Short Cuts

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.

• Robert AltmanDirector
• Robert AltmanScreenplay
• Frank BarhydtScreenplay
• Mark IshamOriginal Music Composer

• Andie MacDowellAnn Finnigan
• Bruce DavisonHoward Finnigan
• Jack LemmonPaul Finnigan
• Tim RobbinsGene Shepard
• Julianne MooreMarian Wyman
• Tom WaitsEarl Piggot
• Lily TomlinDoreen Piggot
• Fred WardStuart Kane
• Chris PennJerry Kaiser
• Frances McDormandBetty Weathers
• Madeleine StoweSherri Shepard
• Jennifer Jason LeighLois Kaiser