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Short Cuts(1993)
Status: Released
Date: 1993-10-01
72%
654 Votes
Time: 3h 8m
From two American masters comes a movie like no other
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $12,000,000.00
Revenue: $6,110,979.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Avenue Pictures
Movie: Short Cuts
Top 10 Billed 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
Video Trailer Short Cuts
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Short Cuts ≣ 1993 ≣ Trailer ≣ Remastered - Trailer
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