
Feature film — 1993
Short Cuts (1993)
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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Spelling Films International / Avenue Pictures
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Director: Robert Altman
On screen
Cast & crew

Andie MacDowell
Ann Finnigan

Bruce Davison
Howard Finnigan

Jack Lemmon
Paul Finnigan

Tim Robbins
Gene Shepard

Julianne Moore
Marian Wyman

Tom Waits
Earl Piggot

Lily Tomlin
Doreen Piggot

Fred Ward
Stuart Kane

Chris Penn
Jerry Kaiser

Frances McDormand
Betty Weathers

Madeleine Stowe
Sherri Shepard

Jennifer Jason Leigh
Lois Kaiser
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