The Accidental Tourist

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American film drama film film

The Accidental Tourist is a 1988 American drama film, based on Anne Tyler’s novel, that follows a grief-stricken travel writer whose life is upended by an eccentric dog trainer.

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The Accidental Tourist canonical 20
The Accidental Tourist (1988 film) 1
The Accidental Tourist (film adaptation) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
academyAward Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination for Geena Davis ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress win for Geena Davis ⓘ
academyAwardNomination Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Anne Tyler ⓘ
basedOn The Accidental Tourist self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Accidental Tourist (novel)
character Macon Leary ⓘ
Muriel Pritchett ⓘ
Sarah Leary ⓘ
cinematographer John Bailey ⓘ
composer John Williams ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Lawrence Kasdan ⓘ
distributor Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
surface form: Warner Bros.
distributorRegion theatrical release in the United States ⓘ
editor Carol Littleton ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
romantic drama ⓘ
goldenGlobeNomination Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama ⓘ
hasDogTrainingElement yes ⓘ
mpaaRating PG ⓘ
narrativeTheme family relationships ⓘ
grief ⓘ
healing ⓘ
romantic relationships ⓘ
notableFor adaptation of Anne Tyler’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary The film follows grief-stricken travel writer Macon Leary, whose regimented life is disrupted when he meets eccentric dog trainer Muriel Pritchett. ⓘ
producer Charles Okun ⓘ
Lawrence Kasdan ⓘ
productionCompany Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
surface form: Warner Bros.
releaseDate 1988-12-23 ⓘ
releaseYear 1988 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 121 ⓘ
screenwriter Frank Galati ⓘ
Lawrence Kasdan ⓘ
setIn Baltimore ⓘ
starring Amy Wright ⓘ
Bill Pullman ⓘ
David Ogden Stiers ⓘ
Ed Begley Jr. ⓘ
Geena Davis ⓘ
Kathleen Turner ⓘ
William Hurt ⓘ

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Lawrence Kasdan → notableWork → The Accidental Tourist ⓘ
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Lawrence Kasdan → directed → The Accidental Tourist ⓘ
Geena Davis → notableWork → The Accidental Tourist ⓘ
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this entity surface form: The Accidental Tourist (novel)
Kasdan → notableWork → The Accidental Tourist ⓘ
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subject surface form: Meg Kasdan
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Sheldon Kahn → notableWork → The Accidental Tourist ⓘ
William Hurt → notableWork → The Accidental Tourist ⓘ
Carol Littleton → edited → The Accidental Tourist ⓘ
Carol Littleton → notableWork → The Accidental Tourist ⓘ
Geraldine Peroni → notableWork → The Accidental Tourist ⓘ
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Anne Tyler → notableWork → The Accidental Tourist ⓘ
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Ed Begley Jr. → notableWork → The Accidental Tourist ⓘ
Virginia Elizabeth Davis → notableWork → The Accidental Tourist ⓘ
John Bailey → notableWork → The Accidental Tourist ⓘ
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Amy Wright → notableWork → The Accidental Tourist ⓘ
Amy Wright → notableWork → The Accidental Tourist ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Accidental Tourist (1988 film)
Amy Wright → hasPartInFilmography → The Accidental Tourist ⓘ