The Accused

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The Accused
Promotional movie poster for The Accused
Directed by	Jonathan Kaplan
Produced by	Stanley R. Jaffe Sherry Lansing
Written by	Tom Topor
Starring	Kelly McGillis Jodie Foster
Music by	Brad Fiedel
Cinematography	Ralf D. Bode
Editing by	O. Nicholas Brown Gerard B. Greenberg
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)	October 14, 1988
Running time	111 min.
Language	English
Budget	$6,000,000 (estimated)
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The Accused is a 1988 dramatic film starring Jodie Foster and Kelly McGillis, directed by Jonathan Kaplan. The film was written by Tom Topor. The original music score is composed by Brad Fiedel. Foster was awarded the 1988 Best Actress Oscar and Golden Globe Award for this film. The film is marketed with the tagline "The first scream was for help. The second is for justice."

1 Plot summary
2 Main cast
3 See also
4 Trivia
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Plot summary

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

The story is about a working-class woman (played by Foster) with a loose reputation. One night in a bar, she is viciously gang-raped by several drunk bar patrons. A district attorney (played by McGillis) is assigned to the rape case. The trial that ensues argues the point that no matter how much sexual tension and teasing that had previously occurred during the night of the rape, the drunk patrons were guilty of the crime, not only for actually perpetrating the rape but also for encouraging it. The film is noted for the very realistic and traumatic rape scene.

It is one of the first Hollywood films to deal with rape in a forthright manner.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Main cast

Kelly McGillis - A.D.A. Kathryn Murphy
Jodie Foster - Sarah Tobias
Bernie Coulson - Kenneth Joyce
Leo Rossi - Cliff "Scorpion" Albrect
Ann Hearn - Sally Fraser
Carmen Argenziano - D.A. Paul Rudolph
Steve Antin - Bob Joiner
Tom O'Brien - Larry
Peter Van Norden - Attorney Paulsen
Terry David Mulligan - Lieutenant Duncan
Woody Brown - Danny
Scott Paulin - Attorney Ben Wainwright

[edit] See also

Aestheticization of violence, an article which includes a discussion of Kaplan's use of a violent rape scene in The Accused.
List of films based on actual events

[edit] Trivia

Kelly McGillis is a real-life rape victim.^[1]
Jodie Foster has commented in interviews that filming the gang-rape scene was ultimately hardest on the male actors involved, and that she made an effort to "cheer up" her castmates and help them to deal with the awful nature of the scene. Foster also claims she had blacked out during the scene.
Jodie Foster attended meetings of rape support groups and read stories of rape experiences in order for her to ready for her role.
This film is based on real-life gang rape that occurred at Big Dan's Bar in New Bedford, Massachusetts on March 6, 1983.^[2]
This film was shot in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Fictional character Borat Sagdiyev calls the film his favorite "sex comedy".