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Running with Scissors
Running with Scissors

Running with Scissors

Do not disturb them. They already are.

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DramaComedy

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Young Augusten Burroughs absorbs experiences that could make for a shocking memoir: the son of an alcoholic father and an unstable mother, he's handed off to his mother's therapist, Dr. Finch, and spends his adolescent years as a member of Finch's bizarre extended family.

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Budget

$12000000

Revenue

$6754898

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

116 mins

Rating

5.785/10

Release Date

27 October 2006

Country

United States of America

Cast

Joseph Cross

Joseph Cross

Augusten Burroughs

Annette Bening

Annette Bening

Deirdre Burroughs

Brian Cox

Brian Cox

Dr. Finch

Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow

Hope Finch

Joseph Fiennes

Joseph Fiennes

Neil Bookman

Evan Rachel Wood

Evan Rachel Wood

Natalie Finch

Alec Baldwin

Alec Baldwin

Norman Burroughs

Jill Clayburgh

Jill Clayburgh

Agnes Finch

Gabrielle Union

Gabrielle Union

Dorothy

Patrick Wilson

Patrick Wilson

Michael Shephard

Kristin Chenoweth

Kristin Chenoweth

Fern Stewart

Dagmara Dominczyk

Dagmara Dominczyk

Suzanne

Colleen Camp

Colleen Camp

Joan

Jack Kaeding

Jack Kaeding

Six-Year-Old Augusten Burroughs

Gabriel Guedj

Gabriel Guedj

Poo

Nancy Cassaro

Nancy Cassaro

Christy - 1978 Poetry Club

Omid Abtahi

Omid Abtahi

Restaurant Manager

Julie Remala

Julie Remala

Restaurant Waitress

Will Carter

Will Carter

Officer Button

Bonnie Weis

Bonnie Weis

Cocktail Waitress

Dakotah Masset

Dakotah Masset

Waitress

Marianne Muellerleile

Marianne Muellerleile

Nurse

Anthony Aria

Anthony Aria

Audience Member (uncredited)

Augusten Burroughs

Augusten Burroughs

Self (uncredited)

Lindsay Canton

Lindsay Canton

Co-Ed (uncredited)

Leslie Grossman

Leslie Grossman

Sue (uncredited)

Joshua Levine

Joshua Levine

Chris (uncredited)

Margaret Newborn

Margaret Newborn

Audience Member (uncredited)

Devanny Pinn

Devanny Pinn

Poetry Club Member (uncredited)

Amy Rider

Amy Rider

Sugar (uncredited)

Gary Sievers

Gary Sievers

Jewish Rabbi (uncredited)

Joseph Sims

Joseph Sims

Audience Member (uncredited)

Scott Slifer

Scott Slifer

Audience Member (uncredited)

Cole Volmer

Cole Volmer

College Student (uncredited)

Pilar Walsh

Pilar Walsh

Professor's Wife (uncredited)

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