Short Cuts Summary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Altman
Genres: Drama
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Based on stories by Raymond_Carver, Short Cuts follows 22 Los Angeles residents whose lives intersect over the course of a few days. Ann and Howard Finnegan (Andie MacDowell and Bruce_Davison) are preparing for their son Casey's birthday party when the boy is injured in an auto accident and falls into a coma. Meanwhile, Andy (Lyle_Lovett), a baker, seethes with anger over the birthday cake that wasn't claimed, and Howard's father, Paul (Jack_Lemmon), decides that a visit with his ailing grandson is a good time to discuss his infidelities. Lois (Jennifer_Jason_Leigh) is a new mother who watches over her baby when not making money doing phone sex, which bothers her husband, Jerry (Chris_Penn), though he knows they need the money. Pilot "Stormy" Weathers (Peter_Gallagher) takes a very literal approach to dividing up community property with his ex-wife (Frances McDormand). Doreen (Lily_Tomlin) is trying on to hold her marriage with Earl (Tom_Waits), who is a good man on the rare occasions that he's sober. Zoe (Lori_Singer), a classical musician, is trying to find some way to connect with her mother, Tess (Annie_Ross), a jazz singer. Dr. Ralph Wyman (Matthew_Modine) and his wife, Marian (Julianne_Moore) put their bickering on hold while they have dinner with another couple, Stuart and Claire Kane (Fred_Ward and Anne_Archer). Stuart and his pals Gordon and Vern (Buck_Henry and Huey_Lewis) earlier went on a fishing trip where they discovered the body of a drowned woman but decided not to report it until the end of the weekend. Mark Deming, Rovi
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