Running with Scissors

5.8
  • Genre: DramaComedy
  • Run time: 116 min
  • Premiere: 2006. October 27.

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.

Discover

Joseph Cross

Augusten Burroughs

Annette Bening

Deirdre Burroughs

Brian Cox

Dr. Finch

Gwyneth Paltrow

Hope Finch

Joseph Fiennes

Neil Bookman

Evan Rachel Wood

Natalie Finch

Alec Baldwin

Norman Burroughs

Jill Clayburgh

Agnes Finch

Patrick Wilson

Michael Shephard

Kristin Chenoweth

Fern Stewart

Jack Kaeding

Six-Year-Old Augusten Burroughs

Nancy Cassaro

Christy - 1978 Poetry Club

Omid Abtahi

Restaurant Manager

Julie Remala

Restaurant Waitress

Will Carter

Officer Button

Bonnie Weis

Cocktail Waitress

Dakotah Masset

Waitress

Anthony Aria

Audience Member (uncredited)

Augusten Burroughs

Self (uncredited)

Lindsay Canton

Co-Ed (uncredited)

Leslie Grossman

Sue (uncredited)

Joshua Levine

Chris (uncredited)

Margaret Newborn

Audience Member (uncredited)

Devanny Pinn

Poetry Club Member (uncredited)

Amy Rider

Sugar (uncredited)

Gary Sievers

Jewish Rabbi (uncredited)

Joseph Sims

Audience Member (uncredited)

Scott Slifer

Audience Member (uncredited)

Cole Volmer

College Student (uncredited)

Pilar Walsh

Professor's Wife (uncredited)

Art

Marissa Zajack

Art Department Coordinator

Matthew Flood Ferguson

Set Decoration

Richard Sherman

Production Design

Lorin Flemming

Art Direction

Camera

Henry Tirl

Steadicam Operator

Christopher Baffa

Director of Photography

Suzanne Tenner

Still Photographer

Dan Kneece

Steadicam Operator

Charles Crivier

Dolly Grip

Costume & Make-Up

Lou Eyrich

Costume Design

Cydney Cornell

Hairstylist

Bernadette Beauvais

Makeup Artist

Stephanie A. Fowler

Makeup Artist

Zoe Hay

Makeup Artist

Julie Hewett

Makeup Artist

Eryn Krueger Mekash

Makeup Artist

Crew

Thomas Mertz

Special Effects Coordinator

Noon Orsatti

Stunt Coordinator

Thomas M. Ficke

Stunt Coordinator

Directing

Ryan Murphy

Director

Diana Valentine

Script Supervisor

Editing

Byron Smith

Editor

Production

Brad Grey

Producer

Brad Pitt

Producer

Ryan Murphy

Producer

Steve Samuels

Executive Producer

Bonnie Weis

Producer

Mali Finn

Casting

Eve Watterson

Production Coordinator

Sound

P.J. Bloom

Music Supervisor

Tom Trafalski

Music Editor

James S. Levine

Original Music Composer

Sarah Payan

Sound Editor

Writing

Ryan Murphy

Screenplay

Art

Marissa Zajack

Art Department Coordinator

Matthew Flood Ferguson

Set Decoration

Richard Sherman

Production Design

Lorin Flemming

Art Direction

Camera

Henry Tirl

Steadicam Operator

Christopher Baffa

Director of Photography

Suzanne Tenner

Still Photographer

Dan Kneece

Steadicam Operator

Charles Crivier

Dolly Grip

Costume & Make-Up

Lou Eyrich

Costume Design

Cydney Cornell

Hairstylist

Bernadette Beauvais

Makeup Artist

Stephanie A. Fowler

Makeup Artist

Zoe Hay

Makeup Artist

Julie Hewett

Makeup Artist

Eryn Krueger Mekash

Makeup Artist

Crew

Thomas Mertz

Special Effects Coordinator

Noon Orsatti

Stunt Coordinator

Thomas M. Ficke

Stunt Coordinator

Directing

Ryan Murphy

Director

Diana Valentine

Script Supervisor

Editing

Byron Smith

Editor

Production

Brad Grey

Producer

Brad Pitt

Producer

Ryan Murphy

Producer

Steve Samuels

Executive Producer

Bonnie Weis

Producer

Mali Finn

Casting

Eve Watterson

Production Coordinator

Sound

P.J. Bloom

Music Supervisor

Tom Trafalski

Music Editor

James S. Levine

Original Music Composer

Sarah Payan

Sound Editor

Writing

Ryan Murphy

Screenplay