Short Cuts

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Short Cuts
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R,3hrs 4min
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March 15, 1994
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Fine Line Features
Synopsis: Based on stories by Raymond Carver, Short Cuts follows 22 Los Angeles residents whose lives intersect over the course of a few days. Ann and Howard Finnegan (Andie MacDowell and Bruce Davison) are preparing for their son Casey's birthday party when the boy is injured in an auto accident and falls into a coma. Meanwhile, Andy (Lyle Lovett), a baker, seethes with anger over the birthday cake that wasn't claimed, and Howard's father, Paul (Jack Lemmon), decides that a visit with his ailing grandson ... Full Synopsis
Critics' Reviews
Part of the miracle of Robert Altman's triumphantly fierce, funny, moving and innovative Short Cuts is that you can't get this movie out of your head. You keep playing it back to savor its formula-smashing audacity, its peerless performances and its cleareyed view of blasted lives. Full Review
Metascore
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79
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out of 100
Featured Cast
Ann Finnegan
Howard Finnigan
Gene Shepard
Jerry Kaiser
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Robert Altman on the set of "Short Cuts"
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