| Running with Scissors | |
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| Directed by | Ryan Murphy |
| Produced by | Ryan Murphy Brad Pitt Brad Grey Dede Gardner Augusten Burroughs |
| Screenplay by | Ryan Murphy |
| Based on | Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs |
| Starring | Annette Bening Brian Cox Joseph Fiennes Evan Rachel Wood Alec Baldwin Jill Clayburgh Joseph Cross Gwyneth Paltrow |
| Music by | James S. Levine |
| Cinematography | Christopher Baffa |
| Editing by | Byron Smith |
| Studio | Plan B Entertainment Ryan Murphy Productions |
| Distributed by | TriStar Pictures |
| Release date(s) | October 27, 2006 |
| Running time | 116 minutes 122 minutes (DVD release) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $7,460,797[1] |
Running with Scissors is a 2006 American comedy-drama film based on Augusten Burroughs' 2002 memoir of the same name, written and directed by Ryan Murphy, and starring Joseph Cross, Annette Bening, Brian Cox, Joseph Fiennes, Evan Rachel Wood, Alec Baldwin, Jill Clayburgh, and Gwyneth Paltrow with supporting roles filled by Kristin Chenoweth and Gabrielle Union, among others.
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Based on Augusten Burroughs' memoir of the same name, the film is a semi-autobiographical account of Burroughs' childhood. His mother, Deidre (Annette Bening), perceiving an ill-fated upbringing, places him under the care of her unorthodox psychiatrist, Dr. Finch (Brian Cox), the eccentric patriarch of an oddball family.
At the age of 12, Burroughs (Joseph Cross) finds himself in Victorian squalor living an unconventional youth among the doctor’s family, and is subject to irregular visits by his increasingly unsound mother. At one point, Burroughs befriends Neil Bookman (Joseph Fiennes), Finch's adopted 33-year-old son, and the two enter an erratic sexual relationship.
The story is of a childhood in which the boundary between reality and fantasy is ignored and finally broken; as, ultimately, is the irreplaceable bond between mother and son.[2]
The film was poorly received, garnering only 30% positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.[3] Annette Bening's performance in the film did garner her some praise, earning her a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy.
The soundtrack for the film was released on September 26, 2006, a month prior to the film's release.[4]
An adaptation of Telepopmusik's "Another Day" was also an underlying theme that recurred several times throughout the film. "Waltz For Debby", "Very Early", and "Re: Person I Knew", by Bill Evans are used in the film as well. The song playing in the "Stew" scene is "d-moll" by the duo Tosca off of their album Delhi 9; this theme is repeated through the film.
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