Movie
Short Cuts
Overview
Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a boy with her car. Soon after walking away, the child lapses into a coma. While at the hospital, the boy's grandfather tells his son, Howard, about his past affairs. Meanwhile, a baker starts harassing the family when they fail to pick up the boy's birthday cake.
Details
- Release date
- 1993-10-01
- Runtime
- 188 min
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Spelling Films International, Avenue Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Andie MacDowell as Ann Finnigan
- Bruce Davison as Howard Finnigan
- Jack Lemmon as Paul Finnigan
- Tim Robbins as Gene Shepard
- Julianne Moore as Marian Wyman
- Tom Waits as Earl Piggot
- Lily Tomlin as Doreen Piggot
- Fred Ward as Stuart Kane
- Chris Penn as Jerry Kaiser
- Frances McDormand as Betty Weathers
- Madeleine Stowe as Sherri Shepard
- Jennifer Jason Leigh as Lois Kaiser
Crew
- Robert Altman - Director
- Robert Altman - Screenplay
- Frank Barhydt - Screenplay
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