Running with Scissors

Running with Scissors

116 mins | Drama, Comedy | Oct. 27, 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 member of Finch's bizarre extended family.

Running with Scissors

116 mins | Drama, Comedy | Oct. 27, 2006

Running with Scissors
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.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Plan B Entertainment, TriStar Pictures
Original title Running with Scissors
Directors Diana Valentine, Ryan Murphy
Writers Augusten Burroughs, Ryan Murphy

Cast

Joseph Cross

as Augusten Burroughs

Annette Bening

as Deirdre Burroughs

Brian Cox

as Dr. Finch

Gwyneth Paltrow

as Hope Finch

Joseph Fiennes

as Neil Bookman

Evan Rachel Wood

as Natalie Finch

Alec Baldwin

as Norman Burroughs

Jill Clayburgh

as Agnes Finch

Gabrielle Union

as Dorothy

Patrick Wilson

as Michael Shephard

Kristin Chenoweth

as Fern Stewart

Colleen Camp

as Joan

Jack Kaeding

as Six-Year-Old Augusten Burroughs

Gabriel Guedj

as Poo

Nancy Cassaro

as Christy - 1978 Poetry Club

Omid Abtahi

as Restaurant Manager

Julie Remala

as Restaurant Waitress

Will Carter

as Officer Button

Bonnie Weis

as Cocktail Waitress

Dakotah Masset

as Waitress

Anthony Aria

as Audience Member (uncredited)

Augusten Burroughs

as Self (uncredited)

Lindsay Canton

as Co-Ed (uncredited)

Leslie Grossman

as Sue (uncredited)

Janis Jones

as Lesbian Poet (uncredited)

Joshua Levine

as Chris (uncredited)

Margaret Newborn

as Audience Member (uncredited)

Devanny Pinn

as Poetry Club Member (uncredited)

Amy Rider

as Sugar (uncredited)

Gary Sievers

as Jewish Rabbi (uncredited)

Joseph Sims

as Audience Member (uncredited)

Scott Slifer

as Audience Member (uncredited)

Cole Volmer

as College Student (uncredited)

Pilar Walsh

as Professor's Wife (uncredited)

Rachel Zeskind

as Deirdre Obsessed Fan (uncredited)