A Shocking Accident

A Shocking Accident
Directed by	James Scott
Produced by	Richard Craven Christine Oestreicher
Written by	Graham Greene James Scott Ernie Eban
Starring	Rupert Everett Jenny Seagrove
Music by	Simon Brint Simon Wallace
Cinematography	Adam Barker-Mill
Editing by	Tom Priestley
Release date(s)	April, 1982
Running time	25 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

A Shocking Accident is a 1982 short comedy film directed by James Scott, based on Graham Greene's short story by the same name. It won an Academy Award in 1983 for Best Short Subject.^[1]

Cast

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

References

^ "New York Times: A Shocking Accident". NY Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/44418/A-Shocking-Accident/details. Retrieved 2008-05-24.

External links

A Shocking Accident at the Internet Movie Database

Academy Award for Live Action Short Film (1981–2000)

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)

Complete list (1931–1940) (1941–1960) (1961–1980) (1981–2000) (2001–2020)

Works by Graham Greene

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 (1973) 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: Two African Journals (1961)

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)

Screenplays	The Future's in the Air (1937) The New Britain (1940) 21 Days (1940) Brighton Rock (1947) The Fallen Idol (1948) The Third Man (1949) Loser Takes All (1956) Saint Joan (1957) Our Man in Havana (1959) The Comedians (1967)

Short 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	"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"