Running with Scissors (film)
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| Running With Scissors | |
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 Promotional poster for Running with Scissors |
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| Directed by | Ryan Murphy |
| Produced by | Brad Grey Ryan Murphy |
| Written by | Augusten Burroughs (Novel) Ryan Murphy (screenplay) |
| Starring | Joseph Cross Annette Bening Alec Baldwin Brian Cox Gwyneth Paltrow Evan Rachel Wood Jill Clayburgh Joseph Fiennes |
| Distributed by | TriStar Pictures |
| Release date(s) | October 20, 2006 (USA) |
| Budget | USD$12,000,000 |
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Running With Scissors is a 2006 film directed by Ryan Murphy.
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[edit] Premise
Based on the memoir Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs, the film is a semi-autobiographical account of Burroughs' childhood. His mother gave him away to be raised by her unorthodox psychiatrist, an eccentric man with an eccentric family.
At the age of twelve, Burroughs found himself amidst Victorian squalor living with the doctor’s bizarre family and befriending Neil Bookman, a pederast who resided in the backyard shed. The story is one of an outlaw childhood where rules were unheard of, and the Christmas tree stayed up all year round, where Valium was consumed like candy, and if things got dull an electroshock-therapy machine could provide entertainment.
[edit] Cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Joseph Cross | Augusten Burroughs |
| Annette Bening | Deirdre Burroughs |
| Gwyneth Paltrow | Hope Finch |
| Jill Clayburgh | Agnes Finch |
| Brian Cox | Dr. Finch |
| Alec Baldwin | Norman Burroughs |
| Joseph Fiennes | Neil Bookman |
| Evan Rachel Wood | Natalie |
| Kristin Chenoweth | Fern |
| Vanessa Redgrave | Joranne |
| Olivia Wilde | Nikki |
[edit] Trivia
- This film reunited Ryan Murphy with several actors associated with his television drama Nip/Tuck, including: Alec Baldwin, Jill Clayburgh, Seth Gabel, Leslie Grossman and Vanessa Redgrave.
- Gwyneth Paltrow, who is one of the producers, co-stars in the movie.
[edit] External Links
- Running with Scissors Reviews at Metacritic.com
- Running with Scissors at Rotten Tomatoes
- Running with Scissorsat IMDB.com
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