Running with Scissors

Do not disturb them. They already are.

Duration: 116 min

Release date: 2006-10-27

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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.

Drama Comedy

Running with Scissors

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as Augusten Burroughs

as Deirdre Burroughs

Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow

as Neil Bookman

Evan Rachel Wood

Evan Rachel Wood

as Natalie Finch

as Norman Burroughs

Gabrielle Union

Gabrielle Union

as Michael Shephard

Kristin Chenoweth

Kristin Chenoweth

as Fern Stewart

Dagmara Dominczyk

Dagmara Dominczyk

as Six-Year-Old Augusten Burroughs

as Christy - 1978 Poetry Club

as Restaurant Manager

as Restaurant Waitress

as Officer Button

as Cocktail Waitress

Marianne Muellerleile

Marianne Muellerleile

as Audience Member (uncredited)

Augusten Burroughs

Augusten Burroughs

as Self (uncredited)

as Co-Ed (uncredited)

Leslie Grossman

Leslie Grossman

as Sue (uncredited)

as Chris (uncredited)

Margaret Newborn

Margaret Newborn

as Audience Member (uncredited)

as Poetry Club Member (uncredited)

as Sugar (uncredited)

as Jewish Rabbi (uncredited)

as Audience Member (uncredited)

as Audience Member (uncredited)

as College Student (uncredited)

as Professor's Wife (uncredited)

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Augusten Burroughs

Augusten Burroughs

Executive Producer

Augusten Burroughs

Augusten Burroughs

James S. Levine

James S. Levine

Original Music Composer

Christopher Baffa

Christopher Baffa

Director of Photography

Richard Sherman

Richard Sherman

Production Design

Matthew Flood Ferguson

Matthew Flood Ferguson

Music Supervisor

Thomas M. Ficke

Thomas M. Ficke

Stunt Coordinator

Stunt Coordinator

Still Photographer

Steadicam Operator

Steadicam Operator

Diana Valentine

Diana Valentine

Script Supervisor

Production Coordinator

Art Department Coordinator

Special Effects Coordinator

Bernadette Beauvais

Bernadette Beauvais

Stephanie A. Fowler

Stephanie A. Fowler

Eryn Krueger-Mekash

Eryn Krueger-Mekash

Charles Crivier

Charles Crivier

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