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Title: Short Cuts

Release Date: 5 Sep 1993

Runtime: 3h 7m

Genre: Drama, Comedy

Director: Fine Line Features, Spelling Entertainment, Avenue Entertainment

Production Companies: Fine Line Features, Spelling Entertainment, Avenue Entertainment

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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.2 (599 votes)

Cast

  • Ann Finnigan: Andie MacDowell
  • Howard Finnigan: Bruce Davison
  • Paul Finnigan: Jack Lemmon
  • Gene Shepard: Tim Robbins
  • Marian Wyman: Julianne Moore
  • Earl Piggot: Tom Waits
  • Doreen Piggot: Lily Tomlin
  • Stuart Kane: Fred Ward
  • Jerry Kaiser: Chris Penn
  • Betty Weathers: Frances McDormand
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