Running with Scissors
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Cast & Crew
Ryan Murphy
Alec Baldwin
William Carter
Joseph Fiennes
Dagmara Dominczyk
Brian Cox
Film Details
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Synopsis
In 1971, the neatness-obsessed but sharply observant 6-year-old Augusten finds himself trapped between his troubled parents: his mother Deirdre, an unpublished--not to mention unstable--confessional poet with delusions of being hugely famous; and his father Norman, an alcoholic math professor who long ago gave up trying to solve the riddle of his wife's problems or his son's precocious behavior. When the Burroughs' marriage goes to pieces, Deirdre signs up for therapy with the eccentric Dr. Finch, a highly unconventional shrink who takes the family under his wing. From the beginning, Augusten is suspicious of Dr. Finch's peculiarities, but when Dr. Finch fails to save the Burroughs' marriage, Augusten's life takes an even more wrenching turn. While Deirdre is packed off to a motel to continue her Valium-aided therapy, Augusten is sent to live in the Finch family home--a kind of Brady-Bunch-gone-bad world where for some dog kibble is a snack, sedatives are consumed like candy and grand prophecies emerge from the bathroom. Soon Augusten unwittingly becomes part of the family comprised of: the shell-shocked Mrs. Finch, "Bible-dipping" daughter Hope, disco-rebel daughter Natalie and Neil Bookman, the disturbed, 35-year-old, "adopted" son who lives in a shed at the back of the house; along the way Augusten descends into a kind of surreal childhood hell. Yet, he also finds optimism among the horror, hilarity in the insanity and even love amid the dilapidated ruins as he never loses his spirit or his resilience.
Director
Ryan Murphy
Cast
Alec Baldwin
William Carter
Joseph Fiennes
Dagmara Dominczyk
Brian Cox
Gabrielle Union
James Motyl
Dakotah Masset
Annette Bening
Kristin Chenoweth
Colleen Camp
Evan Rachel Wood
Omid Abtahi
Patrick Wilson
Bonnie Weis
Jill Clayburgh
Gabriel Guedj
Jack Kaeding
Gwyneth Paltrow
Nancy Cassaro
Marianne Muellerleile
Joseph Cross
Julie Remala
Crew
Terry Adams
Crisoforo Aguilar
Alessandro Alessandroni
Ernst Anschütz
Rick Ash
Burt Bacharach
Christopher Baffa
Christopher Baffa
Roger Ball
Beth Bargas
Tex Beneke
Stacey K Black
P. J. Bloom
Deanna Brigidi
Samuel H Brinson
Anita Louise Brown
Clyde E Bryan
Brad Buecker
Augusten Burroughs
Augusten Burroughs
Jay Byerly
Chelsey Cardon
Hoagy Carmichael
Kenneth C Clark
Nat King Cole
Nat King Cole
Cydney Cornell
William Cotton
Dirk Craft
Brendon Crigler
Charles Crivier
Dana Crocker
Hal David
Jerry Day
Jed M Dodge
Rickley W Dumm
Fabrice Dumont
Malcolm Duncan
Chris Duskin
Jenny Eagan
Jimmy Eaton
Melissa J Engle
Bill Evans
Lou Eyrich
Joseph C. Fama
Russell Farmarco
Osvaldo Farres
Catherine Feeney
Catherine Feeney
Matthew Flood Ferguson
Tom Ficke
Mali Finn
Lorin Flemming
Robert Foulkes
Stephanie Fowler
Frank Gaeta
Luis Galadames
Dede Gardner
Marc A Gilmartin
Patrick Giraudi
Andrew Glover
Alan Gorrie
Graham Gouldman
Terri Greening
Brad Grey
Christopher Griffin
Christopher Grizey
Vince Guaraldi
Stephane Haeri
Bob Hall
Catherine Harper
Barbara Harris
Jennifer Hatton
Zoe Hay
David Henke
Mo Henry
Christophe Hetier
Greg Hewett
Julie Hewett
Jennifer Holyfield
Elton John
Elton John
Ian Kay
Laurel E Kelly
Mark Kersey
Dan Kneece
Wayne Kosky
Eryn Krueger
Gene Lees
James Levine
Darrin Mann
Elenie Mansalis
Elisa Marsh
Alexis Martin
Joseph May
Robbie Mcintosh
Owen Mcintyre
Maura Mckeown
Tom Mertz
Meredith Mohr
Chris Morianna
Jerry W Mundy
Ryan Murphy
Ryan Murphy
Graham Nash
Ed Nassaney
Chris Navarro
Todd Niesen
Noon Orsatti
Mitchell Parish
Jim Passon
Sarah Payne
Tim Pedegana
Brad Pitt
Doug Price
David Rapaport
Christopher Redmond
Jennifer Reeve
Krishna Ribeiro
Terry Rodman
Paul M Rohrbaugh
Frank Ryerson
Steve Samuels
John Scott
Richard Sherman
David Showers
Jessica Sieben
Julie Silverman
Byron Smith
Phoebe Snow
Phoebe Snow
Giuliano Sorgini
Bruce Springsteen
Al Stewart
Al Stewart
Eric Stewart
Hamish Stuart
Pete Sutton
Bernie Taupin
Suzanne Tenner
Eric Thompson
Henry Tirl
Tom Trafalski
Suzanne M Trucks
Diana Valentine
Rorie D Van Klaveren
Vince Guaraldi Trio
Antonio Vivaldi
Christine Wada
Gunnar T Walter
Eve Watterson
Grady Watts
Andrew Weaver
Bonnie Weis
Peter Wood
Michael Wynands
Marissa Zajack
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Winner of the 2006 Satellite Award for Best Actor - Comedy or Musical (Joseph Cross) by the International Press Academy (IPA).
Expanded Release in United States October 27, 2006
Limited Release in United States October 20, 2006
Released in United States Fall October 20, 2006
Released in United States on Video February 6, 2007
Based on the novel "Running With Scissors" written by Augusten Burroughs; published by St. Martin's Press July 10, 2002.
Julianne Moore was previously attached to star.
Released in United States on Video February 6, 2007
Limited Release in United States October 20, 2006
Released in United States Fall October 20, 2006
Expanded Release in United States October 27, 2006
