The Accused (1988)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.0/10   

Director:

Jonathan Kaplan

Guionista:

Tom Topor (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

14 octubre 1988 (USA)

Género:

Drama | Suspenso

Frase comercial:

The first scream was for help. The second is for justice.

Plot:

A rape victim, enraged at the light sentence her attackers received on account that she was of "questionable character" goads a female prosecutor to charge the men who literally cheered the attack on.

Plot Keywords:

Bar | Rape | Victim | Court | Rape Victim

Premios:

Won Oscar. Another 4 wins & 3 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Jodie's brain

Reparto

Kelly McGillis	...	Kathryn Murphy
Jodie Foster	...	Sarah Tobias
Bernie Coulson	...	Ken Joyce
Leo Rossi	...	Cliff 'Scorpion' Albrect
Ann Hearn	...	Sally Fraser
Carmen Argenziano	...	D.A. Paul Rudolph
Steve Antin	...	Bob Joiner
Tom O'Brien	...	Larry
Peter Van Norden	...	Attorney Paulsen
Terry David Mulligan	...	Lieutenant Duncan
Woody Brown	...	Danny
Scott Paulin	...	Attorney Wainwright
Kim Kondrashoff	...	Kurt
Stephen E. Miller	...	Polito
Tom Heaton	...	Bartender Jesse

También conocida como:

Appel à la justice (Canada: French title)
Reckless Endangerment (USA) (working title)
Acusados (Argentina) (Spain) [es]

Duración:

111 min

País:

USA | Canada

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby

Clasificación:

Singapore:M18 | Canada:14+ (Ontario) | USA:R (No. 28980) | South Korea:18 | Netherlands:12 | Ireland:18 | Argentina:18 | Australia:M | Australia:R (DVD rating) | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | West Germany:16 | Peru:18 | Canada:18A | Iceland:16

Locaciones de Filmación:

Delta, British Columbia, Canada

Compañía:

Paramount Pictures Corporation (Canada)

Trivialidades:

Jodie Foster, the actress who got the part of Sarah Tobias, was actually the fourth choice.

Errores:

Continuidad: When Kenneth Joyce is visiting his buddy in prison, the inmate is wearing a ring on his right hand. Of course, it got me thinking, can one actually wear a ring in prison? Someone involved in the film must have thought so also, as the ring disappears in the last two shots in the scene.

Citas:

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.
[...]

Conexiones de Película:

Spoofed in "Family Guy: Stewie Loves Lois (#5.1)" (2006)

Banda de Sonido:

Always

Jodie's brain

The same year Jodie Foster got an Oscar for "The Accused" Meryl Streep was nominated for "A Cry In The Dark" Both films climax in a court room. Look at Jodie and look at Meryl. Jodie (don't get me wrong she's always been one of my favourites) but her intelligence, her brain, overshadows her character's predicament. Her "anguish" in the witness box lacks the emotion it requires because there is something about Jodie that tells us, she is really on top of it. She is acting, beautifully, but acting. Meryl, on the other hand, is heartbreaking in the witness box in "A Cry In The Dark" the intelligence of the actress doesn't come to interfere with the character's. The actress is in total control. Jodie is a very good actress, Meryl is a genius. At the centre of "The Accused" is Jodie's brain, so compelling in "Silence of the Lambs" so distracting in "The Accused"