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Short Cuts

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Short Cuts is a 1993 American comedy drama directed by Robert Altman. It draws on nine short stories and a poem by Raymond Carver, relocating the material from Carver's Pacific Northwest setting to Los Angeles. The film follows twenty two principal characters across an expansive ensemble cast, their lives running in parallel and occasionally crossing. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Classification
Original Language
English 1
Award
Guldbagge Award for Best Foreign Film 1
Release Year
1993 1
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Robert Altman, Figures
Source Short Cuts (Wikipedia)

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1. Short Cuts (Wikipedia)
  • Short Cuts, Description, original language
    Short Cuts is a 1993 American comedy drama directed by Robert Altman.
  • Wikipedia category, checked 2026-09-27
    Category:Best Foreign Film Guldbagge Award winners
  • Infobox
    October 3, 1993
  • In Medium: Film, Article lead sentence
    Short Cuts is a 1993 American comedy-drama film directed by Robert Altman.
  • Created By: Robert Altman, Infobox: director
    Robert Altman
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