Short Cuts
From two American masters comes a movie like no other
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.
- Director
- Robert Altman
- Worldwide
- $6M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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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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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Short Cuts returned 0.5× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $12M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $6M
- Release date
- Oct 1, 1993
- Runtime
- 3h 8m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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