The Accused (1988)

Director:

Jonathan Kaplan

Writer:

Tom Topor (written by)

Release Date:

14 October 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Tagline:

On April 18th 1987, Sarah Tobias stops for a drink at a bar called The Mill.

Plot:

After a woman suffers a brutal rape in a bar one night, a prosecutor assists in bringing the perpetrators to justice, including the ones who encouraged and cheered on the attack.

Plot Keywords:

Bar | Justice | Rape | District Attorney | Court

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 6 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

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
Andrew Kavadas	...	Defendant Matt Haines
Tom McBeath	...	Defendant Stu Holloway
Rose Weaver	...	Nurse
Linda Darlow	...	Rape Center Woman
Veena Sood	...	Woman Orderly
Allan Lysell	...	Assistant D.A. Massi
Antony Holland	...	Plea Bargain Lawyer
Kevin McNulty	...	Plea Bargain Lawyer
Jerry Wasserman	...	Plea Bargain Lawyer
Barney O'Sullivan	...	Trial Judge
Christianne Hirt	...	Angela
Frances Flanagan	...	Mrs. Albrect
Marsha Andrews	...	TV Commentator
Mike Winlaw	...	TV Commentator
Pamela Martin	...	TV Commentator
Wally Marsh	...	Bail Hearing Judge
Deryl Hayes	...	Court Officer
E. Andrea Klann	...	Court Reporter
Bryan Johnson	...	Bailiff
Dana Still	...	Jury Foreman
Denalda Williams	...	Sarah's Mother on Phone
Babs Chula	...	Woman Lawyer
Peter Bibby	...	Dinner Party Date
Rebecca Toolan	...	911 Operator
Stephen Dimopoulos	...	Complaining Customer
Laurie O'Byrne	...	Complaining Customer
Freda Perry	...	Receptionist
John H. Cox	...	Policeman
Jim Bedard	...	Second Bartender
Kirsten Keane	...	Sally's Daughter
David Sheridan	...	Sally's Son
Garry Chalk	...	Courthouse Reporter (as Gary Chalk)
Garwin Sanford	...	Courthouse Reporter
Gloria Lee	...	Courthouse Reporter
Stephen Brent Lambert	...	Courthouse Reporter
Matt LaFleur	...	Courthouse Reporter
Michele Goodger	...	Courthouse Reporter
Scott Walden	...	Record Store Clerk
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jim Browning	...	2nd Bailiff (uncredited)
David Paul Hewitt White	...	Hockey Fan (uncredited)

Directed by
Jonathan Kaplan

Writing credits
Tom Topor		(written by)

Produced by
Stanley R. Jaffe	....	producer
Sherry Lansing	....	producer
Jack Roe	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Brad Fiedel

Cinematography by
Ralf D. Bode		(director of photography) (as Ralf Bode)

Film Editing by
O. Nicholas Brown
Gerald B. Greenberg		(as Jerry Greenberg)

Casting by
Sally Dennison
Julie Selzer

Production Design by
Richard Wilcox		(as Richard Kent Wilcox)

Art Direction by
Sheila Haley

Set Decoration by
Barry W. Brolly

Costume Design by
Trish Keating

Makeup Department
Sandy Cooper	....	head makeup artist
Sherry Linder-Gygli	....	head hair stylist (as Sherry Linder)
Beverly K. Sewers	....	assistant hair stylist
Jo-Anne Smith-Ojeil	....	assistant makeup artist (as Jo-Anne Smith)

Production Management
Warren Carr	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Wendy Chesal	....	third assistant director
Paul Etherington	....	additional second assistant director
Patrice Leung	....	second assistant director
Gina Power	....	dgc trainee
David W. Rose	....	first assistant director

Art Department
John G. Anderson	....	carpenter helper
Mel Bourne	....	design consultant
Kim Brown	....	lead painter
Gordon Brunner	....	set dresser
Hope Caton	....	set decoration buyer (as E. Hope Caton)
Richard H. Fahlman	....	set dresser
Jurgen Gottschlag	....	head painter
Dan Hanen	....	set dresser
Kenneth H. Hawryliw	....	assistant property master (as Ken Hawryliw)
Alan Hoffman	....	storyboard artist
Avo Liva	....	greens
William Matthews	....	set decorator laborer
Kim Mooney	....	draughtsman
Peter Nicol	....	carpenter
Michael O'Connor	....	assistant set decorator
Lawrence F. Pevec	....	graphic designer
Mike Rennison	....	construction foreperson
Rick Stranan	....	carpenter (as R.M. Stranan)
Grant Swain	....	property master (as Grant R. Swain)
Faye Thorp	....	set dresser
Elizabeth Wilcox	....	set decoration buyer
Arthur Wills	....	lead carpenter
David Willson	....	construction coordinator
Dean Willson	....	carpenter

Sound Department
Andy Aaron	....	sound effects recordist
Louis Bertini	....	sound editor
Kristine Bulakowski	....	assistant sound editor (as Kris Bulakowski)
Randall Coleman	....	assistant adr editor
Marko A. Costanzo	....	foley artist (as Marco Costanzo)
Graham Crowell	....	boom operator
David M. Cyr	....	cable person trainee
Rick Dior	....	re-recording mixer: New York
Ken Eluto	....	assistant sound editor
Harriet Fidlow	....	adr editor (as Harriet Fidlow Winn)
David W. Gray	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Cecelia Hall	....	dubbing editor: Los Angeles
Neil L. Kaufman	....	sound editor (as Neil Kaufman)
Michael Kirchberger	....	supervising sound editor
Dan Korintus	....	assistant sound editor
Gregg Landaker	....	sound re-recording mixer: Los Angeles
Robert Nichols II	....	sound re-recordist: Los Angeles
Bitty O'Sullivan-Smith	....	sound editor
Sergio Reyes	....	re-recording mixer: Los Angeles
Gary Ritchie	....	sound re-recordist: Los Angeles
Elizabeth Schwartz	....	assistant sound editor
Paul P. Soucek	....	apprentice sound editor (as Paul Soucek)
Ira Spiegel	....	sound editor
Leo Trombetta	....	assistant sound editor
Elliot Tyson	....	re-recording mixer: Los Angeles
Deborah Wallach	....	adr editor
George Watters II	....	dubbing editor: Los Angeles
Rob Young	....	sound mixer
Ken Dufva	....	foley artist (uncredited)
George A. Lara	....	foley mixer (uncredited)
Jim Rosenthal	....	assistant sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Gary Paller	....	special effects supervisor
Roy Schultz	....	special effects assistant (as Roy Schulz)

Stunts
Kerrie Cullen	....	stunt coordinator
Tony Morelli	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Oliver Berg	....	grip
Paul F. Birkett	....	camera operator
Rob Bojeck	....	grip
Peter Borkent	....	lamp operator
John L. Brown	....	dolly grip (as John Brown)
Richard Buckmaster	....	generator operator (as Richard James Buckmaster)
Douglas Craik	....	first assistant camera
Barry Donlevy	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Theo Eglseder	....	additional first assistant camera
Les Erskine	....	chief lighting technician
Dale Garrison	....	lamp operator (as Dale 'Tiny' Garrison)
John G. Helme	....	lamp operator (as John Helme)
R.K. Hill	....	second grip
Tim Hogan	....	key grip
Richard G. Mason	....	additional camera operator
Rob McEwan	....	still photographer
Klaus Melchior	....	video playback operator
Rod Parkhurst	....	additional camera operator
John Sprungman	....	second assistant camera
Peter A. Stursberg	....	camera trainee (as Peter Stursberg)
Peter F. Woeste	....	additional camera operator (as Peter Woeste)

Casting Department
Michelle Allen	....	casting: Canada
Nancy B. Black	....	extras casting coordinator
Coreen Mayrs	....	casting assistant
Patrick Rush	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Debbie Geaghan	....	costume supervisor
Grace Keating	....	costumer
Tish Monaghan	....	assistant costume designer
Diana Patterson	....	costumer
Maria Taipale	....	costumer
Monique Long	....	assistant costume designer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Susan Sklar Friedman	....	apprentice editor (as Susan Sklar)
Bruce Giesbrecht	....	second assistant editor: Canada
Terry Haggar	....	color timer
Michael Smith	....	first assistant editor: Canada
Tara Timpone	....	first assistant editor
Bryan H. Carroll	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Tim Boyle	....	music scoring mixer
Brad Fiedel	....	orchestrator
Allan K. Rosen	....	supervising music editor
Shirley Walker	....	conductor

Transportation Department
Wayne Becker	....	driver
Rodney Beech	....	driver
Bob Dennett	....	driver
George A. Grieve	....	transportation co-captain (as George Grieve)
Larry Hafichuk	....	driver
Dennis Houser	....	transportation captain
Scott Irvine	....	transportation coordinator
Ron James	....	driver
Dale Johnson	....	driver
Wayne Johnson	....	driver
Mitch LaFleur	....	driver
Bill McCurraugh	....	driver (as Bill McCurrach)
Murray Mills	....	driver
Terry Newton	....	driver
Mike Porohowski	....	driver

Other crew
Geoffrey Abrams	....	courtroom technical consultant
Lynn Elston	....	accountant
Lara Fox	....	script supervisor
Sulla Hamer	....	assistant: Mr. Kaplan (as Sulla Kay Hamer)
Andrea Jaffe	....	publicity consultant
Gloria Lee	....	production assistant
Robert Lee	....	production assistant
Carol Mann	....	assistant to producers
Colleen Nystedt	....	location manager
Trisha O'Brien	....	assistant to producers
Robin O'Neil	....	animal handler
Tammy Oates	....	production coordinator (as Tammy S. Oates)
Don Petrie	....	production auditor
Timothy Prince	....	consultant: 24 frame video (as Tim Prince)
Brigitte Prochaska	....	unit publicist
Michael A. Provost	....	production assistant (as Michael Provost)
Vanessa Ross	....	title designer (as Ross)
Joanne Ryan	....	craft service
Joanne Ryan	....	first aid
Nina Saxon	....	title designer
Carol Schafer	....	assistant to producers
Emilia Wagner	....	assistant production coordinator
Scott Walden	....	assistant location manager
Howard Blank	....	live audience coordinator: ice hockey scenes (uncredited)
David H. Kramer	....	adr loop group (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Paramount Pictures Corporation (Canada) (in association with)
• Paramount Pictures

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1988) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1991) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1989) (Austria) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (1989) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Argentina Video Home (2003) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2003) (Argentina) (VHS) (re-edited)
• CIC Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• CIC-Taft Home Video
• Home Box Office (HBO) (1989) (USA) (TV)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Video (1989) (USA) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Video (1989) (USA) (laserdisc)
• Paramount Home Video (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2003) (Argentina) (all media) (re-release)

Other Companies

• Alpha Cine Service  color by
• British Columbia Buildings  the producers wish to thank
• City of Vancouver, The  the producers wish to thank
• EFX Unlimited  opticals
• Pacific National Exhibition (PNE)  the producers wish to thank
• Pacific Studios Inc.  chromatrans background
• Panavision  lenses and Panaflex camera (as Panavision®)
• Record Plant Scoring  orchestra recorded at
• Reel Appetites  catering
• Reel People Inc.  negative cutting
• Saxon/Ross Film Design  titles designed by
• Technicolor  prints by (as Technicolor®)
• University of British Columbia  the producers wish to thank
• Vancouver Art Gallery  the producers wish to thank
• Vancouver General Hospital  the producers wish to thank
• William F. White International  grip and lighting equipment

Also Known As:

Runtime:

111 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Singapore:M18 | Canada:14+ (Ontario) | USA:R (No. 28980) | South Korea:18 | Netherlands:12 | Ireland:18 | USA:X (original rating) | Portugal:M/16 | Argentina:18 | Australia:M | Australia:MA15+ (DVD rating) | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | West Germany:16 | Peru:18 | Canada:18A | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Delta, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Paramount Pictures Corporation (Canada)

Trivia:

Beverly D'Angelo, Jessica Lange, Anjelica Huston, Sissy Spacek, Dianne Wiest, Blythe Danner, Mary Gross, Cybill Shepherd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Goldie Hawn, Teri Garr, Catherine O'Hara, Glenn Close Amy Irving, Diane Keaton, Mary Steenburgen, Sally Field, Meryl Streep, Kim Basinger and Kathleen Turner were all considered for the role of Kathryn. Kate Capshaw auditioned only once for the role.

Goofs:

Continuity: Kelly McGillis's Character is credited as "Kathryn Murphy", but after Sarah walks out of her office and the door is shut, we can see a sign on the office door with the name "Katheryn Murphy"

Quotes:

Kathryn Murphy:This is what the jury is going to see. And they are going to see the girl too and you can't tell it from these. But she's tiny. She's the most defenceless looking thing you you ever saw.

Movie Connections:

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

Soundtrack:

Always

This movie is about more than rape

This movie is about more than rape. It's about societal views of rape and the objectification of the female in a patriarchal society. The actual courtroom drama portion is not prosecuting the rapists, but the men who cheered on and encouraged the gang rape of a woman in a public place. As you watch the movie, look at the image of the woman on the pinball machine; look at the friend who turned away; the boyfriend who expects the victim to "get over it;" the lawyer who thinks it's OK to cut a deal that removes a rape charge in order to get the rapists behind bars, without thought for the life of the victim afterward. Society is on trial here.