Running with Scissors (2006)

Regisseur:

Ryan Murphy

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Ryan Murphy (screenplay)
Augusten Burroughs (book)

Premierendatum:

27. Oktober 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Komödie | Drama

Werbezeile:

Ever have one of those lives?

Plot:

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 years as a member of Finch's bizarre extended family.

Plot Keywords:

Gay Teenager | Family | Adopted Son | Racist Comment | 1970s

Filmpreise:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 3 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

What a wild romp!

Besetzung

Annette Bening	...	Deirdre Burroughs
Brian Cox	...	Dr. Finch
Joseph Fiennes	...	Neil Bookman
Evan Rachel Wood	...	Natalie Finch
Alec Baldwin	...	Norman Burroughs
Joseph Cross	...	Augusten Burroughs
Jill Clayburgh	...	Agnes Finch
Gwyneth Paltrow	...	Hope Finch
Gabrielle Union	...	Dorothy
Patrick Wilson	...	Michael Shephard
Kristin Chenoweth	...	Fern Stewart
Dagmara Dominczyk	...	Suzanne
Colleen Camp	...	Joan
Jack Kaeding	...	Six-Year-Old Augusten Burroughs
Gabriel Guedj	...	Poo

Alternativ:

Krass (Deutschland) [de]

MPAA:

Rated R for strong language and elements of sexuality, violence and substance abuse.

Länge:

USA:122 Min (DVD) | USA:116 Min | Argentina:116 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby Digital

Altersfreigabe:

Australia:MA | Ireland:16 | Germany:12 | Argentina:13 | Netherlands:6 | USA:R | Malaysia:(Banned) | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Finland:K-15 | South Korea:15 | Singapore:M18 | UK:15 | New Zealand:R16

Drehorte:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Firma:

Plan B Entertainment

Dies und das:

Julianne Moore was originally attached to play Deirdre Burroughs.

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: After Augusten's mother hands him the adoption papers, he crumples them with his hands and drops them. In the next shot, the papers are sitting uncrumpled on the kitchen table.

Dialogzitate:

Deirdre Burroughs: Augusten. Don't smoke my cigarettes. You have a pack of your own.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in "Saturday Night Live: Annette Bening/Gwen Stefani (#32.8)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

Re: Person I Knew

What a wild romp!

Running with Scissors takes you inside the memories of Augusten, an endearing kid growing up under the roof of a dysfunctional household only to find himself uprooted and transplanted into another equally troubled one. The real unsettling twist is that his new surroundings are even more questionable and more Edward Gory than he could ever imagine.

From there the film is a wild romp of scenes that build on each other until every mentally challenged character is a pile of screaming chaos. As complex and unattractive as that sounds Running with Scissors is a must see, after all it is a comedy. It is highly-stylized and fashion conscious from the costume design to the glossy editing. The technical aspects of the film are as redeeming as the grade of the entire cast led by Annette Bening's iconic performance. I hope you'll find it as enjoying and engrossing as I did.