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Released
1988 · FILM

The Accidental Tourist

A travel writer grappling with grief and marital collapse finds unexpected healing and connection with a free-spirited dog trainer, even as his ex-wife reenters his life hoping to rekindle their marriage.

Macon Leary was set in his ways. The way he lived, thought and worked. He imagined it would always be like that. Until an unusual woman showed him the way it could be.

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Runtime
121 min
ComedyDramaRomance

Synopsis

After the death of his son, travel writer Macon Leary appears to be going through life in a daze. Macon's wife is experiencing similar struggles, and the couple eventually separates. Macon then meets a vibrant, eccentric woman who helps reconnect him with the world around him, but his wife later believes their marriage may still be worth salvaging.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 22

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Carol LittletonShot by John BaileyScored by John WilliamsDesigned by Bo Welch

Box Office

1988 · Box office

Grossed $32.6M worldwide

Worldwide gross

$32.6M

Worldwide gross$32.6M

Opening weekend: $170K 1% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $170K1% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3 theaters

Also known as

  • Die Reisen des Mr. Learyde
  • Voyageur malgré luifr
  • Turista per casoit

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