From two American masters comes a movie like no other
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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Prestige, contemplative, contemporary and open-ended.
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemplativerelentless
- contemporarynostalgic
- resolvedopen-ended
- rawmeticulous
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Cast
- Andie MacDowellAnn Finnigan
- Bruce DavisonHoward Finnigan
- Jack LemmonPaul Finnigan
- Tim RobbinsGene Shepard
- Julianne MooreMarian Wyman
- Tom WaitsEarl Piggot
- Lily TomlinDoreen Piggot
- Fred WardStuart Kane
- Chris PennJerry Kaiser
- Frances McDormandBetty Weathers
Crew
- Robert AltmanDirector
- Robert AltmanScreenplay
- Frank BarhydtScreenplay
- Walt LloydDirector of Photography
- Mark IshamOriginal Music Composer
- Geraldine PeroniEditor
- Suzy ElmigerEditor
- Cary BrokawProducer
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