The Accused

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The Accused is a 1988 American legal drama film that powerfully examines sexual assault and victim-blaming, featuring an Oscar-winning performance by Jodie Foster.

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1988 film The Accused 1
Kathryn Murphy in The Accused 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
film
legal drama film
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Actress
awardReceivedBy Jodie Foster
basedOn real-life 1983 gang rape case in New Bedford, Massachusetts
cinematographyBy Robby Müller
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Jonathan Kaplan
distributedBy Paramount Pictures
editedBy O. Nicholas Brown
filmingLocation Vancouver
genre drama film
legal drama
hasFilmRatingSystem MPAA film rating system
surface form: MPAA
leadActorForCharacterKathrynMurphy Kelly McGillis
leadActorForCharacterSarahTobias Jodie Foster
leadCharacter Kathryn Murphy
Sarah Tobias
mainTheme rape culture
sexual assault
victim blaming
motionPictureRating R
musicBy Brad Fiedel
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
notableFor Oscar-winning performance by Jodie Foster
depiction of courtroom handling of sexual assault cases
exploration of victim-blaming in rape prosecutions
originalLanguage English
portrays criminal trial
gang rape
plea bargaining
prosecutorial ethics
producer Sherry Lansing
productionCompany Paramount Pictures
releaseDate 1988-10-14
releaseYear 1988
runtimeMinutes 111
screenwriter Tom Topor
setIn Massachusetts
starring Ann Hearn
Bernie Coulson
Jodie Foster
Kelly McGillis
Leo Rossi
timePeriodOfSetting 1980s
writer Tom Topor

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Kelly McGillis notableWork The Accused
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Bernie Coulson notableWork The Accused
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Meredith Black; Jodie Foster notableWork The Accused
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Sherry Lansing notableWork The Accused
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Ralf D. Bode notableWork The Accused
Gary Lucchesi notableWork The Accused
Jonathan Kaplan notableWork The Accused
Jonathan Kaplan directed The Accused
Ann Hearn appearedIn The Accused
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this entity surface form: 1988 film The Accused
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this entity surface form: The Accused (1988 film)
Steve Antin castMemberOf The Accused
Aaron Stell notableWork The Accused