Running with Scissors (Blu-ray) (US Version) Blu-ray Region A, DVD Region 1

Based on the bestselling memoir by Augusten Burroughs, RUNNING WITH SCISSORS features an all-star cast including Annette Bening, Brian Cox, Evan Rachel Wood, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Alec Baldwin. As a child, Augusten (Joseph Cross) completely adores his narcissistic mother Deirdre (Bening). Her biggest fan, he encourages her goal of becoming a published poet when no one else will. But while these dreams of grandeur seem innocent through Augusten's young eyes, they grow more delusional with time, slowly wearing on the family and contributing to its demise. While a teenage Augusten skips school and his father Norman (Alec Baldwin) uses alcohol to escape, Deirdre calls in an eccentric psychiatrist for an outside opinion. Dr. Finch's advice ends up being anything but professional, however, as his looseness with prescriptions and wacko theories end Deirdre's dysfunctional marriage and prompt her to abandon Augusten. Left to spend his teenage years as part of Dr. Finch's outlandish family, Augusten struggles to find himself while surrounded by a series of tormented and over-analyzed individuals. Director Ryan Murphy relies heavily on music to express the emotions of his characters and to ground viewers in time, bringing the memoir to life with classic 1970s songs by Elton John, the Average White Band, and Nat King Cole. Seemingly modeled visually after Wes Anderson's THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS, the film revolves around intricately over-the-top sets which aim to reflect the neuroses of its characters. In making most of the film as dramatic as possible, Murphy sometimes threatens to overshadow what are undeniably fine actors at work. The film's saving grace comes in its non-fiction source material, as viewers without that knowledge may find the characters too peculiar and the story too unbelievable for their own good.

"Ms. Bening's precise, pitiless tracing of her character's decline from feisty defiance to pathetic, over-medicated self-delusion gives the film an emotional weight..." - A. O., Scott (New York Times Critic), New York Times, 10/20/2006

"The experience is unusual -- zany, even....Bening is elegantly unvain in her ferocious performance..." - Lisa, Schwarzbaum (Entertainment Weekly Critic), Entertainment Weekly, 10/27/2006

"Murphy's direction is impeccable, and the performances, particularly Bening's are uniformly excellent." - Wade, Major (Box Office Critic), Box Office, 12/01/2006

3 stars out of 5 -- "Bening excels as the movie's driving force, and as you watch her character go from doting to deranged you can see why there's Oscar buzz for her nuanced performance." - Tony, Horkins (Film Critic), Total Film, 03/01/2007

"An intelligent adaptation of Augusten Burroughs' memoir....This is a film in which everything is heavily considered and nothing is accidental..." - Sight and Sound Critic (Sight and Sound Critic), Sight and Sound, 02/01/2007

4 stars out of 5 -- "[A} wonderfully dark and eccentric coming-of-age tale." - Natalie, Braine (Ultimate DVD Critic), Ultimate DVD, 08/01/2007

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Product Title:	Running with Scissors (Blu-ray) (US Version) 怪誕家族 (Blu-ray) (美國版) 怪诞家族 (Blu-ray) (美国版) Running with Scissors (Blu-ray) (US Version) Running with Scissors (Blu-ray) (US Version)
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Producer:	Brad Pitt | Brian Cox | Gabriella Pescucci | Russell Holsappe | Matt Kennedy 畢彼特 | 葛斯 白賴仁葛斯 | Gabriella Pescucci | Russell Holsappe | Matt Kennedy 毕彼特 | 葛斯 白赖仁 | Gabriella Pescucci | Russell Holsappe | Matt Kennedy ブラッド・ピット | Ｂｒｉａｎ Ｃｏｘ | Gabriella Pescucci | Russell Holsappe | Matt Kennedy 브래드 피트 | Brian Cox | Gabriella Pescucci | Russell Holsappe | Matt Kennedy
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Blu-ray Region Code:	A - Americas (North, Central and South except French Guiana), Korea, Japan, South East Asia (including Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan) What is it?
Release Date:	2007-02-06
UPC Code:	043396181502
Country of Origin:	United States
Picture Format:	NTSC What is it?
Color Information:	Color
Disc Format(s):	Blu-ray
Region Code:	1 - USA, Canada, U.S. Territories What is it?
Rating:	R (MPAA)
Publisher:	Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Package Weight:	280 (g)
Shipment Unit:	2 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1004629557

Director: Ryan Murphy

Blu-ray Disc Features:

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Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.39
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dubbed - French, Portuguese, Spanish - Optional
Subtitles - Chinese, English, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Featurette:
1. "A Personal Memoir by Augusten Burroughs"
2. "Inside Outsiders"
3. "Creating the Cuckoo's Nest"