The Accused details
| Format: | 18 DVD |
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| Starring: | Carmen Argenziano, Steve Antin, Bernie Coulson, Peter van Norden, Ann Hearn, Jodie Foster, Tom O'Brien, Leo Rossi, Kelly McGillis |
| Director: | Jonathan Kaplan |
| Genres: | Drama - Crime, Thriller - Crime |
| Studio: | PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Name | Discs | |
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The Accused |
18 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 46 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 01 Jul 2002 |
| Main languages: | English |
| Dubbed: | German, French, Spanish, Italian, Hungarian |
| Subtitles: | Arabic |
| Hearing impaired subtitles: | English |
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Unsurpassed
By Cesca (47 reviews) from Bridge of Allan , 11 Dec 2006[Highly rated reviewer]
Having waited for weeks to see Flightplan, and having been sorely disappointed, I went back to The Accused. This is just a great film. The acting and direction are flawless. You squirm and are appalled as the story unfolds, and you are kept hanging on till the very end to get the full horror of the event, and then the eventual outcome. Still a potent and relevant film today.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(32)The Accused was Good!
By Cornetto (959 reviews) from Lancaster , 06 Apr 2007Fantastic powerful courtroom drama, as a gang rape victim (Foster)whose lawyer (McGillis) is determined to bring not only her attackers to justice, but also the people who stood idly by and encouraged the rape to happen. A thought provoking film with brilliant actresses in the leading female roles.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Powerful
By a customer from Dewsbury , 02 Feb 2007A powerful performance from J Foster.
The rape scenes are not the faint hearted.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Very good and powerful film
By a customer from Bristol, England , 26 Jan 2007as already stated this is a very good film which shows not just the truma of being raped but also the trial. very good and highly recomended- Was this review helpful to you?
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Unsurpassed
By Cesca (47 reviews) from Bridge of Allan , 11 Dec 2006Having waited for weeks to see Flightplan, and having been sorely disappointed, I went back to The Accused. This is just a great film. The acting and direction are flawless. You squirm and are appalled as the story unfolds, and you are kept hanging on till the very end to get the full horror of the event, and then the eventual outcome. Still a potent and relevant film today.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Affecting and thought-provoking drama
By Julianna from Oxford , 02 Sep 2006I've seen the subject of rape and assault treated in numerous films and television dramas, but 'The Accused' definitely stands on its own as a brilliant example of the feelings and actions that cause men to sexually assault women. The issue of the gang-rape is dealt with in the first part of the film, and the remaining scenes are devoted to understanding not just what happened, but why it happened, and to the prosecution of onlooking men who did not necessarily rape the woman themselves, but were sickeningly involved in encouraging the attackers.
The female prosecutor is played by Kelly McGillis, an actress who has experienced such trauma herself; and the rape victim is played by the utterly mesmerising, Oscar-winning Jodie Foster, who really does make the most of a scene-stealing and memorable part, as a lonely waitress who is taken advantage of.
For a provocative but sensitive study of the issues surrounding rape and assault, and a brilliant display of female acting, this is a wonderful film, and one of the very few that have ever made me cry.- Was this review helpful to you?
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