TY - ADVS AU - Altman,Robert AU - Brokaw,Cary AU - Barhydt,Frank AU - MacDowell,Andie AU - Davison,Bruce AU - Moore,Julianne AU - Modine,Matthew AU - Archer,Anne AU - Ward,Fred AU - Leigh,Jennifer Jason AU - Penn,Christopher AU - Taylor,Lili AU - Downey,Robert AU - Stowe,Madeleine AU - Robbins,Tim AU - Tomlin,Lily AU - Waits,Tom AU - McDormand,Frances AU - Gallagher,Peter AU - Ross,Annie AU - Singer,Lori AU - Lemmon,Jack AU - Lovett,Lyle AU - Henry,Buck AU - Lewis,Huey AU - Carver,Raymond ED - Fine Line Features. ED - Spelling Films International. ED - Avenue Pictures. ED - Criterion Collection (Firm) ED - New Line Home Video (Firm) ED - Home Vision Entertainment (Firm) TI - Short cuts T2 - The Criterion collection SN - 1559409568 AV - CM DVD 00926 U1 - 791.43/72 22 PY - 2004///] CY - Irvington, NY, Chicago, IL PB - Criterion Collection, New Line Home Video, Distributed by Home Vision Entertainment KW - Carver, Raymond KW - Strangers KW - California KW - Los Angeles KW - Drama KW - United States KW - Social life and customs KW - 1971- KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Los Angeles (Calif.) KW - Feature films KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired N1 - Widescreen presentation; Originally released as a motion picture in 1993; Based on short stories written by Raymond Carver; Special features: new high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound; isolated music track; "Reflections on 'Short cuts'", a new 25-min. videotaped conversation with Robert Altman and Tim Robbins; "Luck, trust, and ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver County": a 90-min. documentary on the making of 'Short cuts'; segment from BBC television's "Moving Pictures" tracing the development of Raymond Carver's short story "Jerry and Molly and Sam" for the film; a 50-min. audio interview with Raymond Carver; deleted scenes; a look inside the marketing of 'Short cuts', featuring trailers and more than sixty print advertising campaigns; special reprint of 'Short cuts', the Vintage Books companion collection of Raymond Carver short stories; an essay by film critic Michael Wilmington and a guide to the music; Director of photography, Walt Lloyd ; art director, Jerry Fleming ; editors, Geraldine Peroni, Suzy Elmiger ; music, Gavin Friday, Mark Isham ; costume designer, John Hay ; production designer, Stephen Altman; Andie McDowell, Bruce Davison, Julianne Moore, Matthew Modine, Anne Archer, Fred Ward, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Chris Penn, Lili Taylor, Robert Downey, Jr., Madeleine Stowe, Tim Robbins, Lily Tomlin, Tom Waits, Frances McDormand, Peter Gallagher, Annie Ross, Lori Singer, Jack Lemmon, Lyle Lovett, Buck Henry, Huey Lewis; Not rated by MPAA N2 - While helicopters overhead spray against a Medfly infestation, a group of peoples' lives in Los Angeles intersect, some casually, some to more lasting effect. While they go out to concerts and jazz clubs and even have their pools cleaned, these same folks also lie, drink, and cheat. Death itself seems never to be far away. A look at human life and American culture with over 20 lives interweaving ER -