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his provocative drama asks several important questions about our views of people and of the legal system. Are people in recieving of acts because they look the part? Is the legal system truly standing up for its victims? This movie gives us an opinion on such topics.
Sarah Tobias (Foster) is a small-town woman on various substances and of questionable morals, with a nasty boyfriend (O'Brien). Hanging out at her favorite bar, The Mill, one night, she is assaulted by 3 men and viewed by more. Running out of the bar in hysterics, she heads for home. The events cause her boyfriend to ditch her. Angered by the events, she takes her attackers to court. In what causes an outrage, the 3 men are let off with a light sentence. Why? Because Sarah is said to be of poor morality, they figured that whatever happenned was bound to, so what would be the point of heavy sentences?
Sarah is furious... This time at the deputy district attorney Kathryn Murphy (McGillis), who helped the attackers to a light sentence. Kathryn tries to explain her side, but Sarah won't rest until a final justice is served. The two hatch a plan to do something rarely done in legal history... Sarah will bring the witnesses to court and sue them to blazes.
This seems rather simple, if controversial, yet these witnesses aren't dying without a fight. They follow Sarah to a record store (look for 80s singer posters in the background)... They wreck her car... They try to prove their power over Sarah.
Kathryn is still looking for information... She gets some out of a college student who says that Sarah was drunk and was looking to be assaulted. She confirms this with a waitress (Hearn) at The Mill. Despite her objections, she angrily grills Sarah about this before coming to her senses.
Now the days of reckoning begin. Various witnesses have their say about Sarah, who eventually takes the stand to describe the events. After a flashback to her horror, she ends her testimony.
Even in this, one of the heaviest dramas of the Greed Decade, there is one essential 80s element: The happy ending. Sarah reforms her drinking and drugging ways, and the spectators get the heavy sentences they deserve.
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A point is deducted for the darkness of the movie, but this film is great. Jodie Foster worked at high-quality in this movie, and landed an Oscar. She does everything in this movie to earn that award. Despite many people's feelings, I believe that Kelly McGillis was very good in her role as Foster's attorney. The attackers were rightly played as sleazes (Leo Rossi turning in a great performance as spectator "Scorpion" Albrect), and the movie is still very 80s.
It wasn't all joy and laughter in the 80s... This movie is a fine dramatic work.
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According to Jodie Foster in her interview in Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006), producer Stanley R. Jaffe felt she was "not sexy enough" for the role and wanted to cast another actress. 
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It is alleged that Kelly McGillis was actually assaulted in real life and that is why she agreed to do the film. -Thanks to Victoria Lasecchia
I recall reading that originally Kelly McGillis was asked to do the role Foster played, but decided for personal reasons she would rather be the lawyer instead! -Thanks to Allen Karakatsanis
This was one of Foster's first major roles since her time in college. Out of the gate with both barrels blazing, she won an Oscar and Golden Globe for her portrayal of Sarah Tobias. She shortly followed-up with a second defining role... Clarice Starling in "Silence Of The Lambs".
This movie was apparently based on a real-life incident that took place in Massachusetts.
Jodie Foster won a well deserved Golden Globe for this role. -Thanks to Stephanie
Steve Antin who played the college boy who was one of the rapists is the brother of Jonathan Antin, the famed hairstylist from the show "Blow Out". They REALLY look alike!! -Thanks to Amy Taylor
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To prepare for her role, Jodie Foster attended meetings of rape support groups and read stories of rape experiences.
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 Featured Movie Location: the Courthouse exterior
Wanna see the real life filming location used for the Courthouse exterior in the movie? These scenes were actually shot at Vancouver Art Gallery, located at 750 Hornby St in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
The courthouse exterior is actually the Vancouver Art Gallery in downtown Vancouver. It is the largest art gallery in Western Canada [Thanks to Deanna]
The bar formerly known as the 'Sportsman' in Port Moody was used for the bar scene. [Thanks to O]
"The Mill" bar is in real life the "Sidetrack Pub" which is located at 10190 River Road in Delta, BC. The bridge that it is under is the Alex Fraser bridge. [Thanks to Duane Hall]
Can you help? Do you know any of the Vancouver, BC, Canada (or any other) filming locations used for The Accused? [Please send them in]
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The soundtrack features various bar rock cuts by artists like Johnny Winter, The James Harman Band, Vanessa Anderson, Only Child and House Of Schock, as well as the classic 80s ballad "At This Moment" by Billy Vera and The Beaters.
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