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A Shocking Accident

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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 (1982-04)
Running time	25 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

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

Cast

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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
Sara Heliane Elliot 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

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^ "New York Times: A Shocking Accident". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 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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Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film

Short subject
1931–1935

Comedy

The Music Box (1932)
So This Is Harris (1933)
La Cucaracha (1934)
How to Sleep (1935)

Novelty

Wrestling Swordfish (1932)
Krakatoa (1933)
City of Wax (1934)
Wings Over Everest (1935)

Short subject
1936–1956

Color

Give Me Liberty (1936)
Penny Wisdom (1937)

One-reel

Bored of Education (1936)
The Private Life of the Gannets (1937)
That Mothers Might Live (1938)
Busy Little Bears (1939)
Quicker'n a Wink (1940)
Of Pups and Puzzles (1941)
Speaking of Animals and Their Families (1942)
Amphibious Fighters (1943)
Who's Who in Animal Land (1944)
Stairway to Light (1945)
Facing Your Danger (1946)
Goodbye, Miss Turlock (1947)
Symphony of a City (1948)
Aquatic House Party (1949)
Grandad of Races (1950)
World of Kids (1951)
Light in the Window (1952)
Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor (1953)
This Mechanical Age (1954)
Survival City (1955)
Crashing the Water Barrier (1956)

Two-reel

Short subject
(live action)
1957–1973

The Wetback Hound (1957)
Grand Canyon (1958)
The Golden Fish (1959)
Day of the Painter (1960)
Seawards the Great Ships (1961)
Heureux Anniversaire (1962)
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1963)
Casals Conducts: 1964 (1964)
The Chicken (1965)
Wild Wings (1966)
A Place to Stand (1967)
Robert Kennedy Remembered (1968)
The Magic Machines (1969)
The Resurrection of Broncho Billy (1970)
Sentinels of Silence (1971)
Norman Rockwell's World... An American Dream (1972)
The Bolero (1973)

Short film
(live action)
1974–present

One-Eyed Men Are Kings (1974)
Angel and Big Joe (1975)
In the Region of Ice (1976)
I'll Find a Way (1977)
Teenage Father (1978)
Board and Care (1979)
The Dollar Bottom (1980)
Violet (1981)
A Shocking Accident (1982)
Boys and Girls (1983)
Up (1984)
Molly's Pilgrim (1985)
Precious Images (1986)
Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall (1987)
The Appointments of Dennis Jennings (1988)
Work Experience (1989)
The Lunch Date (1990)
Session Man (1991)
Omnibus (1992)
Schwarzfahrer (1993)
Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life / Trevor (1994)
Lieberman in Love (1995)
Dear Diary (1996)
Visas and Virtue (1997)
Election Night (1998)
My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York (1999)
Quiero ser (I want to be...) (2000)
The Accountant (2001)
This Charming Man (2002)
Two Soldiers (2003)
Wasp (2004)
Six Shooter (2005)
West Bank Story (2006)
Le Mozart des Pickpockets (2007)
Toyland (2008)
The New Tenants (2009)
God of Love (2010)
The Shore (2011)
Curfew (2012)
Helium (2013)
The Phone Call (2014)
Stutterer (2015)
Sing (2016)
The Silent Child (2017)
Skin (2018)
The Neighbors' Window (2019)
Two Distant Strangers (2020)
The Long Goodbye (2021)
An Irish Goodbye (2022)
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023)

v t e Works by Graham Greene and their adaptations
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) 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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