# The Accidental Tourist (1988)

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**Runtime**: 121 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Drama, Romance
**Directed by**: Lawrence Kasdan
**Written by**: Lawrence Kasdan, Frank Galati
**Starring**: William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Geena Davis, Amy Wright, David Ogden Stiers, Ed Begley Jr.

> *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.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Here's a film about a man who really, really likes to travel. Macon Leary, a travel writer who hates travel, meets an eccentric dog trainer while separated from his wife. The question becomes whether his misery memoir will have a happy ending or not.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, tender

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