The Accidental Tourist
original movie poster
Directed by	Lawrence Kasdan
Produced by	Michael Grillo Lawrence Kasdan Charles Okun
Written by	Anne Tyler (novel) Frank Galati Lawrence Kasdan
Starring	William Hurt Kathleen Turner Geena Davis
Music by	John Williams
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date(s)	December 23, 1988
Running time	121 min
Language	English
IMDb profile

The Accidental Tourist is a novel by Anne Tyler that won the 1985 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction. The book was made into a movie in 1988. Image File history File links The_accidental_tourist. ... Lawrence Kasdan (born 14 January 1949, Miami, Florida) is an American movie producer, director and screenwriter. ... Lawrence Kasdan (born 14 January 1949, Miami, Florida) is an American movie producer, director and screenwriter. ... William Hurt in Lost in Space. ... Turner as private eye V.I. Warshawski Kathleen Turner (born June 19, 1954) is an American actress. ... Virginia Elizabeth Geena Davis is a Golden Globe and Academy Award-winning American actress. ... John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932) is one of the most widely recognized composers of film scores. ... Warner Bros. ... December 23 is the 357th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (358th in leap years). ... // Events Michael Jacksons first film was Moonwalker Top grossing films Rain Man, starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise Who Framed Roger Rabbit, starring Bob Hoskins Coming to America, starring Eddie Murphy Big, starring Tom Hanks Twins Crocodile Dundee II Die Hard, starring Bruce Willis Cocktail, also starring Tom Cruise... A novel (from French nouvelle Italian novella, new) is an extended, generally fictional narrative in prose. ... Anne Tyler (born on October 25, 1941 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist. ... The National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) is an American association of approximately seven hundred book reviewers. ... Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The plot

The plot revolves around a travel writer whose son has been killed in a senseless shooting. He and his wife, separately lost in grief, find their marriage beginning to crumble, until she eventually moves out. He starts to become a hermit, until he notices this and moves back to his grandparents' house, with his eccentric siblings.

When he hires an eccentric young woman to train his unruly dog, he finds himself drifting into a relationship with her, then has to decide if he should reconcile with his wife when she returns.

sdfdssdfsdfsd== The film ==

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The novel was made into a movie in 1988. It stars William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Geena Davis, Amy Wright, Bill Pullman, David Ogden Stiers, and Ed Begley Jr.. The movie was adapted by Frank Galati and Lawrence Kasdan, who also directed it. Image File history File links Splitsection. ... William Hurt in Lost in Space. ... Turner as private eye V.I. Warshawski Kathleen Turner (born June 19, 1954) is an American actress. ... Virginia Elizabeth Geena Davis is a Golden Globe and Academy Award-winning American actress. ... Amy Wright (born April 15, 1950 in Beloit, Wisconsin) is an American actress. ... Bill Pullman (born December 17, 1953) is an American actor. ... David Ogden Stiers in his most famous role, as Charles Emerson Winchester III David Ogden Stiers (b. ... Edward James Begley, Jr. ... Lawrence Kasdan (born 14 January 1949, Miami, Florida) is an American movie producer, director and screenwriter. ...

Geena Davis won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Muriel Pritchett. It was also nominated for Best Picture, Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium, and Best Music, Original Score. The Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... // The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Academy Awards, awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which are voted on by others within the industry. ... The Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay is one of the Academy Awards, the most prominent film awards in the United States. ... From Rule Sixteen of the Special Rules for The Music Awards Original Score: An original score is a substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically for the film by the submitting composer. ...

External link

• The Accidental Tourist at the Internet Movie Database