Accident
Accident is a 1967 British drama film directed by Joseph Losey. Written by Harold Pinter, it is an adaptation of the 1965 novel Accident by Nicholas Mosley. It is the second of three Losey–Pinter collaborations; the others are The Servant (1963) and The Go-Between (1971). At the 1967 Cannes Film Festival, Accident won the Grand Prix Spécial du Jury award. It also won the Grand Prix of the Belgian Film Critics Association.
Plot
During the hours of darkness, a car crashes. A man, Stephen, goes to it and finds a young man dead and a shocked but uninjured young woman whom he lifts from the car and takes back to his nearby house. The film then goes into flashback.
Awards
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| author | Harold Pinter |
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| award | Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix National Board of Review: Top Ten Films |
| contentLocation | England |
| director | Joseph Losey |
| editor | Reginald Beck |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | austria car crash engage flashback married morning old flame oxford pack university of oxford young man young woman |
| musicBy | John Dankworth |
| producer | Joseph Losey Norman Priggen |
| productionCompany | Royal Avenue Chelsea Productions |
| publisher | London Independent Producers |