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Short Cuts raises the roof on America.
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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.
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Unspoken GuiltExtramarital AffairsInterconnected StoriesBirthday Cake MischiefAccidental Injury












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Directed by: Robert Altman, Walt Lloyd
Produced by: Cary Brokaw, Mike Kaplan, Scott Bushnell
Composed by: Mark Isham
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