Talk:The Accused (1988 film)

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• Aquino, John T. (2005). "Big Dan's Tavern Rape Trial (1983) / Film: The Accused (1988)". Truth and Lives on Film: The Legal Problems of Depicting Real Persons and Events in a Fictional Medium. McFarland. pp. 140–143.
  ISBN 0786420448
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The last paragraph of the plat is an orphan. What does "This means that the three men serving prison time for reckless endangerment will now have their records modified to reflect the actual rape, and will serve the full five years" mean? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.197.15.138 (talk) 05:14, 10 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I can't find anything to support the end of this sentence: "Molly Ringwald, a popular teen idol of the time, wanted the role of Sarah, but her parents turned down her offer because they feared she didn't want to play a twenty-something rape victim at a young age. Kaplan gave Foster the part and her performance in the film was ultimately praised." Molly Ringwald WAS offered the part, but I can find no source telling the reason. I changed "hooker" to rape victim, as hooker was patently untrue. But we may want to pull the whole sentence. Markemer (talk) 04:45, 5 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The article currently describes The Accused as a Canadian-American film without any reliable source.[1] I've looked at the credits on the DVD, and it appears to be a Hollywood studio production, shot in Canada. Particularly relevant is this:

Filmed on Location in

British Columbia, Canada

in association with

Paramound Pictures Corporation (Canada), Inc.

which I take to mean that Paramount's Canadian subsidiary provided production services on the shoot. But that does not make the film a Canadian co-production, does it? Mathew5000 (talk) 14:07, 19 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

that got me to watch this movie. i thought since it's about all that, it's gotta be interesting. but i fail to see how the movie is ever at all about classism, misogyny, postraumatic stress disorder or women's empowerment. these things seem not to be featured in the film at all. and it barely touches slut shaming and victim blaming, basically only when her attorney asks her what she was wearing because the defence will probably ask (which we never see them do). should we really have this sentence in the article? of course, it's unsourced.· Lygophile has spoken 22:46, 27 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

"At the bar a little tipsy, she flirts with the other men there only to see her being brutally gang raped by three drunk bar patrons while onlookers cheer them on." - isn't this sentence worded a little strangely? --Canelo 93 (talk) 14:30, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]