An emotionally distant writer of travel guides must carry on with his life after his son is killed and his marriage crumbles.An emotionally distant writer of travel guides must carry on with his life after his son is killed and his marriage crumbles.An emotionally distant writer of travel guides must carry on with his life after his son is killed and his marriage crumbles.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 4 wins & 11 nominations total
Robert Hy Gorman
- Alexander
- (as Robert Gorman)
Bill Lee Brown
- Morgue Detective #1
- (as W.H. Brown)
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- TriviaWhile filming The Fly (1986), Geena Davis was reading the novel on which this film was based. In fact, she would read it to Jeff Goldblum while he went through the hours-long process of having prosthetic make-up applied to his body. Goldblum also appeared in Lawrence Kasdan's earlier films, The Big Chill (1983) and Silverado (1985).
- GoofsAfter returning from England, Macon reaches into his pocket for his keys twice.
- SoundtracksI'M GONNA LASSO SANTA CLAUS
Written by Frankie Adams and 'Wilbur Jones'
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From The Accidental Tourist to Accidental Hero a few years later, both underrated films, Geena Davis plays an almost cameo part to the lead of William Hurt, a travel writer whose marriage falls apart due to the death of their son in a robbery. The script is carefully written - it is difficult to write about loss and divorce in a sympathetic but entertaining way. Geena Davis steals the show though even if her efforts are at the start in vain. With Kathleen Turner as well, the cast is very strong and as an ensemble piece is well worth watching if on, but it is a small drama that could well have been a TV movie and whilst I appreciated watching it is not one I would go out of my way to recommend to others.
- siciliankan
- Oct 15, 2021
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $32,632,093
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $97,578
- Dec 26, 1988
- Gross worldwide
- $32,632,093
- Runtime2 hours 1 minute
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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