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Running with Scissors (2006) Young Augusten Burroughs absorbs experiences that could make for a shocking memoir: the son of

Running with Scissors (2006)

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 mem

Cast:
Deirdre Burroughs: Annette Bening
Dr. Finch: Brian Cox
Neil Bookman: Joseph Fiennes
Natalie Finch: Evan Rachel Wood
Norman Burroughs: Alec Baldwin
Augusten Burroughs: Joseph Cross
Agnes Finch: Jill Clayburgh
Hope Finch: Gwyneth Paltrow
Dorothy: Gabrielle Union
Michael Shephard: Patrick Wilson
Fern Stewart: Kristin Chenoweth
Suzanne: Dagmara Dominczyk
Joan: Colleen Camp
Six-Year-Old Augusten Burroughs: Jack Kaeding
Poo: Gabriel Guedj
Christy - 1978 Poetry Club: Nancy Cassaro
Restaurant Manager: Omid Abtahi
Restaurant Waitress: Julie Remala
Officer Button: Will Carter
Cocktail Waitress: Bonnie Weis
Waitress: Dakotah Masset
Nurse: Marianne Muellerleile
Audience: Anthony Aria
Self: Augusten Burroughs
Co-Ed: Lindsay Canton
Sue: Leslie Grossman
Lesbian Poet: Janis Jones
Chris: Joshua Levine
Audience Member: Scott Slifer
Poetry Club Member: Devanny Pinn
Sugar: Amy Rider
Jewish Rabbi: Gary Sievers
College Student: Cole Volmer
Professor's Wife: Pilar Walsh
Deirdre Obsessed Fan: Rachel Zeskind

Written by: Ryan Murphy, Augusten Burroughs

Director: Ryan Murphy

Production: TriStar Pictures, Plan B Entertainment

Release date: 27 Oct 2006

Box Office: $7,022,827
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