Directed by Ryan Murphy Written by Ryan Murphy   Augusten Burroughs   Cast Annette Bening ... Deirdre Burroughs Brian Cox ... Dr. Finch Joseph Fiennes ... Neil Bookman Evan Rachel Wood ... Natalie Finch Alec Baldwin ... Norman Burroughs Joseph Cross ... Augusten Burroughs Jill Clayburgh ... Agnes Finch Gwyneth Paltrow ... Hope 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 Uncredited Cast Anthony Aria ... Audience Augusten Burroughs ... Self Lindsay Canton ... Co-Ed Leslie Grossman ... Sue Janis Jones ... Lesbian Poet Joshua Levine ... Chris Margaret Newborn ... Audience Member Devanny Pinn ... Poetry Club Member Amy Rider ... Sugar Gary Sievers ... Jewish Rabbi Joseph Sims ... Audience Member Scott Slifer ... Audience Member Cole Volmer ... College Student Pilar Walsh ... Professor's Wife Rachel Zeskind ... Deirdre Obsessed Fan Produced by Augusten Burroughs   Dede Gardner   Brad Grey   Ryan Murphy   Brad Pitt   Steve Samuels   Bonnie Weis   Original Music by James S. Levine

Additional Info Premiere: October 20, 2006 Theatrical Release: October 27, 2006 DVD Release: February 06, 2007 Blu-ray Release: February 06, 2007 Country: Distributor: Sony Home Entertainment Websites: Production Companies Plan B Entertainment Sound for Film (uncredited) Distributors TriStar Pictures   (2006) (USA) (theatrical) Sony Pictures Releasing   (2006) (USA) (theatrical) Mill Creek Entertainment   (2012) (USA) (DVD) Sony Pictures Home Entertainment   (2007) (USA) (DVD) Sony Pictures Television   (2007) (USA) (TV) Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.1 / 10 Our Rating 3.6 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 4.1 / 10 Female Users 4.2 / 10 Site Ranking #3,422 / 20,871 Ratings Breakdown Average 1 total rating Mediocre 1 total rating Crap 2 total ratings Site Ranking #3,418 The Bird With The Crystal Plumage (1970) #3,419 Purple Rain (1984) #3,420 Wonderland (2003) #3,421 Justice League vs. Teen Titans (2016) #3,422 Running With Scissors (2006) #3,423 A Haunted House 2 (2014) #3,424 The Room (2019) #3,425 Superman / Doomsday (2007) #3,426 Wish (2023)