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A Shocking Accident

  • 1982
  • 25m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
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A Shocking Accident (1982)
ComedyRomanceShort

When he was a child, Jerome was told that his father died on a bizarre accident involving a pig that fell from a balcony. He refuses to accept this fact and keeps creating another scenario a... Read allWhen he was a child, Jerome was told that his father died on a bizarre accident involving a pig that fell from a balcony. He refuses to accept this fact and keeps creating another scenario as replacement to his father's strange death. As a grown up, he's quite perplexed that peop... Read allWhen he was a child, Jerome was told that his father died on a bizarre accident involving a pig that fell from a balcony. He refuses to accept this fact and keeps creating another scenario as replacement to his father's strange death. As a grown up, he's quite perplexed that people get amused whenever they hear this story...until the day he meets someone special who'l... Read all

  • Director
    • James Scott
  • Writers
    • Graham Greene
    • James Scott
    • Ernie Eban
  • Stars
    • Rupert Everett
    • Jenny Seagrove
    • Barbara Hicks
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.8/10
    91
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • James Scott
    • Writers
      • Graham Greene
      • James Scott
      • Ernie Eban
    • Stars
      • Rupert Everett
      • Jenny Seagrove
      • Barbara Hicks
    • 1User review
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  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 1 win & 2 nominations total

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    Rupert Everett
    Rupert Everett
    • Jerome and Mr. Weathersby
    Jenny Seagrove
    Jenny Seagrove
    • Sally
    Barbara Hicks
    Barbara Hicks
    • Aunt Joyce
    Benjamin Whitrow
    Benjamin Whitrow
    • Headmaster
    Tim Seeley
    • Stephen
    Richenda Carey
    Richenda Carey
    • Susan
    Sophie Ward
    Sophie Ward
    • Amanda
    Sarah Elliott
    • Brenda
    Daniel Chatto
    • Paul
    Katherine Best
    • Italian Girl
    Olly Blackburn
    Olly Blackburn
    • Jerome (aged 9)
    • (as Oliver Blackburn)
    Robert Popper
    • Jerome (aged 13)
    Timothy Stark
    • Kingsley
    Luke Taylor
    • Taylor
    Gary Russell
    Gary Russell
    • School Captain
    Alex Scott
    Alex Scott
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    • Director
      • James Scott
    • Writers
      • Graham Greene
      • James Scott
      • Ernie Eban
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    A Shocking Accident

    I thought that this had a little of the "Tales of the Unexpected" to it as we first meet a Neapolitan lady who is lovingly feeding her rather substantial pig on her rickety balcony several floors up above the street. Shortly afterwards, we learn that the poor young "Jerome", a long way away at a posh English boarding school, has just been orphaned and that the cause of his predicament is the source of much mirth and ridicule at school. Indeed, it isn't only there but as he grows older this misadventure continues to provide much merriment at his expense as his aunt (Barbara Hicks) takes a particularly honest view when regaling her guests with this story even after he has become an accountant. Now old enough to do some courting, he (Rupert Everett) meets "Sally" (Jenny Seagrove) but what chance she will just snigger too, or might she react differently? This is really a one joke story that seems more designed to poke fun at folks too ignorant to appreciate just how traumatic the experience might have been for the young lad, and though Barbara Hicks manages her stuck-up role with aplomb, Everett and the always wooden Seagrove present something really quite timidly shallow. It looks good, with plenty of attention to the detail of the film but it's all fairly sterile and forgettable stuff, sorry.

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      • 1982 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
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      • English
    • Production companies
      • Flamingo Pictures
      • National Film Finance Corporation (NFFC)
      • Virgin
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