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

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A Shocking Accident is a 1982 British short comedy film directed by James Scott, based on Graham Greene's short story by the same name. In 1983, it won an Oscar at the 55th Academy Awards for Best Live Action Short.^[1]^[2]

Cast

Rupert Everett as Jerome and Mr. Weathersby
Jenny Seagrove as Sally
Barbara Hicks as Aunt Joyce
Benjamin Whitrow as Headmaster
Tim Seeley as Stephen
Richenda Carey as Susan
Sophie Ward as Amanda
Sarah Elliott as Brenda
Daniel Chatto as Paul
Katherine Best as Italian Girl
Oliver Blackburn as Jerome (aged 9)
Robert Popper as Jerome (aged 13)
Timothy Stark as Kingsley
Luke Taylor as Taylor
Gary Russell as School Captain

References

^ "New York Times: A Shocking Accident". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2011. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2008.
^ "The 55th Academy Awards | 1983". Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 7 December 2020.

External links

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[NY_Times-1] "New York Times: A Shocking Accident". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2011. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2008.

[2] "The 55th Academy Awards | 1983". Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 7 December 2020.

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Bibliography
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) 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)
Non-fiction	Journey Without Maps (1936) The Lawless Roads (1939) The Lost Childhood and Other Essays (1951) In Search of a Character (1961) A Sort of Life (1971) Ways of Escape (1980) Getting to Know the General: The Story of an Involvement (1984)
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"
Screenplays	21 Days (1940) Brighton Rock (1948) The Fallen Idol (1948) The Third Man (1949) Loser Takes All (1956) Saint Joan (1957) Our Man in Havana (1959) The Comedians (1967) Monsignor Quixote (1985)
Adaptations	Orient Express (1934) The Green Cockatoo (1937) This Gun for Hire (1942) Went the Day Well? (1942) Ministry of Fear (1944) The Heart of the Matter (1953) The End of the Affair (1955) The Quiet American (1958) Travels with My Aunt (1972) The Human Factor (1979) The Honorary Consul (1983) The End of the Affair (1999) The Quiet American (2002) Brighton Rock (2010)
Other	Brighton Rock (play) Shades of Greene
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