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The Accused (1988 Film)
''The Accused'' is a 1988 American legal drama film directed by Jonathan Kaplan from a screenplay written by Tom Topor. The film is loosely based on the 1983 gang rape of Cheryl Araujo in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Set in Washington state, but filmed mainly in Vancouver, British Columbia, the film stars Jodie Foster as Sarah Tobias, a young waitress, who is gang raped by three men at a local bar. With the aid of attorney, Kathryn Murphy (Kelly McGillis), she sets out to prosecute the rapists as well as the men who helped induce the assault. Bernie Coulson, Leo Rossi, Ann Hearn, Carmen Argenziano, Steve Antin and Tom O'Brien are featured in supporting roles. ''The Accused'' premiered at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival, where it competed for the Golden Bear. It was released in limited theatres on October 14, 1988 by Paramount Pictures and was highly controversial upon release, mostly due to its graphic representation of gang rape. The film became a critical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Kaplan
Jonathan Kaplan (born November 25, 1947) is an American film producer and director. His film ''The Accused'' (1988) earned actress Jodie Foster an Oscar for Best Actress and was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival. His film '' Love Field'' (1992) earned actress Michelle Pfeiffer an Oscar nomination for Best Actress and was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival. Kaplan received five Emmy nominations for his roles directing and producing the television series '' ER''. Life and career Born in Paris, France, Kaplan is the son of film composer Sol Kaplan and actress Frances Heflin, the nephew of actor Van Heflin, and the brother of actresses Nora Heflin and Mady Kaplan. Kaplan lived in Hollywood until 1954, when his father had to move to New York after being blacklisted. Kaplan started his career as a child actor in the Broadway production of '' The Dark at the Top of the Stairs'' directed by Elia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernie Coulson
Bernard Coulson (born 1965) is a Canadian actor known for his roles as "The Thinker" on ''The X-Files'', as "Michael Reardon" on ''Intelligence'', and as "Pipefitter", the drummer of a reuniting punk band, in the Canadian mockumentary ''Hard Core Logo''. Early life Coulson was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he graduated from Magee Secondary School in 1983. Coulson currently resides in the Vancouver Downtown Eastside where he suffers from a drug addiction, but is currently in rehab. Career Coulson shared an apartment with Brad Pitt in Los Angeles when they were both starting their career. Coulson played Sid in the 1979 TV series ''Huckleberry Finn and His Friends'' and as Sal in ''Loverboy''. He played Kenneth Joyce, the star witness in the courtroom drama ''The Accused''. He played "Rick Diesel" in '' Eddie and The Cruisers II, Eddie Lives''. On television he has made guest appearances on ''MacGyver'' and ''Murder She Wrote ''Murder, She Wrote'' is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Criminal Solicitation
In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definitions of", in Cane and Conoghan (editors), ''The New Oxford Companion to Law'', Oxford University Press, 2008 (), p. 263Google Books). though statutory definitions have been provided for certain purposes. The most popular view is that crime is a category created by law; in other words, something is a crime if declared as such by the relevant and applicable law. One proposed definition is that a crime or offence (or criminal offence) is an act harmful not only to some individual but also to a community, society, or the state ("a public wrong"). Such acts are forbidden and punishable by law. The notion that acts such as murder, rape, and theft are to be prohibited exists worldwide. What precisely is a criminal offence is defined by the criminal law of each r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reckless Endangerment
Endangerment is a type of crime involving conduct that is wrongful and reckless or wanton, and likely to produce death or grievous bodily harm to another person. There are several kinds of endangerment, each of which is a criminal act that can be prosecuted in a court. In some U.S. states, such as Florida, substantially similar language is used for the crime of culpable negligence. The offense is intended to prohibit and therefore deter reckless or wanton (of a cruel or violent action, deliberate and unprovoked conduct) that wrongfully creates a substantial risk of death or serious injury to others. Various laws specify several types of endangerment: *Child endangerment and animal endangerment: placing a child or animal in a potentially harmful situation, either through negligence or misconduct. *Reckless endangerment: A person commits the crime of reckless endangerment or wanton endangerment if the person recklessly engages in conduct which creates substantial jeopardy of sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Award For Best Actress
The Academy Award for Best Actress is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role in a film released that year. The award is traditionally presented by the previous year's Best Actor winner. The 1st Academy Awards ceremony was held in 1929 with Janet Gaynor receiving the award for her roles in '' 7th Heaven'', '' Street Angel'', and ''Sunrise''. Currently, nominees are determined by single transferable vote within the actors branch of AMPAS; winners are selected by a plurality vote from the entire eligible voting members of the Academy. In the first three years of the awards, actresses were nominated as the best in their categories. At that time, all of their work during the qualifying period (as many as three films, in some cases) was listed after the award. However, during the 3rd ceremony held in 1930, only one of those films was cited in ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Top Ten Films
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National Board Of Review Awards 1988
60th National Board of Review Awards ---- Best Picture: '' Mississippi Burning '' The 60th National Board of Review Awards were announced on December 13, 1988, and given on February 27, 1989. Top 10 films #''Mississippi Burning'' #''Dangerous Liaisons'' #''The Accused'' #''The Unbearable Lightness of Being'' #'' The Last Temptation of Christ'' #'' Tucker: The Man and His Dream'' #''Big'' #'' Running on Empty'' #''Gorillas in the Mist'' #''Midnight Run'' Top foreign films #''Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown'' #''Pelle the Conqueror'' #''Le Grand Chemin'' #''Salaam Bombay!'' #'' A Taxing Woman'' Winners *Best Picture: **''Mississippi Burning'' *Best Foreign Film: **''Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown'' *Best Actor: **Gene Hackman - ''Mississippi Burning'' *Best Actress: **Jodie Foster - ''The Accused'' *Best Supporting Actor: **River Phoenix - '' Running on Empty'' *Best Supporting Actress: **Frances McDormand - ''Mississippi Burning'' *Best Director: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limited Release
__FORCETOC__ Limited theatrical release is a film distribution strategy of releasing a new film in a few theaters across a country, typically art house theaters in major metropolitan markets. Since 1994, a limited theatrical release in the United States and Canada has been defined by Nielsen EDI as a film released in fewer than 600 theaters. The purpose is often used to gauge the appeal of specialty films, like documentaries, independent films and art films. A common practice by film studios is to give highly anticipated and critically acclaimed films a limited release on or before December 31 in Los Angeles County, California, to qualify for Academy Award nominations (as by its rules). Highly anticipated documentaries also receive limited releases at the same time in New York City, as the rules for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature mandate releases in both locations. The films are almost always released to a wider audience in January or February of the following y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Bear
The Golden Bear (german: Goldener Bär) is the highest prize awarded for the best film at the Berlin International Film Festival. The bear is the heraldic animal of Berlin, featured on both the coat of arms and flag of Berlin. History The winners of the first Berlin International Film Festival in 1951 were determined by a West German panel, with five winners of the Golden Bear, divided by categories and genres. Between 1952 and 1955, the winners of the Golden Bear were determined by the audience members. In 1956, the Fédération Internationale des Associations de Producteurs de Films formally accredited the festival, and since then, the Golden Bear has been awarded by an international jury. The award The statuette shows a bear standing on its hind legs and is based on the 1932 design by German sculptor Renée Sintenis of Berlin's heraldic mascot that later became the symbol of the festival. It has been manufactured since either the first or third edition by art foundry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
39th Berlin International Film Festival
The 39th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 10 to 21 February 1989. The Golden Bear was awarded to American film ''Rain Man'' directed by Barry Levinson. The retrospective was dedicated to German film producer Erich Pommer and another one dedicated to European productions of 1939 titled ''Europe 1939''. Jury The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: * Rolf Liebermann, composer (Switzerland) - Jury President * Leslie Caron, dancer and actress (France) * Chen Kaige, director (China) * Vadim Glowna, actor and director (West Germany) * Randa Haines, director and screenwriter (United States) * Vladimir Ignatovski, director of Bulgarska Nacionalna Filmoteka (Bulgaria) * Adrian Kutter, founder of the Biberach an der Riß Film Festival (West Germany) * Francisco Rabal, actor (Spain) * Cliff Robertson, actor (United States) * Zdeněk Svěrák, actor and screenwriter (Czechoslovakia) * Boris Vasilyev, writer and screenwriter (Soviet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom O'Brien (actor)
Thomas Patrick O'Brien (born April 12, 1965) has been an American actor since the age of sixteen, having first trained at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, where he appeared in ACT's mainstage productions of ''The Holdup''; and A Midsummer Night's Dream as Puck, opposite Annette Bening. O'Brien's feature film acting credits include his feature film debut in '' The Big Easy'' and ''The Accused'' (1988), opposite Jodie Foster. In 2004, he established Irreverent Media Ltd. in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Irreverent's feature slate includes the magical romantic comedy ''Best Restaurant''. It is a co-creative with Vancouver-based Fractious Tribes Productions. Filmography Actor *'' Supernatural'' (2008) (TV Series) as Clark Adams in episode "Long Distance Caller" / dir. Robert Singer *'' Stargate: SG-1'' (2004)(TV Series) as Brian Vogler in episode "Covenant" / dir. Martin Wood *''Stephen King's Dead Zone'' (2004)(TV Series) recurring as Dr. Jaeger oppo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Antin
Steven Antin (born April 19, 1958) is an American actor, stunt performer, screenwriter, producer, and director. Early life Antin was born in Queens, New York City, the son of British Jewish immigrants. He is the brother of fellow actor Neil Antin, Pussycat Dolls founder Robin Antin, and celebrity hairstylist Jonathan Antin. Career Antin was a co-lead in the 1982 film ''The Last American Virgin'', and played Troy Perkins, the bad-guy preppie jock in Richard Donner's ''The Goonies''. He also played one of the rapists in the Academy Award-winning film ''The Accused''. Antin starred alongside David Warner in the independent film ''Drive''. Antin played the titular "Jessie" in Rick Springfield's "Jessie's Girl" video. His screenplay ''Inside Monkey Zetterland'' was turned into a film featuring many respected independent performers. In the late 1990s he made several appearances in gay-oriented films including '' It's My Party'', co-starring Eric Roberts and comedian Margaret C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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