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| Director: | Ryan Murphy | 
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| Writer: | Ryan Murphy, Augusten Burroughs | 
| Staring: | 
| Young Augusten Burroughs absorbs experiences that could make for a shocking memoir: the son of an alcoholic father and an unstable mother, he's handed off to his mother's therapist, Dr. Finch, and spends his adolescent years as a member of Finch's bizarre extended family. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 27, 2006 | 
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| Director: | Ryan Murphy | 
| Writer: | Ryan Murphy, Augusten Burroughs | 
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama | 
| Keywords | sibling relationship, based on novel or book, husband wife relationship, 1970s, becoming an adult, adoption, therapist, marriage crisis | 
| Production Companies | Plan B Entertainment, TriStar Pictures | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $6,754,898 Budget: $12,000,000 | 
| Updates | Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
|---|---|
| Joseph Cross | Augusten Burroughs | 
| Annette Bening | Deirdre Burroughs | 
| Brian Cox | Dr. Finch | 
| Gwyneth Paltrow | Hope Finch | 
| Joseph Fiennes | Neil Bookman | 
| Evan Rachel Wood | Natalie Finch | 
| Alec Baldwin | Norman Burroughs | 
| Jill Clayburgh | Agnes Finch | 
| Gabrielle Union | Dorothy | 
| Patrick Wilson | Michael Shephard | 
| Kristin Chenoweth | Fern Stewart | 
| Dagmara Dominczyk | Suzanne | 
| Colleen Camp | Joan | 
| Jack Kaeding | Six-Year-Old Augusten Burroughs | 
| Gabriel Guedj | Poo | 
| Nancy Cassaro | Christy - 1978 Poetry Club | 
| Omid Abtahi | Restaurant Manager | 
| Julie Remala | Restaurant Waitress | 
| Will Carter | Officer Button | 
| Bonnie Weis | Cocktail Waitress | 
| Dakotah Masset | Waitress | 
| Marianne Muellerleile | Nurse | 
| Anthony Aria | Audience Member (uncredited) | 
| Augusten Burroughs | Self (uncredited) | 
| Lindsay Canton | Co-Ed (uncredited) | 
| Leslie Grossman | Sue (uncredited) | 
| Joshua Levine | Chris (uncredited) | 
| Margaret Newborn | Audience Member (uncredited) | 
| Devanny Pinn | Poetry Club Member (uncredited) | 
| Amy Rider | Sugar (uncredited) | 
| Gary Sievers | Jewish Rabbi (uncredited) | 
| Joseph Sims | Audience Member (uncredited) | 
| Scott Slifer | Audience Member (uncredited) | 
| Cole Volmer | College Student (uncredited) | 
| Pilar Walsh | Professor's Wife (uncredited) | 
| Rachel Zeskind | Deirdre Obsessed Fan (uncredited) | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Ryan Murphy | Screenplay, Director | 
| Dan Kneece | Steadicam Operator | 
| Augusten Burroughs | Book | 
| Byron Smith | Editor | 
| Mali Finn | Casting | 
| Noon Orsatti | Stunt Coordinator | 
| Matthew Flood Ferguson | Set Decoration | 
| Suzanne Tenner | Still Photographer | 
| Thomas Mertz | Special Effects Coordinator | 
| Lorin Flemming | Art Direction | 
| Marissa Zajack | Art Department Coordinator | 
| Diana Valentine | Script Supervisor | 
| Eve Watterson | Production Coordinator | 
| Christopher Baffa | Director of Photography | 
| Lou Eyrich | Costume Design | 
| Richard Sherman | Production Design | 
| Thomas M. Ficke | Stunt Coordinator | 
| Tom Trafalski | Music Editor | 
| P.J. Bloom | Music Supervisor | 
| Henry Tirl | Steadicam Operator | 
| James S. Levine | Original Music Composer | 
| Cydney Cornell | Hairstylist | 
| Bernadette Beauvais | Makeup Artist | 
| Stephanie A. Fowler | Makeup Artist | 
| Zoe Hay | Makeup Artist | 
| Julie Hewett | Makeup Artist | 
| Eryn Krueger Mekash | Makeup Artist | 
| Sarah Payan | Sound Editor | 
| Name | Title | 
|---|---|
| Bonnie Weis | Producer | 
| Brad Pitt | Producer | 
| Ryan Murphy | Producer | 
| Brad Grey | Producer | 
| Steve Samuels | Executive Producer | 
| Augusten Burroughs | Producer | 
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