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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 ...
Kelly Ann McGillis [1] (born July 9, 1957) [2] [3] is an American actress. She is known for her film roles such as Rachel Lapp in Witness (1985), for which she received Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations; Charlie in Top Gun (1986); Made in Heaven (1987); The House on Carroll Street (1988); and as Katheryn Murphy in The Accused (1988). [4]
He gained notice appearing in the 1979 television film Vampire. He got his big break in 1983, with a supporting role in the space film The Right Stuff , for which he played astronaut Deke Slayton . Later on, he appeared in other films, including Teen Wolf (1985), The Accused (1988), Turner and Hooch (1989), Pump Up the Volume (1990) and I Am ...
The Accused: Paramount Pictures: Jonathan Kaplan (director); Tom Topor (screenplay); Jodie Foster, Kelly McGillis, Bernie Coulson, Leo Rossi, Ann Hearn, Carmen Argenziano, Steve Antin, Tom O'Brien, Peter Van Norden, Terry David Mulligan, Woody Brown, Tom Heaton, Andrew Kavadas, Scott Paulin, Tom McBeath, Kim Kondrashoff The Kiss: Tri-Star Pictures
Reflecting on the infamous 1988 sex tape that ground his career to a halt, Lowe said on SiriusXM's "The Jess Cagle Show" that the controversy was "one of the reasons I got sober. I woke up one day ...
His feature film career revived in 1988, when The Accused (1988) earned Jodie Foster her first Oscar, for Best Actress. High profile feature film directing jobs followed, including Immediate Family (1989) and Unlawful Entry (1992). His direction of Michelle Pfeiffer in Love Field (1992) garnered her a Best Actress Academy Award nomination in 1993.
Simon Stephenson, known for working on popular movies “Luca” and “Paddington 2,” made the bombshell allegations in emails to the Writer's Guild of America that were obtained by Variety.