Short Cuts
- Released on
- Runtime
- 188 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.
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
- Bruce Davison
- Jack Lemmon
- Zane Cassidy
- Julianne Moore
- Matthew Modine
- Anne Archer
- Fred Ward
- Jennifer Jason Leigh
- Chris Penn
- Joseph C. Hopkins
- Josette Maccario
- Lili Taylor
- Robert Downey Jr.
- Madeleine Stowe
- Tim Robbins
- Frances McDormand
- Peter Gallagher
- Austin Friel
- Dustin Friel
- Cassie Friel
- Lily Tomlin
- Tom Waits
- 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
Director
- Robert Altman
Producers
- Cary Brokaw
- Mike Kaplan
- David Levy
Screenwriter
- Robert Altman
- Frank Barhydt
