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Running with Scissors is a 2006 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Ryan Murphy, based on Augusten Burroughs' 2002 memoir of the same name, and starring Joseph Cross, Annette Bening, Brian Cox, Joseph Fiennes, Evan Rachel Wood, Alec Baldwin, Jill Clayburgh and Gwyneth Paltrow.
Oct 27, 2006 · Based on the memoir by Augusten Burroughs, the film follows his teenage years in the 1970s, when he was sent to live with a psychiatrist and his eccentric family. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, soundtracks and more.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Ryan Murphy
- 2006-10-27
Mar 31, 2017 · Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers. 1.66M subscribers. Subscribed. 716. 90K views 7 years ago. Starring: Alec Baldwin, Annette Bening, Brian Cox Running with Scissors (2006) Official Trailer 1...
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A film adaptation of Augusten Burroughs' memoir about his troubled childhood and his relationship with his therapist's family. See the critics' ratings, the trailer, and the cast of this dark comedy starring Annette Bening, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Brian Cox.
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- Ryan Murphy
- R
- Annette Bening
Oct 20, 2006 · Directed by Ryan Murphy. Comedy, Drama. R. 1h 56m. By A.O. Scott. Oct. 20, 2006. Like its source, Augusten Burroughs’s best-selling memoir, the new movie “Running With Scissors” is by turns...
- Ryan Murphy
Oct 20, 2006 · Running With Scissors is the hilarious and poignant feature film based on the personal memoir by Augusten Burroughs. The film chronicles Augusten's survival under the most extraordinary of circumstances.
In 1971, the neatness-obsessed but sharply observant 6-year-old Augusten finds himself trapped between his troubled parents: his mother Deirdre, an unpublished--not to mention unstable--confessional poet with delusions of being hugely famous; and his father Norman, an alcoholic math professor...
