Short Cuts

• 7.227 Drama
• 1993-09-05
• 188 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

Andie MacDowell (Ann Finnigan) Bruce Davison (Howard Finnigan) Jack Lemmon (Paul Finnigan) Zane Cassidy (Casey Finnigan) Julianne Moore (Marian Wyman) Matthew Modine (Dr. Ralph Wyman) Anne Archer (Claire Kane) Fred Ward (Stuart Kane) Jennifer Jason Leigh (Lois Kaiser) Chris Penn (Jerry Kaiser)

Director:

Robert Altman

Writer:

Robert Altman Frank Barhydt