Running with Scissors (2006)
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $12,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $6,754,898.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 4.286 |
Directed By
Ryan Murphy
Crew
Ryan Murphy
Brad Pitt
Ryan Murphy
Brad Grey
Augusten Burroughs
Steve Samuels
Bonnie Weis
Ryan Murphy
James S. Levine
Christopher Baffa
Mali Finn
Byron Smith
Richard Sherman
Lou Eyrich
Matthew Flood Ferguson
Lorin Flemming
P.J. Bloom
Tom Trafalski
Thomas M. Ficke
Noon Orsatti
Suzanne Tenner
Dan Kneece
Henry Tirl
Diana Valentine
Eve Watterson
Marissa Zajack
Thomas Mertz
Cydney Cornell
Bernadette Beauvais
Stephanie A. Fowler
Zoe Hay
Julie Hewett
Eryn Krueger Mekash
Sarah Payan
Charles Crivier
TOP CAST
Joseph Cross
Augusten Burroughs
Annette Bening
Deirdre Burroughs
Brian Cox
Dr. Finch
Gwyneth Paltrow
Hope Finch
Joseph Fiennes
Neil Bookman
Evan Rachel Wood
Natalie Finch
Alec Baldwin
Norman Burroughs
Jill Clayburgh
Agnes Finch
Gabrielle Union
Dorothy
Patrick Wilson
Michael Shephard
Kristin Chenoweth
Fern Stewart
Dagmara Dominczyk
Suzanne
Colleen Camp
Joan
Jack Kaeding
Six-Year-Old Augusten Burroughs
Gabriel Guedj
Poo
Nancy Cassaro
Christy - 1978 Poetry Club
Omid Abtahi
Restaurant Manager
Julie Remala
Restaurant Waitress
Will Carter
Officer Button
Bonnie Weis
Cocktail Waitress
Dakotah Masset
Waitress
Marianne Muellerleile
Nurse
Anthony Aria
Audience Member (uncredited)
Augusten Burroughs
Self (uncredited)
Lindsay Canton
Co-Ed (uncredited)
Leslie Grossman
Sue (uncredited)
Joshua Levine
Chris (uncredited)
Margaret Newborn
Audience Member (uncredited)
Devanny Pinn
Poetry Club Member (uncredited)
Amy Rider
Sugar (uncredited)
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
Deirdre Obsessed Fan (uncredited)
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