April 18: Short Cuts

Short Cuts

Directed by the esteemed Robert Altman and featuring a huge cast of recognizable stars like Andie MacDowell, Bruce Davison, Jack Lemmon, Julianne Moore, Matthew Modine, Anne Archer, Fred Ward, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Christopher Penn, Lili Taylor, Robert Downey Jr., Madeleine Stowe, Tim Robbins, Lily Tomlin, Tom Waits, Frances McDormand, Peter Gallagher, Lyle Lovett, and Buck Henry, this innovative episodic drama is based on nine short stories and a poem by the late Raymond Carver, detailing the longings and thwarted lives of a disparate group of individuals in contemporary Southern California. The entire cast received a special award from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and the film was nominated for a 1993 Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay. It was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director. (Park Circus)

35mm collection print courtesy of the Robert Altman Collection at the UCLA Film & Television Archive