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22 June 1967 (Denmark)
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Stephen is a married Oxford professor experiencing the pangs of a mid-life crisis as he begins to bristle...
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Nominated for Golden Globe.
Another 3 wins
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5 nominations
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Dark, moody movie of the highest class
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Dirk Bogarde | ... | Stephen | |
| Stanley Baker | ... | Charley | |
| Jacqueline Sassard | ... | Anna | |
| Michael York | ... | William | |
| Vivien Merchant | ... | Rosalind | |
| Delphine Seyrig | ... | Francesca | |
| Alexander Knox | ... | Provost | |
| Ann Firbank | ... | Laura | |
| Brian Phelan | ... | Police Sergeant | |
| Terence Rigby | ... | Plain Clothed Policeman | |
| Freddie Jones | ... | Man in Bell's Office | |
| Jill Johnson | ... | Secretary | |
| Jane Hillary | ... | Receptionist | |
| Maxwell Findlater | ... | Ted | |
| Carole Caplin | ... | Clarissa |
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105 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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Dirk Bogarde was second choice for Stephen.
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Charley:
[reading from learned journal] A statistical analysis of sexual intercourse at Kolenzo University, Milwaukee showed... that 70% did it in the evening, 29.9% between 2 and 4 in the afternoon and 0.1% during a lecture on Aristotle.
Aged Professor: I'm surprised to hear that Aristotle is on the syllabus in the State of Wisconsin.
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Aged Professor: I'm surprised to hear that Aristotle is on the syllabus in the State of Wisconsin.
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Referenced in Le samouraï (1967)
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Not a lot happens, but we were glued to The Accident. The script is wonderfully understated. Pinter as screenplay writer is a different style from Pinter the playwright. Pinter teases us, though, with a small cameo performance of his own using almost mock-Pinter dialogue for that one short scene. Also of note script-wise is the scene soon after Pinter's scene when Dirk Bogarde visits his old flame in London and the dialogue is almost thoughts, almost dialogue - you don't see either of them actually speaking.
The cinematography on this movie is superb. Oxford in the summer is a soft target for beautiful shots, but this film fills its boots with that beauty. Yet the dark mood never leaves you despite the beauty - partly because 90% of the movie is a flashback, so you have already seen most of the tragedy unfold. Also, the behaviour of the two professors is just so awful. Dirk Bogarde comes across somewhat sympathetically because he is Dirk Bogarde, but the character is a more or less unmitigated toad. The Stanley Baker character is also horrible. The acting of all the main characters is superb.
This is high class stuff - seek it out.