Running with Scissors

Running with Scissors

2006/10/27 • $12,000,000 • Released • English

Drama
Comedy
5.8
1h 56m

Do not disturb them. They already are.

Overview

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.

Director : Ryan Murphy

Casts
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

Six-Year-Old Augusten Burroughs

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

Cocktail Waitress

Dakotah Masset

Waitress

Marianne Muellerleile

Marianne Muellerleile

Nurse

Anthony Aria

Audience Member (uncredited)

Augusten Burroughs

Self (uncredited)

Lindsay Canton

Co-Ed (uncredited)

Leslie Grossman

Leslie Grossman

Sue (uncredited)

Joshua Levine

Chris (uncredited)

Margaret Newborn

Margaret Newborn

Audience Member (uncredited)

Devanny Pinn

Devanny Pinn

Poetry Club Member (uncredited)

Amy Rider

Sugar (uncredited)

Gary Sievers

Gary Sievers

Jewish Rabbi (uncredited)

Joseph Sims

Audience Member (uncredited)

Scott Slifer

Audience Member (uncredited)

Cole Volmer

College Student (uncredited)

Pilar Walsh

Professor's Wife (uncredited)

Rachel Zeskind

Rachel Zeskind

Deirdre Obsessed Fan (uncredited)

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