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Short Cuts

19933h 8mDrama · Comedy
directed by Robert Altman

“From two American masters comes a movie like no other”

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7.2 / 10
684 votes
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7.6 / 10
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81 / 100
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95%

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Synopsis

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.

Cast

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