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Running with Scissors is a 2006 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Ryan Murphy, based on Augusten Burroughs' 2002 memoir of the same name, and starring Joseph Cross, Annette Bening, Brian Cox, Joseph Fiennes, Evan Rachel Wood, Alec Baldwin, Jill Clayburgh and Gwyneth Paltrow.
Running with Scissors is a 2002 memoir by American writer Augusten Burroughs. The book tells the story of Burroughs's bizarre childhood life after his mother, a chain-smoking aspiring poet, sent him to live with her psychiatrist. [1] . Running with Scissors spent eight weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. [2] Plot summary.
Mar 1, 2018. Aug 28, 2009. As the son of an alcoholic father (Alec Baldwin) and a mentally ill mother (Annette Bening), young Augusten Burroughs (Joseph Cross) faces a challenging childhood at the...
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Oct 20, 2006 · Running with Scissors. Directed by Ryan Murphy. Comedy, Drama. R. 1h 56m. By A.O. Scott. Oct. 20, 2006. Like its source, Augusten Burroughs’s best-selling memoir, the new movie “Running...
Oct 27, 2006 · Overview. Young Augusten Burroughs absorbs experiences that could make for a shocking memoir: the son of an alcoholic father and an unstable mother, he's handed off to his mother's therapist, Dr. Finch, and spends his adolescent years as a member of Finch's bizarre extended family. Ryan Murphy. Director, Screenplay.
1h 56m. TCM Emails. In 1971, the neatness-obsessed but sharply observant 6-year-old Augusten finds himself trapped between his troubled parents: his mother Deirdre, an unpublished--not to mention unstable--confessional poet with delusions of being hugely famous; and his father Norman, an alcoholic math professor...
Oct 20, 2006 · Summary Running With Scissors is the hilarious and poignant feature film based on the personal memoir by Augusten Burroughs. The film chronicles Augusten's survival under the most extraordinary of circumstances. (Sony) Comedy. Drama. Written By: Augusten Burroughs. Running with Scissors. Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 32 Critic Reviews. 52.
