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The Accused [DVD] [1988]
enlarge	Director: Jonathan Kaplan Actors: Kelly McGillis, Jodie Foster, Bernie Coulson, Leo Rossi, Ann Hearn Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment Category: DVD List Price: ~~£15.99~~ Buy New: £2.93 as of 21/11/2009 22:19 GMT details You Save: £13.06 (82%) New (15) Used (7) Collectible (1) from £1.91 Seller: findprice Rating: 10 reviews Sales Rank: 17677 Format: Anamorphic, Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen Languages: English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), Arabic (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Dubbed), German (Dubbed), Hungarian (Dubbed), Italian (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed) Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over Region: 2 Discs: 1 Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 106 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5014437822833 ASIN: B000067A98 Theatrical Release Date: October 14, 1988 Release Date: July 1, 2002 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Editorial Reviews: Amazon.co.uk Review Jodie Foster won her first Oscar for her role in IThe Accused/i (1988), based on an actual incident. While out for a night of fun at a poolroom, before her character knows what's happening she finds that the men she's been flirting with have pinned her down for a gang rape. The story centres 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. I--Marshall Fine/I

Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 10 1 2 Next » harrowing but compelling. June 11, 2004 dragondrums (Ingleby Barwick, United Kingdom) 25 out of 26 found this review helpful Jodie Foster won an Oscar for her portrayal of Sarah, a young woman from the wrong side of the tracks, who is gang raped in a bar after a drunken night out. Foster delivers a mesmerising performance as the traumatised victim fighting for justice against a system that has labelled her as 'worthless' due to her previous lifestyle. Kelly McGillis plays the district attorney who initially lets Sarah down and agrees to a plea bargain that Sarah doesn't want. When the realisation hits of what she has done, she fights to ensure the perpetraters of this brutal rape are brought to justice.brThis is never an easy film to watch. The crime is too violent and the emotions too raw for that. The audience is left with a feeling of unease at the brutality of the crime and at the judicial system that is supposed to protect the innocent.It is however, a compelling film due to the outstanding performances of the lead actors and it cannot fail to touch and move the most hard hearted of viewer. Brilliant drama with first class acting. May 14, 2006 film fan (Kent, UK) 8 out of 8 found this review helpful This film by Jonathan Kaplan is remarkable and truly captivating. I've seen this film a number of times and I still can't get enough of it. This is deeply moving and extremely gripping. br / br /It tells the story of Sarah Tobias (a magnificent Jodie Foster) who is gang raped in a bar full of people drinking and playing video games. This whole scene was witnessed by a college student who notifies the police from a call box. Soon a District Attorney, Kathryn Murphy (Kelly McGillis), takes up her case with relish and manages to convict the ones that did it. After that, she decides to bring the ones who encouraged the whole rape to justice and with the eventual help of the star witness, Kenneth Joyce (Bernie Coulson), she puts them away for a long time. br / br /What makes this film work on so many levels, is its power to get the viewer involved and to believe in the victim of the case. Also it has a warmth and charm about it. Baring in mind the film deals with the subject of rape, it shows it in a raw, intense and moving way when shown in the courtroom scene. br / br /The main performance of Sarah Tobias is staggeringly played by Jodie Foster who gives the character something to believe in and fight about. The viewer can truly believe in her pain and anguish she's going through. Kelly McGillis and Bernie Coulson give excellent support and the subject is handled brilliantly by the director, Jonathan Kaplan and is quite staggering. br / br /I thought that the score by Brad Fiedel was very moody and atmospheric with refreshing hints of lightness sprinkled in the mix. There are some extremely moving scenes where Sarah is on the phone to her mother when she comes home from the hospital and when Sarah is in her hospital bed when Kathryn visits her that are enhanced by the soft sound of the piano and keyboards of the score. This is one of the best films that I've seen. A revolting masterpiece. January 24, 2004 syhob (Copenhagen) 18 out of 20 found this review helpful At times "The Accused" is just as unpleasent to watch as "Man bites dog" and "A short film about killing", and weak casting allows Jodie Foster to steal the picture. Still Jodie Foster singlehandly turns it into a masterpiece. pSarah (Jodie Foster) is a piece of pot-smoking poor white trash who sometimes goes to a seepy bar with a female friend in order to compensate for her dull work and her boring boyfriend - even though women are expected to enter only if they work there or are with their boyfriend. One night she is raped by several men who are cheered on by bystanders. We follow Sarah to the emergency room, where she undergoes a humiliating gynaecological examination, and we get an impression of the basic police work in rape cases including a questioning of Sarah which leaves her with the feeling that SHE is the accused rather than the rapists. The counsel for the prosecution makes a deal with the defense keeping in mind that Sarah will be an easy victim for a character asassination in court and aiming for any kind of prison term for the rapists rather than a prison term for rape as such. pSarah considers this a kind of second betrayal following the rape and pushes the counsel to try something else. pJodie Foster's outstanding acting and the absence of easy solutions are the main qualities in this remarkable movie. The director could have made a saint out of Sarah; but fortunately he didn't. Or the director could have exploited the rape scene to boost income but again he didn't; it is only sickening. I have seen this movie several times and this is one of the movies where the reactions from the audience are very interesting to follow, if you remember to look away from the screen. Once I watched this movie with an all-male Saturday night-audience, who entered the cinema eagerly looking forward to "The gang-rape-movie" but fell totally silent during the rape scene. So many points of view .... January 20, 2003 6 out of 8 found this review helpful Kurosawa's fans do not feel offended if I dare say that somehow this movie can remind of the celebrated masterpiece " Rashomon ", because of the way the same, crude facts ( a woman is raped in a pub ) are presented many times, in a different way, according the points of view of the characters. brWho's really guilty ?br the rapers - mostly rich young men who do not seem really aware of what they did ?br or the woman ( a surprising JF ) - who maybe instigated them with all her winking and sexy dancing ?bror maybe the witness - not bold enough to defend the woman, but just up phoning to the police when it's already too late ?bror even the woman's attorney, who prefers the easy way out - looking for an agreement with the rapers' lawyers instead of insisting for a severe sentence ?pThe film's conclusion is surprising, and deeply disturbing: guilty are all those who were there in the pub, and stared, and did nothing. Nothing, besides looking at what was going on, screaming, laughing and incitating.pThis is an hard critic to our everyday's lifestyle, when everybody is minding his own affairs but no more, without knowing even who lives one door far , and trying to look elsewhere as " not concerned " if just a beggar gets close to us. " It's not my business " - isn't this perhaps our common attitude ? We prefer look, but at a distance, what somebody else is doing rather than do anything ourselves.br brA movie which offers starting points for bitter reflections indeed. Deep Drama about a an american waitress. Attacked in a bar. December 17, 2003 M. Pearce 2 out of 4 found this review helpful I'm a fan of Jodie Foster and Her roles in Bugsy and Hotel New Hampshire. Even her Silence of the lambs. But in this quite realistic Film about a waitress at a bar who gets raped by a group of boys. The idea of seeing Jodie half naked is a good reason to watch a film. But in this her character is too uncomfortably realistic. This film gives the victims side of the change in her life and the fear and pain of going through a rape case in court. If your into realism and an uncomfortable understanding of something not many people like to know about. Then buy this. I suggest rent first. This is a great film. Some might feel they brought a film that got a scene of the crime in too much expicit detail. Showing reviews 1-5 of 10 1 2 Next »

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