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Certificate 18

Cast Andie MacDowell Jack Lemmon Julianne Moore Matthew Modine Tim Robbins

Directors Robert Altman

Screenwriters Raymond Carver Robert Altman Frank Barhydt

Running Time 187 minutes

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Altman's All Stars come together in these dark LA short stories

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Plot
The lives of 22 inhabitants of LA are woven through this film, the stories are occasionally funny, occassionally shocking and occasionally interconnecting. Themes of family, love, sex and death all run through this caustic adaptation of Raymond Carver's writing.

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