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Short Cuts is a 1993 American comedy-drama film, directed by Robert Altman. Filmed from a screenplay by Altman and Frank Barhydt, it is inspired by nine short stories and a poem by Raymond Carver. The film has a Los Angeles setting, which is substituted for the Pacific Northwest backdrop of Carver's stories.
Oct 1, 1993 · Short Cuts: Directed by Robert Altman. With Andie MacDowell, Bruce Davison, Jack Lemmon, Zane Cassidy. The day-to-day lives of several suburban Los Angeles residents.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Robert Altman
- 1993-10-01
Oct 22, 1993 · Robert Altman's "Short Cuts" captures that uneasiness perfectly in its interlocking stories about people who seem trapped in the present, always juggling. Los Angeles always seems to be waiting for something.
Waitress Doreen Piggot (Lily Tomlin) 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 (Jack Lemmon ...
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- Robert Altman
- R
- Andie Macdowell
Oct 29, 2014 · Short Cuts Trailer 1993 Director: Robert Altman Starring: Andie MacDowell, Jack Lemmon, Madeleine Stowe, Matthew Modine, Robert Dow ...more.
- 2 min
- 117.9K
- Video Detective
Synopsis. The film opens as a fleet of helicopters sprays for medflies, revealing all the characters along the path of their flight. Dr. Ralph Wyman and his wife, Marian, meet another couple, Stuart and Claire Kane, at Zoe Trainer's cello concert and make a spontaneous Sunday dinner date.
The work of two great American artists merges in Short Cuts, a kaleidoscopic adaptation of the stories of renowned author Raymond Carver by maverick director Robert Altman. Epic in scale yet meticulously observed, the film interweaves the stories of twenty-two characters as they struggle to find solace and meaning in contemporary Los Angeles.
