Running with Scissors
“Do not disturb them. They already are.”
Director
Ryan Murphy
Screenplay
Ryan Murphy
3 wins · 7 nominations
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.
Release
Oct 27, 2006
Budget
$12M
Country
United States of America
Revenue
$7M
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
Nancy Cassaro
Christy - 1978 Poetry Club
Omid Abtahi
Restaurant Manager
Julie Remala
Restaurant Waitress
Will Carter
Officer Button
Marianne Muellerleile
Nurse
Leslie Grossman
Sue (uncredited)
Margaret Newborn
Audience Member (uncredited)
Devanny Pinn
Poetry Club Member (uncredited)
Amy Rider
Sugar (uncredited)
Gary Sievers
Jewish Rabbi (uncredited)
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