In our discussion of The Accidental Tourist, we complain bitterly about the Manic Pixie Dream Girl trope, lament the awful way Muriel trains the dog, and wish fervently that side characters had been given more plot time. But it isn’t all bad! Or… is it?
The Accidental Tourist is a 1985 novel by Anne Tyler that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction in 1985 and the Ambassador Book Award for Fiction in 1986. The novel was adapted into a 1988 award-winning film starring William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, and Geena Davis, for which Davis won an Academy Award.
The Accidental Tourist is a 1988 American drama film directed by Lawrence Kasdan and starring William Hurt, Kathleen Turner and Geena Davis. It was scored by John Williams. The film’s screenplay was adapted by Kasdan and Frank Galati from the novel of the same name by Anne Tyler.
It was nominated for four Oscars at the 61st Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, and Best Supporting Actress for Davis, which she won. John Williams was nominated by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for Best Original Score.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Accidental_Tourist
http://movies2.nytimes.com/books/98/04/19/specials/tyler-tourist.html
