A Shocking Accident

A Shocking Accident
A Shocking Accident
	Film poster
Directed by	James Scott
Written by	James Scott; Ernie Eban
Based on	"A Shocking Accident"; byGraham Greene
Produced by	Christine Oestreicher
Starring	Rupert Everett; Jenny Seagrove
Cinematography	Adam Barker-Mill
Edited by	Tom Priestley
Music by	Simon Brint; Simon Wallace
Production; companies	Flamingo Pictures Ltd; Virgin Films; NFFC
Distributed by	Columbia-EMI-Warner Distributors
Release date	April 1982;
Running time	25 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

A Shocking Accidentis a 1982 Britishshort comedy filmdirected byJames Scottand produced byChristine Oestreicher,based onGraham Greene's short story by the same name. In 1983,Oestreicherwon theOscarforBest Live Action Shortat the55th Academy Awards.^[1]^[2]

Cast

Rupert Everettas Jerome and Mr. Weathersby
Jenny Seagroveas Sally
Barbara Hicksas Aunt Joyce
Benjamin Whitrowas Headmaster
Tim Seeley as Stephen
Richenda Careyas Susan
Sophie Wardas Amanda
Sara Heliane Elliot as Brenda
Daniel Chattoas Paul
Katherine Best as Italian Girl
Oliver Blackburnas Jerome (aged 9)
Robert Popperas Jerome (aged 13)
Timothy Stark as Kingsley
Luke Taylor as Taylor
Gary Russellas School Captain

References

^"New York Times: A Shocking Accident".Movies & TV Dept.The New York Times.2011. Archived fromthe originalon 20 May 2011.Retrieved24 May2008.
^"The 55th Academy Awards | 1983".Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.5 October 2014.Retrieved7 December2020.

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[NY_Times-1] "New York Times: A Shocking Accident".Movies & TV Dept.The New York Times.2011. Archived fromthe originalon 20 May 2011.Retrieved24 May2008.

[2] "The 55th Academy Awards | 1983".Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.5 October 2014.Retrieved7 December2020.

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v t e Works byGraham Greeneand their adaptations
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Novels	The Man Within(1929) The Name of Action(1930) Rumour at Nightfall(1932) Stamboul Train(1932) It's a Battlefield(1934) England Made Me(1935) The Bear Fell Free(1935) A Gun for Sale(1936) Brighton Rock(1938) The Confidential Agent(1939) The Power and the Glory(1940) The Ministry of Fear(1943) The Heart of the Matter(1948) The Third Man(novella;1949) The End of the Affair(1951) The Quiet American(1955) Loser Takes All(1955) Our Man in Havana(1958) A Burnt-Out Case(1960) The Comedians(1966) Travels with My Aunt(1969) The Honorary Consul(1973) The Human Factor(1978) Doctor Fischer of Geneva(1980) Monsignor Quixote(1982) The Tenth Man(1985) The Captain and the Enemy(1988) No Man's Land(2005)
Travel books	Journey Without Maps(1936) The Lawless Roads(1939) In Search of a Character(1961) Getting to Know the General: The Story of an Involvement(1984)
Autobiography	A Sort of Life(1971) Ways of Escape(1980) Getting to Know the General: The Story of an Involvement(1984) A World of My Own: A Dream Diary(1992)
Plays	The Living Room(1953) The Potting Shed(1957) The Complaisant Lover(1959) Carving a Statue(1964) The Return of A. J. Raffles(1975) The Great Jowett(1981) Yes and No(1983) For Whom the Bell Chimes(1983)
Story collections	Twenty-One Stories(1954) A Sense of Reality(1963) May We Borrow Your Husband?(1967) The Last Word and Other Stories(1990)
Short stories	"The End of the Party"(1929) "Proof Positive"(1930) "The Basement Room"(1936) "Across the Bridge"(1938) "Alas, Poor Maling"(1940) "The Blue Film"(1954) "The Destructors"(1954) "A Shocking Accident" "The Invisible Japanese Gentlemen" "The Last Word"
Films	Orient Express(1934) The Future's in the Air(1937) The New Britain(1940) 21 Days(1940) This Gun for Hire(1942) Went the Day Well?(1942) Ministry of Fear(1944) Brighton Rock(1947) The Fallen Idol(1948) The Third Man(1949) The Heart of the Matter(1953) The End of the Affair(1955) Loser Takes All(1956) Saint Joan(1957) The Quiet American(1958) Our Man in Havana(1959) The Comedians(1967) Travels with My Aunt(1972) The Human Factor(1979) The Honorary Consul(1983) Monsignor Quixote(1985) The End of the Affair(1999) The Quiet American(2002) Brighton Rock(2010)
Other	Brighton Rock(play) Shades of Greene
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