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Short Cuts is a comedy-drama film directed and written by Robert Altman, released on 1 October 1993. The film is set in Los Angeles and explores themes of incest among its cast of characters. It stars Andie MacDowell, Bruce Davison, Jack Lemmon, and Julianne Moore. The film was composed by Mark Isham and edited by Geraldine Peroni. Shot in Los Angeles, it runs 187 minutes in English. It was produced by Spelling Films International and Avenue Pictures, and distributed by Fine Line Features and Netflix. The film received the Golden Lion award and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director. It was recognized by the National Board of Review as a top ten film, with a box office gross of six million one hundred ten thousand nine hundred seventy-nine dollars.
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7.2Many 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.
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
Themes
- suicide
- helicopter
- cheating
- loss of loved one
- fishing
- jazz singer or musician
- modern society
- cellist
- earthquake
- los angeles, california
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Ratings
IMDb
7.6/10
49,030 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
95%
Metacritic
81/100
- Year
- 1993
- Runtime
- 188 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 17 wins & 19 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Robert Altman
- Screenplay by
- Robert Altman Frank Barhydt
- Based on
- Characters, by Raymond Carver
- Produced by
- Cary Brokaw
- Starring
- Andie MacDowell Bruce Davison Julianne Moore Matthew Modine Anne Archer Fred Ward Jennifer Jason Leigh Chris Penn Lili Taylor Robert Downey Jr. Madeleine Stowe Tim Robbins Lily Tomlin Tom Waits Frances McDormand Peter Gallagher Annie Ross Lori Singer Jack Lemmon Lyle Lovett Buck Henry Huey Lewis
- Cinematography
- Walt Lloyd
- Edited by
- Geraldine Peroni
- Music by
- Mark Isham
- Production companies
- Spelling Films International Cary Brokaw Productions Avenue Pictures
- Distributed by
- Fine Line Features
- Release date
- October 3, 1993 ( 1993-10-03 )
- Running time
- 188 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $12 million
- Box office
- $6.1 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- incest
- Director
- Robert Altman
- Screenwriter
- Robert Altman
- Cast member
- Alex Trebek
- Composer
- Mark Isham
- Narrative location
- Los Angeles
- Filming location
- Los Angeles
- Duration
- 187
- FilmAffinity ID
- 809366
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1993-10-03
- title
- Short Cuts
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Director
- distributed by
- Netflix
- film editor
- Geraldine Peroni
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 4.1/5
- box office
- 6110979
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Encyclopedic overview
Short Cuts is a 1993 American comedy-drama film directed by Robert Altman. Filmed from a screenplay by Altman and Frank Barhydt, it is inspired by nine short stories and a poem by Raymond Carver. The film is set in Los Angeles, in contrast to the original Pacific Northwest backdrop of Carver's stories. Short Cuts traces the actions of 22 principal characters, both in parallel and at occasional loose points of connection.
The film features an ensemble cast including Matthew Modine, Julianne Moore, Fred Ward, Anne Archer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Robert Downey Jr., Madeleine Stowe, Chris Penn, Jack Lemmon, Frances McDormand, Lori Singer, Andie MacDowell, Buck Henry, Lily Tomlin, actress and singer Annie Ross, and musicians Huey Lewis, Lyle Lovett, and Tom Waits.
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