicent Weems
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Maria
Hope Davis
Madeleine Gravis
Tom Noonan
Sammy Barnathan
Sadie Goldstein
Olive (4 years old)
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