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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Robert Altman |
| Stars: |
Tim Robbins |
| Actors: |
Dirk Blocker |
| Genre: |
Dramas |
| Subgenre: |
Recommended · Character Study · All-Star · Short Stories · Racy · Essential Cinema |
| MPAA Rating: |
R (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
DVD: Criterion Collection |
| UPC: |
715515033626 |
| Release Date: |
1993 |
| Running Time: |
3hr 9min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: Criterion Collection, 3hr 3min Release Company: Image Entertainment, Inc. (October 14, 2008) UPC: 715515033626 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 3hr 9min Release Company: New Line Home Video (November 09, 1999) UPC: 794043456831 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Robert Altman |
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Professional Reviews
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(03/01/1994, p.49-50, Geoffrey Macnab): "...SHORT CUTS is a logical triumph, certainly; a masterpiece of orchestration....Comic touches...biting irony and delight in observation..." |
| More Information |
| Details: |
Using the short stories of Raymond Carver as a jumping-off point, American maverick director Robert Altman weaves a tapestry of interlocking tales set against the seedy backdrop of contemporary middle-class Los Angeles. Tracking the various stages of denial, rage, and despair in the lives of several couples--a philandering cop and his masochistic spouse (Tim Robbins and Madeline Stowe); a helicopter pilot who gets revenge on his ex by trashing her house (Peter Gallagher and Frances McDormand); a man and woman whose perfect life falls apart when they lose their son in a hit-and-run accident (Bruce Davison and Andie MacDowell); a pool cleaner who listens in mounting frustration to his wife performing phone sex each day while tending her brood of children (Chris Penn and Jennifer Jason Leigh); a wealthy couple who are haunted by an incident from the past (Matthew Modine and Julianne Moore); an aging jazz singer and her suicidal daughter (Annie Ross and Lori Singer); an alcoholic limo driver and his waitress... |
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