Movie · 1993
Short Cuts
“From two American masters comes a movie like no other”
Released 1 October 1993 188 min Drama / Comedy More from 1993 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a boy with her car. Soon after walking away, the child lapses into a coma. While at the hospital, the boy's grandfather tells his son, Howard, about his past affairs. Meanwhile, a baker starts harassing the family when they fail to pick up the boy's birthday cake.
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How old were they?
Jack Lemmon
as Paul Finnigan
Robert DoQui
as Knute Willis
Lily Tomlin
as Doreen Piggot
Fred Ward
as Stuart Kane
Bruce Davison
as Howard Finnigan
Anne Archer
as Claire Kane
Tom Waits
as Earl Piggot
Darnell Williams
as Joe Robbins
Frances McDormand
as Betty Weathers
Andie MacDowell
as Ann Finnigan
Madeleine Stowe
as Sherri Shepard
Lyle Lovett
as Andy Bitkower
Lori Singer
as Zoe Trainer / Cello - The Trout Quintet
Tim Robbins
as Gene Shepard
Matthew Modine
as Dr. Ralph Wyman
Julianne Moore
as Marian Wyman
Jennifer Jason Leigh
as Lois Kaiser
Robert Downey Jr.
as Bill Bush
Chris Penn
as Jerry Kaiser
Lili Taylor
as Honey Bush
Jarrett Lennon
as Chad Weathers
Jane Alden
as Mrs. Schwartzmeier
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The numbers
57years between the oldest and youngest billed
68Jack Lemmon — oldest on the call sheet
11Jarrett Lennon — youngest billed
38average age of the credited cast