A Shocking Accident

1982 film

A Shocking Accident

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Directed by| James Scott
Written by| James Scott
Ernie Eban
Based on| "A Shocking Accident"
by Graham 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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1. ^ "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.
2. ^ "The 55th Academy Awards | 1983". Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 5 October 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2020.

## External links

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* A Shocking Accident at IMDb
* A Shocking Accident at Direct Cinema

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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)

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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)

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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|

* The Public Pays (1936)
* Torture Money (1937)
* Declaration of Independence (1938)
* Sons of Liberty (1939)
* Teddy, the Rough Rider (1940)
* Main Street on the March! (1941)
* Beyond the Line of Duty (1942)
* Heavenly Music (1943)
* I Won't Play (1944)
* Star in the Night (1945)
* A Boy and His Dog (1946)
* Climbing the Matterhorn (1947)
* Seal Island (1948)
* Van Gogh (1949)
* In Beaver Valley (1950)
* Nature's Half Acre (1951)
* Water Birds (1952)
* Bear Country (1953)
* A Time Out of War (1954)
* The Face of Lincoln (1955)
* The Bespoke Overcoat (1956)

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)
* I'm Not a Robot (2024)

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Graham Greene

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)

Short stories|

* "The End of the Party" (1929)
* "Proof Positive" (1930)
* "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 Fugitive (1947)
* The Heart of the Matter (1953)
* The End of the Affair (1955)
* Across the Bridge (1957)
* 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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