Running with Scissors
Release Date: Oct 20, 2006 - Wide Release
Distributor: TriStar Pictures
Film Genre: Drama
Country: United States
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This is an adaptation of Augusten Burroughs' novel, this is the true story of a boy whose mother (a poet with delusions of Anne Sexton) gave him away to be raised by her unorthodox psychiatrist who bore a striking resemblance to Santa Claus. So at the age of twelve, Burroughs found himself amidst Victorian squalor living with the doctor's bizarre family, and befriending a pedophile who resided in the backyard shed. The story of an outlaw childhood where rules were unheard of, and the Christmas tree stayed up all year round, where Valium was consumed like candy, and if things got dull an electroshock- therapy machine could provide entertainment.
TRIVIA
Nip/Tuck creator Ryan Murphy wrote the script and will make his feature directing debut.