Running with Scissors
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Running with Scissors is a darkly comic memoir by Augusten Burroughs, later adapted into a film, that chronicles his chaotic and unconventional childhood.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Running with Scissors canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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film ⓘ literary work ⓘ memoir ⓘ |
| author | Augusten Burroughs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardNomination | Lambda Literary Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Running with Scissors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Alec Baldwin
NERFINISHED
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Annette Bening NERFINISHED ⓘ Brian Cox NERFINISHED ⓘ Gwyneth Paltrow NERFINISHED ⓘ Jill Clayburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| controversy | lawsuit by the Turcotte family ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | Ryan Murphy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
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black comedy ⓘ comedy-drama ⓘ dark comedy ⓘ memoir ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Running with Scissors (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language |
English
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English ⓘ |
| leadActor | Joseph Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Augusten Burroughs
NERFINISHED
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Augusten Burroughs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| producer |
Brad Pitt
NERFINISHED
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Dede Gardner NERFINISHED ⓘ Ryan Murphy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2002 ⓘ |
| publisher | St. Martin's Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Ryan Murphy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
1970s
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1980s ⓘ |
| settingPlace | Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
addiction
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childhood ⓘ coming of age ⓘ dysfunctional family ⓘ mental illness ⓘ |
| tone |
darkly comic
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satirical ⓘ |
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