The film follows grief-stricken travel writer Macon Leary, whose regimented life is disrupted when he meets eccentric dog trainer Muriel Pritchett.

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The Accidental Tourist is a 1988 drama film, based on Anne Tyler’s novel, about an emotionally withdrawn travel writer whose carefully ordered life is upended by an unconventional woman.

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The film follows grief-stricken travel writer Macon Leary, whose regimented life is disrupted when he meets eccentric dog trainer Muriel Pritchett. canonical 1

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instanceOf film ⓘ
academyAward Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay nomination ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture nomination ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination for Geena Davis ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress win for Geena Davis ⓘ
adaptationOf The Accidental Tourist (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Anne Tyler NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn The Accidental Tourist (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ
castMember Amy Wright NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bill Pullman NERFINISHED ⓘ
David Ogden Stiers NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ed Begley Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
Geena Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kathleen Turner NERFINISHED ⓘ
William Hurt NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterPortrayed Macon Leary NERFINISHED ⓘ
Muriel Pritchett NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sarah Leary NERFINISHED ⓘ
cinematographer John Bailey NERFINISHED ⓘ
composer John Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Lawrence Kasdan NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributor Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
surface form: Warner Bros.
editor Carol Littleton NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
romantic drama ⓘ
goldenGlobe Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama for William Hurt ⓘ
Golden Globe nomination for Best Motion Picture – Drama ⓘ
mainCharacter Macon Leary NERFINISHED ⓘ
Muriel Pritchett NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sarah Leary NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeFocus emotional withdrawal ⓘ
grief ⓘ
romantic relationship ⓘ
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. ⓘ
portrayedBy Geena Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kathleen Turner NERFINISHED ⓘ
William Hurt NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer Charles Okun NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lawrence Kasdan NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationYear 1988 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 121 ⓘ
screenwriter Frank Galati NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lawrence Kasdan NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting Baltimore NERFINISHED ⓘ

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The Accidental Tourist → plotSummary → The film follows grief-stricken travel writer Macon Leary, whose regimented life is disrupted when he meets eccentric dog trainer Muriel Pritchett. ⓘ