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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.
1993 · Directed by Robert Altman · 188 min · Drama · Comedy · 19 frames
Tagline
From two American masters comes a movie like no other
Crew
- Screenplay: Robert Altman, Frank Barhydt
- Cinematography: Walt Lloyd
- Edited by: Suzy Elmiger, Geraldine Peroni
- Music: Mark Isham
- Production design: Stephen Altman
- Produced by: Cary Brokaw
Cast
- Andie MacDowell as Ann Finnigan
- Bruce Davison as Howard Finnigan
- Jack Lemmon as Paul Finnigan
- Tim Robbins as Gene Shepard
- Julianne Moore as Marian Wyman
- Tom Waits as Earl Piggot
- Lily Tomlin as Doreen Piggot
- Fred Ward as Stuart Kane
- Chris Penn as Jerry Kaiser
- Frances McDormand as Betty Weathers
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Spelling Films International, Avenue Pictures
- Budget: $12,000,000
- Box office: $6,110,979
- Themes: suicide, helicopter, cheating, loss of loved one, fishing, jazz singer or musician, modern society, cellist, earthquake, los angeles, california
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