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The Accused is a 1988 American legal drama film directed by Jonathan Kaplan and written by Tom Topor, loosely based on the 1983 gang rape of Cheryl Araujo in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The film stars Jodie Foster as Sarah Tobias, a young waitress who is gang raped by three men at a local bar.
The feature film drama The Accused (1988) was inspired by this case. It starred Jodie Foster, who won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as the woman attacked, and Kelly McGillis as an assistant district attorney prosecuting the case. During interviews related to the film, McGillis acknowledged that she had also survived an ...
Foster's first film release after the success of The Accused was the thriller The Silence of the Lambs (1991). She portrayed FBI trainee Clarice Starling , who is sent to interview incarcerated serial killer Hannibal Lecter ( Anthony Hopkins ) in order to hunt another serial killer, Jame "Buffalo Bill" Gumb ( Ted Levine ).
The 37-year-old more than holds her own among a heavyweight cast, led by Oscar winner Jodie Foster, after two forgettable seasons fronted by Colin Farrell and Mahershala Ali, respectively.
Jodie Foster won her first-ever Emmy Award on Sunday, Sept. 15, ... She already two Oscars, for her roles in The Accused and The Silence of the Lambs. Speaking her thanks, Foster sent love to the ...
The actor, best known for her roles in Silence of the Lambs and The Accused has worked with a plethora of emerging actors and crew on the fourth season of True Detective, with 61-year-old Foster ...
A child prodigy, Foster decided to take a sabbatical from acting at the height of her teenage stardom for four years to attend Yale University. Following her graduation, she made a series of smaller films before having her breakthrough with the legal drama The Accused (1988), for which she won her first Academy Award for Best Actress.
Accused or The Accused may refer to: ... , a film starring Jodie Foster and Kelly McGillis; The Accused, an Argentine film; Television. Accused (1958 TV ...