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Short Cuts (1993)

Short Cuts (1993)

Drama Comedy

From two American masters comes a movie like no other

Release Date: 1993, October 1
Directors: Robert Altman
Countries: United States of America
Production: Spelling Films International, Avenue Pictures
Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Robert Downey Jr., Tim Robbins, Andie MacDowell, Huey Lewis, Lily Tomlin, Matthew Modine, Lili Taylor, Bruce Davison, Chris Penn, Julianne Moore, Michael Beach

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.

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