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Running with Scissors (2006) -- Young Augusten Burroughs (Cross) absorbs experiences that could make for a shocking memoir: the son of an alcoholic father (Baldwin) and an unstable mother (Bening), he's handed off to his mother's therapist, Dr. Finch (Cox), and spends his adolescent yea
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Running with Scissors (2006) -- Young Augusten Burroughs (Cross) absorbs experiences that could make for a shocking memoir: the son of an alcoholic father (Baldwin) and an unstable mother (Bening), he's handed off to his mother's therapist, Dr. Finch (Cox), and spends his adolescent yea
Running with Scissors (2006) -- Young Augusten Burroughs (Cross) absorbs experiences that could make for a shocking memoir: the son of an alcoholic father (Baldwin) and an unstable mother (Bening), he's handed off to his mother's therapist, Dr. Finch (Cox), and spends his adolescent yea

Overview

User Rating:
6.0/10   11,328 votes
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Director:
Ryan Murphy
Writers (WGA):
Ryan Murphy (screenplay)
Augusten Burroughs (book)
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Release Date:
27 October 2006 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Tagline:
Ever have one of those lives? more
Plot:
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. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(24 articles)
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User Comments:
Augusten And The Flip Side Of Wonderland more
US TV Schedule:
Fri. July 1710:00 AMBRAVO   

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  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for strong language and elements of sexuality, violence and substance abuse.
Runtime:
USA:116 min | USA:122 min (DVD) | Argentina:116 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USA

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Julianne Moore was originally attached to play Deirdre Burroughs. more
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): In a scene between Dr. Finch and Bookman: Dr. Finch yells that he sent Bookman to photography school at the University of Rochester (U of R). The U of R is a medical and research school, with no photography majors. However the Rochester Institute of Technology is a world-known college for photography majors. more
Quotes:
Augusten Burroughs: I'm gay.
Natalie: Big deal.
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Movie Connections:
References My Fair Lady (1964) more
Soundtrack:
Teach Your Children more

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25 out of 29 people found the following comment useful:-
Augusten And The Flip Side Of Wonderland, 21 December 2007
8/10
Author: marcosaguado from Los Angeles, USA

The true story of Augusten Burroughs's beginnings, sound like a demented work of fiction. That's true of most true things. Here, putting aside what's real and what may be a figment of Augusten's imagination, there is a movie. A slightly confused, a bit pretentious but unquestionably fun movie with some high caliber actors at the top of their game. Annette Bening to start with, extraordinary and without clinging to one of her delightful giggles. She is a magnificent, deplorable human spectacle. Reconizable and yet totally alien. Her character is in her way down from the word go and she (Annette or Deidre)don't shy away from the most devastating human blows. She is surrounded by a beautifully designed human zoo of extreme characters. They carry their eccentricities like badges of honor. Brian Cox, superb as the Dickensian know-it-all, his daughters , Evan Rachel Wood and the magnificent Gwynneth Paltrow who can tell you more with half a look than with two pages of exposition. Jill Claybourgh! Goodness gracious me! Where has she been? She's the throbbing heart of the matter, dog food an all. Her sanity, hidden behind a demented, neglected hairdo, is as real as Joseph Cross' Augusten Burroughs. Joseph Finnes's gorgeous nut doesn't have a great deal of sexual chemistry with his under age lover but maybe he wasn't suppose to. As if all this wasn't enough, Alec Baldwin, giving one of the best performances of his career in a character who's on the screen for only a few minutes. Woody Allen, John Irvin even Eugene Ionesco and Frank Perry are present in this engaging display of human frailty. Terrific surprise.

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