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Encyclopedia > Accident (movie)

Accident is a 1967 drama film based on a novel by Nicholas Mosley and directed by Joseph Losey with a script by Harold Pinter. It is the second writer/director collaboration of Pinter and Losey, preceded by The Servant and followed by The Go-Between. The running time is 105 minutes. 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A drama is a film that depends mostly on in-depth character development and interaction. ... Nicholas Mosley, 3rd Baron Ravensdale (born June 25, 1923) is a British novelist. ... Joseph Losey (January 14, 1909 - June 22, 1984) was an American theater and film director. ... Harold Pinter Harold Pinter (born October 10, 1930) is an English playwright and theatre director. ... The Servant DVD cover The Servant is a 1963 British film, directed by Joseph Losey and starring Dirk Bogarde, Sarah Miles, Wendy Craig, and James Fox. ... The Go-Between is a novel by L.P. Hartley (1895 – 1972), published in London in 1953. ...


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The story centers on a married Oxford professor, Stephen, who is experiencing a mid-life crisis. The world changes for him when he meets Anna, a beautiful young woman who is engaged to one of his students. The young woman is forced to stay with the professor and his wife following an accident outside of their home in which the student to whom she is engaged was killed. While the Oxford professor believes that he is in control of the events that will eventually lead to the destruction of his marriage, we soon discover that Anna isn't so innocent. The crowning metaphor of the film comes at the end when we see an unhurt Anna (in a flashback) crushing her dying fiancée beneath her spike-heeled foot as she steps on his face while trying desperately to climb out of the overturned car. Oxford is a city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of 134,248 (2001 census). ... A mid-life crisis is an emotional state of doubt and anxiety in which a person becomes uncomfortable with the realization that life is halfway over. ...


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Accident (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (220 words)
Accident is a 1967 drama film based on a novel by Nicholas Mosley and directed by Joseph Losey with a script by Harold Pinter.
It is the second writer/director collaboration of Pinter and Losey, preceded by The Servant and followed by The Go-Between.
The young woman is forced to stay with the professor while his wife is out of town, following an accident outside of their home in which the student to whom she is engaged was killed.
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A common misconception is that a gun can "go off" accidentally, where in truth, such gun accidents are extremely rare, and most gun injuries are caused by intentional acts that create the hazard of injury (i.e., pulling the trigger of a loaded gun).
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A bicycle accident, an incident in which a bicycle ride goes wrong, can result in injury to the rider or another person in their path, and damage to the bicycle or nearby objects.
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