Short Cuts
Director: Robert Altman Run Time: 188 min. Format: DCP Rating: R Release Year: 1993
Starring: Lily Tomlin, Andie MacDowell, Julianne Moore, Tim Robbins, Bruce Davison, Jack Lemmon, Zane Cassidy, Matthew Modine, Anne Archer, Fred Ward, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Chris Penn, Lyle Lovett
Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot (Lily Tomlin) 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 (Jack Lemmon) tells his son, Howard (Bruce Davison), about his past affairs. Meanwhile, a baker (Lyle Lovett) starts harassing the family when they fail to pick up the boy’s birthday cake.