Short Cuts (1993)

Synopsis

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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Cast

• Andie MacDowell as Ann Finnigan
• Bruce Davison as Howard Finnigan
• Jack Lemmon as Paul Finnigan
• Tim Robbins as Gene Shepard
• Julianne Moore as Marian Wyman
• Tom Waits as Earl Piggot
• Lily Tomlin as Doreen Piggot
• Fred Ward as Stuart Kane
• Chris Penn as Jerry Kaiser
• Frances McDormand as Betty Weathers

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