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The Accused Details

1988 Certificate 18
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Based on a real-life 1983 incident, The Accused tells the story of Sarah Tobias (Jodie Foster), a working-class party girl who likes to live it up with her friends and flirt hard with the guys. After a fight with her boyfriend, she heads to a local bar to cool down -- and after a few drinks, plus some dancing and flirting, she .. Read more

Starring Jodie Foster, Kelly McGillis, Bernie Coulson, Leo Rossi
Director Jonathan Kaplan
Genres Drama, Thriller

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The Accused

Based on a real-life 1983 incident, The Accused tells the story of Sarah Tobias (Jodie Foster), a working-class party girl who likes to live it up with her friends and flirt hard with the guys. After a fight with her boyfriend, she heads to a local bar to cool down -- and after a few drinks, plus some dancing and flirting, she finds herself thrown on top of a pinball machine and gang-raped by a bunch of locals, while others watch and cheer the proceedings. District attorney Kathryn Murphy (Kelly McGillis) takes Sarah's case but quickly negotiates a plea bargain in which the attackers' charges are reduced to reckless endangerment. Her reason: defence attorneys could use Sarah's not-so-pretty past to paint her as asking for it, getting their clients off completely. But a stunned Sarah accuses Murphy of selling her out, and when the lawyer sees how the incident continues to destroy Sarah's life, she decides she must seek true justice. This time, she goes after the crowd of onlookers for criminal solicitation -- those who were egging the rapists on. Foster won the Best Actress Oscar for her performance.~ Don Kaye, All Movie Guide

Starring Jodie Foster, Kelly McGillis, Bernie Coulson, Leo Rossi, Steve Antin, Ann Hearn, Carmen Argenziano, Tom O'Brien, Peter van Norden
Director Jonathan Kaplan
Studio PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 46 mins
Certificate Certificate 18
Genres Drama, Thriller
Language DVD: English
Dubbed French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish
Hearing-impaired English
Subtitles DVD: Arabic
Released Production year: 1988

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      Based on a real-life 1983 incident, The Accused tells the story of Sarah Tobias (Jodie Foster), a working-class party girl who likes to live it up with her friends and flirt hard with the guys. After a fight with her boyfriend, she heads to a local bar to cool down -- and after a few drinks, plus ...

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