The Accused

The Accused

  • Director: Jonathan Kaplan
  • Countries of origin: Canada, United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: October 14, 1988
  • Sound mix: Dolby Stereo
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Reckless Endangerment
  • "The Accused" is a crime film directed by Jonathan Kaplan and starring Jodie Foster and Kelly McGillis .
    The film tells the story of Sarah ( Jodie Foster ) who was raped in public in the playroom behind the bar. Sarah was physically and mentally traumatized. Afterwards, she went to the courtroom to complain, but no one wanted to testify in court.

    Details

    • Release date October 14, 1988
    • Filming locations Delta, British Columbia, Canada
    • Production companies Paramount Pictures, Jaffe-Lansing, Paramount Pictures

    Box office

    Budget

    $13,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $32,078,318

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $4,316,369

    Gross worldwide

    $32,078,318

    Movie reviews

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    • By Melody 2022-03-23 09:02:50

      Blind cat meets dead mouse

      The film gave me a feeling that the photography was of poor quality, and it didn't look very comfortable anyway. It's more like a third-rate movie, the shooting is poor, the characters' contradictions are not deep enough, and the theme is not prominent enough.

          
          After watching this film, I really have no sympathy for the heroine. I always feel that although the person who raped her is very abhorrent, it corresponds to the popular saying "If you don't do it, you won't die."...

    • By Clark 2022-03-22 09:02:30

      The earth is indeed round

      A story of a gang rape. Justice was not served in the first place, hence the story. And in a case that is obviously like a car running on a highway instead of a dog, in the United States, it will take a lot of trouble to get the bad guys to get the punishment they deserve. On the other side of the world, criminals are usually assigned a lawyer who wants them to lose immediately. Going through the process, prosecutors and court judges join hands to cut through the mess. All the onlookers applaud...

    • By Henderson 2022-03-22 09:02:30

      Torturing people's hearts is more about morals~~

      When watching the six sets, I kept thinking who this beauty is. Young and very Foster. Until the district attorney in the film finds witnesses, the date on the game console is '87. I know this beauty is Jodie Foster.
      Although the film is a bit old, and it is a female-themed film. But it still makes sense now. It has practical significance for the progress of modern society, the sound legal system, and the moral bottom line.
      And Judy, in my impression, she is very gentle, noble, but...

    • By Kianna 2022-03-22 09:02:30

      Review + Supplement

      Accidentally cut to the movie station, still the original sound, so I revisited it again.

      I have forgotten which year I watched the film, it should be the age of VCD. Holidays while reading were the craziest time to watch movies.

      But I have to admit that watching the movie at that time was still too full.

      However, the advantage is that if you look at it today, you can still watch it again with great interest.

      Of course, it is not fair to judge the current...

    • By Micheal 2022-03-22 09:02:30

      Violent shock

      After watching this movie, I had nightmares all night long. Dreaming of hand-knife perpetrators, but always powerless. A flood of anger and sadness. First of all, it must be believed that any psychological defect is not formed by the victim's subjective willingness, and her character is formed by objective environmental reasons, such as family, friends, and knowledge background. All the poor people who encounter unusual encounters have nasty flaws or weaknesses, but the tragedy...

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    • By Jerry 2022-03-28 09:01:08

      In fact, if it weren't for Sarah's scars all over her body, and so many men in the bar yelling and gang-raping, I would really think he was slutty, seductive, and...

    • By Garth 2022-03-28 09:01:08

      ▤ "It's not the crime of criminal solicitation to silently watch a rape. But it's the crime of criminal solicitation to induce, entreat, encourage, persuade another person to commit a rape. They made sure that Sarah was raped, and raped, and raped . Now, u tell me. Is that...

    • By Giuseppe 2022-03-27 09:01:15

      good! The narrative is calm, delicate and powerful! It feels a bit like an American drama, as if I watched an episode of a high-quality extended version of The Good Wife. . . Of course there is more to this movie. One is Jodie Foster winning an Oscar for this film. . Really good performance! The other is the large rape scene. After a lot of foreshadowing in the first half of the film, the emotion completely broke out. That scene really made you grit your teeth and feel resentful! !...

    • By Erica 2022-03-27 09:01:15

      This is how China is now. Individual women who smoke and drink in nightclubs may be used as an excuse for assault or harassment if they dress carelessly. Timely restraint is necessary, and men also need to understand that it is not against the law to tease you, just cooperate, and no one will look good if you cross the line. In addition, men do have the problem of not respecting women's privacy, and discuss their girlfriends or wives with their buddies casually. Perhaps this is the root cause...

    • By Maiya 2022-03-27 09:01:15

      It's not as abused as I imagined, probably because the top abuse comes from the darkness of the system rather than the brutality of rape? Therefore, the "district" sexual harassment in "Northern Wind and Cloud" is much more abusive to some extent than...

    Movie plot

    20-year-old Sarah Tobias was born in poverty and had no education. After leaving her parents, she broke up with her boyfriend. Feeling painful and lonely and troubled, she went to the bar to find friends, dressed in translucent clothes and came to the bar with a provocative air. In this world of mainly men, she is coquettish and does not want to be when she wants to break free from the wild dance with her dance partner. She was raped...
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    Evaluation action

    Hollywood acting superstar actress Jodie Foster won many awards including the 1988 Oscar for starring in the film. Since then, he has entered the peak of his personal romance career.
    In 1988, Judy instinctively played a scoundrel; ruffian; gangster; an evildoer; an outlaw; a bandit; a gangster; a hoodlum Gang in the movie "The Accused" . This rape scene lasted 3 times. Minutes, a total of 262 shots, creating the record of the longest...
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    Movie quotes

    • Kathryn Murphy: Listen again..."A person is guilty of criminal solicitation if he commands, induces, entreats or otherwise persuades another person to commit a felony-"

      D.A. Paul Rudolph: You can read it to me until you're blue in the face, I am not gonna let you prosecute a bunch of spectators -

      Kathryn Murphy: [cutting him off] They're not spectators. They solicited the rape.

      D.A. Paul Rudolph: Do you really want to ask a jury to lock up a bunch of people for clapping and cheering?

      Kathryn Murphy: Clapping? Cheering? Pushing? Goading? Getting the rape going and keeping it going!

      D.A. Paul Rudolph: And what happens if you lose? You'll look like an incompetent. If you win, you'll look like a vengeful bitch. Either way, you'll hurt yourself and this office. Now, drop it. You've got more important things to do.

      Kathryn Murphy: No I haven't.

      D.A. Paul Rudolph: You haven't got more important things to do than go to trial with a sure loser? What the hell's gotten into you?

      Kathryn Murphy: We owe her.

      D.A. Paul Rudolph: Owe her what? We put the rapists away.

      Kathryn Murphy: *I* owe her.

      D.A. Paul Rudolph: I see. You wanna spend my money to put a bunch of spectators on trial - a trial that you'll lose - because you owe her? No! You don't get to use this office to pay your debts!

      Kathryn Murphy: I am going to try this case and you are not going to stop me.

      D.A. Paul Rudolph: Kathryn, you're an ace. You've got a great future. Don't put it in jeopardy.

      Kathryn Murphy: What are you going to do, fire me? Go right ahead. My first case will be a civil suit against the rapists, the solicitors, the Bar and the State. I will show that Sarah Tobias ended up in a hospital bed because this office sold her out. I will personally subpoena your records, put you on the witness stand and cross-examine you about every single sleazy plea-bargain this office has ever made.

      [turning to exit]

      D.A. Paul Rudolph: [shouting] Go ahead! Try your case! Have a good time! Because win or lose, you're through!

      [turns to notice others in the office staring at him]

      D.A. Paul Rudolph: What are you lookin' at? Get back to work!

    • Kathryn Murphy: Ladies and Gentleman, Mr. Paulson has told you the testimony of Sarah Tobias is nothing. Sarah Tobias was raped but that is nothing. She was cut, bruised, and terrorized but that is nothing. All of it happened in front of a howling crowd and that is nothing. Well, it may be nothing to Mr. Paulson, but it is not nothing to Sarah Tobias and I don't believe it's nothing to you. Next, Mr. Paulson tried to convince you that Kenneth Joyce was the only one in that room who knew that Sarah Tobias was being raped. The only one. Now you watched Kenneth Joyce, how did he strike you? Did he seem specially sensitive? Did he seem so remarkable that you said to yourselves, "Of course. This man would notice things other people wouldn't." Do you believe that Kenneth Joyce saw something in that room that those three men didn't see. In all the time that Sarah was pinned down on that Pinball machine that other people didn't know? Kenneth Joyce confessed to you that he watched a rape and did nothing. He told you that everyone in that bar behaved badly and he was right. But no matter how immoral it may be, it is not the crime of criminal solicitation to walk away from a rape. It is not the crime of criminal solicitation to watch a rape. But it is the crime of criminal solicitation to induce, or entreat, or encourage, or persuade another person to commit a rape. Hold her down, stick it to her, make her moan. These three men did worse than nothing. They cheered and they clapped and they rooted the others on. They made sure that Sarah Tobias was raped, and raped, and raped, and raped. And tell me, was that nothing?

    • Sarah Tobias: What time is it?

      Kathryn Murphy: You just asked me that.