The Accused |  | Actors: Kelly McGillis, Jodie Foster, Bernie Coulson, Leo Rossi (II), Ann Hearn
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
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Rating:  55 reviews
Sales Rank: 4325
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 110 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 097360176049
ISBN: 0792181212
UPC: 097360176049
EAN: 9780792181217
ASIN: B00005Y1UT
Theatrical Release Date: October 14, 1988
Release Date: April 16, 2002
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Jodie Foster won her first Oscar for her role in this drama, based on an actual incident. She plays a girl out for a night of fun at a poolroom. Before she knows what's happening, the men she's been flirting with have pinned her down for a gang rape. The story centers on the efforts of a district attorney (Kelly McGillis) to press her case, in spite of a wall of silence by the participants--and then to take the unusual step of going after the witnesses as accomplices. Foster is outstanding as a tough, blue-collar woman who persists in what seems like an unwinnable case, despite the prospect of character assassination for standing up for herself. --Marshall Fine
Product Description
A young woman is gang raped in a bar. She battles the legal system twice as she and her attorney go after both her attackers and the bystanders who cheered them on.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: R
Release Date: 28-MAR-2006
Media Type: DVD
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 50-50 at the most. Good night February 23, 2010
C. CRADDOCK (Bakersfield)
Rape trials often turn against the victim, making it seem like they are the accused. I think the title of this film plays off that. It is really about Sarah Tobias (Jodie Foster), as if she were on trial, as if she were the accused. It was a very difficult role, considering all she had to go through, and then two grueling trials on top of that. As an actress Foster would have to walk a very fine line. She was sexy, flirtatious, and very drunk and high, but did she deserve to be raped? Jodie Foster was quite the brave one. She dared to take her character to the very edge of the abyss, where the jury--not to mention the audience--is almost thinking that she was asking for it.
After the men who raped her are put away, but with very light sentences for "reckless endangerment," Attorney Kathryn Murphy (Kelly McGillis) puts the men who watched and cheered the rapists on trial. Though there is no "Good Samaritan" law, that would make it illegal to witness a crime and do nothing, there is a law against "criminal solicitation" encouraging a crime. It was a very unusual interpretation of the law by Sarah's attorney; and one that the D.A. Paul Rudolph vehemently disapproved of. Kelly McGillis portrayed Murphy's change of heart well. By giving the men a chance to plea bargain, she was de facto admitting that she thought her case was weak. She is really going out on a limb with her unusual prosecution, but that is the only way they can get it on record that a rape had occurred so the rapists will serve out their maximum sentences.
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Sarah Tobias: What are our chances?
Kathryn Murphy: 50-50 at the most. Good night.
Sarah Tobias: Good night.
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Jodie Foster was great as Sarah Tobias, and she won an Oscar for her performance. A very well deserved Oscar. Foster has been acting since she was a child. I recall seeing one of her first film performances as a tom boy named Audrey in "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore." She continued to impress, holding her own as Iris against Robert DeNiro's Travis Bickle in Martin Scorsese's "Taxi Driver." Since "The Accused" she has won another Oscar for "The Silence of The Lambs."
Leo Rossi deserves mention for his portrayal of Cliff Albrecht, one of the men on trial for cheering and egging on the rapists. With his beady eyes and scorpion tattoo he oozed menace. He really threw himself into his role with relish. There is a great scene where he recognizes Sarah in a record store that serves as a catalyst for all that follows.
I find "The Accused" guilty. Guilty of being a gripping court room drama--and one of the best performances of Jodie Foster's illustrious career. It is not to be missed, and I sentence one and all to watch it, in spite of the dark and heavy material. Objection overruled.
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Cliff 'Scorpion' Albrecht: [to Sarah Tobias] Hey, wanna play pinball?
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Nell (1994) Jodie Foster was Nell
The Silence of the Lambs (Widescreen Special Edition) (1991) Jodie Foster was Clarice Starling
Made In Heaven (1987) Kelly McGillis was Annie Packert/Ally Chandler
Top Gun (1986) Kelly McGillis was Charlie
Witness (1985) Kelly McGillis was Rachel Lapp
Reuben, Reuben (1983) Kelly McGillis was Geneva Spofford
Carny (1980) Jodie Foster was Donna
Foxes (1980) Jodie Foster was Jeanie
Taxi Driver (1976) Jodie Foster was Iris
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) Jodie Foster was Audrey
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D.A. Paul Rudolph: What are you lookin' at? Get back to work!
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The Accused February 11, 2010
Arnita D. Brown (USA)
Sarah Tobias goes to her local bar and is gang-raped by three men. The district attorney on the case is Katheryn Murphy who wants to prove that although Sarah had taken drugs that night and was acting provocatively while in the bar, this is no reason for her to be so brutally attacked and the men responsible should be brought to justice. THE ACCUSED is equal parts gripping and disturbing, and in several key areas. It's a movie about the indignities of victimization, as painfully exemplified in Foster's post-rape medical exam. It's a movie about courage, seen in McGillis' selfless determination to help Foster and in the key witness's stepping forward against a close friend. And it's a movie about how our contemporary legal system cheapens victims all in the name of expediency. A important movie, rare in that it grabs you and seldom lets you go.
The Accused January 11, 2010
bhuff (Phoenix, AZ USA)
Both Jodie Foster and Kelly McGillis are at the top of their form in this very "sensitive subject" role. Unforgettable!
sad but great movie November 30, 2009
J. Miller (Pa)
what can i say i am very happy and inpressed at how fast all this reached me and the condition of the order was perfect
The Accused June 5, 2009
Deloresrhamm
I liked this movie . This movie was based on a real incident that happened in MA. the actresses Jodie Foster and Kelly MCGillis played this movie very well. I also was happy with how easy and hassle free ordering and receiving this item was. I would definately purchase from this company again. Wow Comics. Thanks Amozon.com for this experience. Delores
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