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A Shocking Accident

1982 film by James Scott
Movie short_film Q4659451
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Summary

A Shocking Accident is a short film[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of short film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (173 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film[3]
  • Director: James Scott[4]
  • Screenwriter: Graham Greene[5]
  • Composer: Simon Brint[6]
  • Genre: comedy film[7]
  • Cast member: Rupert Everett[8], Jenny Seagrove[9]
  • Producer: Christine Oestreicher[10]
  • Production company: Virgin Films[11]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[12]
  • Color: color[13]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[14]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1982[15]
  • Film editor: Tom Priestley[16]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film[17]
  • Title: A Shocking Accident[18]
  • Duration: 25 minutes[19]
  • P14724: 19851398[20]

Why It Matters

A Shocking Accident has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

FAQs

What awards did A Shocking Accident receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film[3].

Related Entities

Graham Greene Rupert Everett United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 7
    Wikipedia languages → ['de', 'en', 'fr', 'ko', 'pt', 'tr', 'ur']
    Ampas collections film id → W065839
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Ampas collections film id: W065839, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290954|batch #290954]]"
  2. 21d ago · Rémi sim · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Publication date → +1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Composer → Simon Brint
    Instance of → short film
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14724: 19851398, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/301998353|A Shocking Accident (#301998353)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8232|Garance it"
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