
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.
Cast

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)
Crew

Ryan Murphy
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Augusten Burroughs
Book, Producer
Byron Smith
Editor
Christopher Baffa
Director of Photography
Eve Watterson
Production Coordinator
Steve Samuels
Executive Producer
Bonnie Weis
Producer

Brad Pitt
Producer

Brad Grey
Producer
Richard Sherman
Production Design
Charles Crivier
Dolly Grip
Henry Tirl
Steadicam Operator

Dan Kneece
Steadicam Operator
Mali Finn
Casting
Lou Eyrich
Costume Design
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
Marissa Zajack
Art Department Coordinator
Sarah Payan
Sound Editor
Thomas Mertz
Special Effects Coordinator
James S. Levine
Original Music Composer
P.J. Bloom
Music Supervisor
Tom Trafalski
Music Editor
Matthew Flood Ferguson
Set Decoration
Suzanne Tenner
Still Photographer

Diana Valentine
Script Supervisor
Thomas M. Ficke
Stunt Coordinator

Noon Orsatti
Stunt Coordinator
Lorin Flemming
Art Direction



















