Genres
Production Companies
Spelling Entertainment
Avenue Entertainment
Short Cuts
Short Cuts raises the roof on America.
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.
Key Crew
Director: Robert Altman
Screenplay: Robert Altman, Frank Barhydt
Producer: Cary Brokaw, Mike Kaplan, David Levy
Director of Photography: Walt Lloyd
Top 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
Videos
Short Cuts ≣ 1993 ≣ Trailer ≣ Remastered
Criterion Trailer 256: Short Cuts
