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Running with Scissors

5.820062h 2m15MovieDramaComedy

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.

DirectorRyan Murphy
WriterRyan Murphy
ProducersBonnie Weis·Steve Samuels

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Cast · Directed by Ryan Murphy

JCJoseph Cross
Joseph Cross
Augusten Burroughs
ABAnnette Bening
Annette Bening
Deirdre Burroughs
BCBrian Cox
Brian Cox
Dr. Finch
GPGwyneth Paltrow
Gwyneth Paltrow
Hope Finch
JFJoseph Fiennes
Joseph Fiennes
Neil Bookman
EWEvan Rachel Wood
Evan Rachel Wood
Natalie Finch
ABAlec Baldwin
Alec Baldwin
Norman Burroughs
JCJill Clayburgh
Jill Clayburgh
Agnes Finch
GUGabrielle Union
Gabrielle Union
Dorothy
PWPatrick Wilson
Patrick Wilson
Michael Shephard
KCKristin Chenoweth
Kristin Chenoweth
Fern Stewart
DDDagmara Dominczyk
Dagmara Dominczyk
Suzanne

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