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Short Cuts (1993)
Directed by Robert Altman
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.
Rated R | Length 187 minutes
Actors
Andie MacDowell | Bruce Davison | Jack Lemmon | Tim Robbins | Julianne Moore | Tom Waits | Lily Tomlin | Fred Ward | Chris Penn | Frances McDormand | Madeleine Stowe | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Anne Archer | Matthew Modine | Lili Taylor | Robert Downey Jr. | Peter Gallagher | Zane Cassidy | Joseph C. Hopkins | Josette Maccario | Austin Friel | Dustin Friel | Cassie Friel | Jarrett Lennon | Buck Henry | Huey Lewis | Dirk Blocker | Alex Trebek | Jerry Dunphy | Lyle Lovett | Lori Singer | Danny Darst | Annie Ross | Robert DoQui | Margery Bond | Darnell Williams | Michael Beach | Andi Chapman | Deborah Falconer | Susie Cusack | Charles Rocket | Jane Alden | Christian Altman | William H.D. Marlett | Suzanne Calvert | Natalie Strong | Jay Della | Jeri Gray | Derek Webster | Nathaniel Harris | Ron McPherson