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    Crash

    Theatrical release poster

    Directed by Paul Haggis

    Produced by Paul Haggis

    Mark R. Harris

    Robert Moresco

    Don Cheadle

    Bob Yari

    Cathy Schulman

    Screenplay by Paul Haggis

    Bobby Moresco

    Story by Paul Haggis

    Starring See Cast

    Music by Mark Isham

    Cinematography J. Michael Muro

    Editing by Hughes Winborne

    Studio Yari Film Group

    DEJ Productions

    Distributed by Lionsgate (US)

    Path (UK)

    Release date(s) September 10, 2004 (TIFF)

    May 6, 2005 (United States)

    Running time 112 minutes[1]

    Crash (2004 film)From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Crash is a 2004 crime drama film co-written, produced,and directed by Paul Haggis. The film is about racial andsocial tensions in Los Angeles, California. A self-described "passion piece" for Haggis, Crash wasinspired by a real-life incident in which his Porsche wascarjacked outside a video store on Wilshire Boulevard in

    1991.[3]

    Several characters' stories interweave during two days inLos Angeles: a black detective estranged from hismother; his criminal younger brother and gang associate;the white District Attorney and his irritated andpampered wife; a racist white police officer who disgustshis more idealistic younger partner; an African AmericanHollywood director and his wife who must deal with theofficer; a Persian-immigrant father who is wary of others;and a hard-working family man Hispanic locksmith. Thefilm differs from many other films about racism in itsrather impartial approach to the issue. Rather thanseparating the characters into victims and offenders,victims of racism are often shown to be racist themselvesin different contexts and situations. Also, racist remarksand actions are often shown to stem from ignorance andmisconception rather than a malicious personality.

    Crash stars a large ensemble cast including SandraBullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito,Brendan Fraser, Terrence Howard, Chris "Ludacris"Bridges, Thandie Newton, Ryan Phillippe, Larenz Tateand Michael Pea. In 2006, the film received sixAcademy Award nominations and won three for BestPicture, Best Original Screenplay and Best Film Editingat the 78th Academy Awards.

    Contents

    1 Plot

    2 Cast

    3 Reception

    3.1 Critical response

    3.2 Box office

    4 Accolades

    4.1 Best Picture Oscar5 Music

    5.1 Score

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    Country United States

    Germany

    Language English

    Persian

    Spanish

    Mandarin

    Korean

    Budget $7 million[2]

    Box office $98,410,061[2]

    5.2 iTunes Version (Complete Score)5.3 Soundtrack

    6 Home media

    7 Television series

    8 See also

    9 References

    10 External links

    Plot

    Los Angeles detectives Graham Waters and his partner Ria approach a crime scene investigation. Waters exitsthe car to check out the scene. One day prior, Farhad, a Persian shop owner, and his daughter, Dorri, arguewith each other in front of a gun store owner as Farhad tries to buy a revolver. The shop keeper growsimpatient and orders an infuriated Farhad outside. Dorri defiantly finishes the gun purchase, which she hadopposed. The purchase entitles the buyer to one box of ammunition. She selects a red box.

    In another part of town, Rick Cabot, the local district attorney, and his wife, Jean, are carjacked as they areabout to enter their Lincoln Navigator, by Anthony and Peter. Later, at the Cabot house, Hispanic locksmithDaniel Ruiz is changing their locks when he overhears Jean complaining about having been carjacked earlier bytwo black men and now having to endure a heavily tattooed Hispanic with a shaved head changing their locks,because she is sure he is going to leave and give copies of the new keys to "his other gang members." DetectivesWaters and Ria next arrive at the scene of a shooting between two drivers. The surviving shooter is a whitemale, identified as an undercover police officer. The dead shooter, a black male, is revealed also to be anundercover police officer. There is a large amount of cash found in the black officer's trunk. This is the third timethe white officer has shot and killed a black man.

    LAPD officer John Ryan and his partner, Tom Hansen, begin their evening patrol. They pull over a Navigatorsimilar to the one carjacked earlier, despite discrepancies in the descriptions of the carjackers and in the licenseplate numbers. They order the couple, TV director Cameron Thayer and his wife Christine, to exit. Cameron iscooperative, but Christine has had a few drinks and is argumentative. This annoys Ryan, who manually molestsChristine under the pretense of administering a pat-down; intimidated, Cameron says nothing. The couple isreleased without a citation. Once home, Christine becomes enraged that Cameron did nothing while she wasbeing violated. Cameron insists that what he did was correct and storms out. Arriving home from work longafter dark, Daniel finds his young daughter, Lara, hiding under her bed after hearing a gunshot outside. Tocomfort her, Daniel gives her an "invisible impenetrable cloak," which makes her feel safe enough to fall asleep inher bed. In the carjacked SUV, Anthony and Peter, arguing and distracted, hit something while passing aparked white van. Stopping, they discover that they have run over an Asian man, now trapped under the SUV.They argue about what to do with him, finally dumping him in front of a hospital and driving away.

    The next day, at the LAPD station, Hansen talks to his superior, Lt. Dixon, about switching partners. Dixon, ablack man, claims that Hansen's charge of Ryan as a racist could cost both Hansen and Dixon their jobs. Dixonsuggests a transfer to a one-man car and mockingly tells Hansen that he should justify it by claiming to haveuncontrollable flatulence. Ryan visits Shaniqua Johnson, a "managed care" insurance representative with whomhe argued earlier. Apologizing for insulting her previously, he explains that his father was previously diagnosedwith a bladder infection but he fears the diagnosis is incorrect and that it may be prostate cancer. Ryan wantshim to see a different doctor, but Shaniqua icily informs him that the health plan won't cover it. Daniel is seenreplacing a lock at Farhad's shop and tries to explain to him that the door frame is shattered and not secure andneeds to be replaced. Farhad, whose English is limited, misunderstands and accuses Daniel of cheating him andrefuses to pay. The next morning, Farhad discovers the store has been looted, wrecked and defaced with

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    graffiti. His insurance company does not cover the damage, calling it a case of negligence, as he had beenadvised to replace the door and did not. Farhad looks for and finds Daniel's full name on the discarded invoiceand vows revenge. Detective Waters visits his mother, a some-time hard drug abuser. She asks him to find hismissing younger brother; he promises and takes notice that there is almost no food in the apartment as he isleaving.

    In the studio where Cameron works, a white producer, Fred, suggests that a black actor isn't acting "black"enough, as he was using proper grammar. Cameron had been satisfied with the take just completed, but Fredstrongly suggests that another take be done, with the black actor speaking more "black". Cameron initiallypushes back but, threatened with his job, he concedes. Ryan comes across a car accident and as he crawls intothe overturned vehicle, he finds Christine, who is trapped. Upon recognizing Ryan, Christine becomes hysterical,screaming for him to leave her alone and refusing his help, but gasoline is leaking from the tank and runningdownhill towards another wreck, which has already caught fire. He calms her down, and with the assistance ofhis partner and spectators, Ryan pulls Christine out just as her car bursts into flames. A confused but gratefulChristine is taken away by EMTs. Anthony and Peter attempt to carjack Cameron. Cameron has reached hislimit of being pushed around, and he resists the attempt. Cameron starts punching Anthony. Anthony tells Peterto shoot Cameron, but Peter does not. Instead, he tries to break the fight up. As police officers arrive, Cameronand Anthony both race for the car and jump in. Cameron drives away, with Anthony continuing to hold a gun onhim. A car chase ensues; one of the police responders to the chase is Tom Hansen, who recognizes the vehicleas the one he and Ryan pulled over the night before. Cameron drives to a dead end, grabs Anthony's gun, andgets out of the car, all the while yelling insults at the officers. Just before he pulls out the gun, Hansen convinceshim to stop aggravating the situation and just go home. Hansen vouches for Cameron to the other officers, tellingthem that Cameron has no prior history of breaking the law and promising to give him a "harsh" warning. Alldepart. Cameron tells Anthony that as a black man he is embarrassed for him and gives back the gun as hedrops Anthony at a bus stop.

    Using the White Pages of the phone book, Farhad locates Daniel's home address and travels there with his gun.As Daniel's wife Elizabeth watches in horror, Farhad shoots at Daniel at point-blank range -- just as Daniel'sdaughter Lara jumps into his arms to protect her father with the "invisible cloak." It takes the grief-strickenparents a moment to realize that Lara is miraculously unharmed; the red box of ammunition that Dorri hadselected contained blanks, rendering Farhad's gun harmless. Farhad later tells his daughter that he believes thatthe little girl was his angel, saving him from committing a terrible crime. Jean is complaining to someone sheknows over the phone that it's not her carjacking or any one thing that's been causing her irritability, that she'sangry every day and doesn't know why. Just after, she slips and falls down a flight of stairs. Later, she talks withRick and it's revealed that she's ok. Peter, who is hitchhiking, is picked up by Hansen. They awkwardly try tobridge the gap between their cultures. Peter sees that Hansen has a small statuette of Saint Christopher, whichhe also has. He begins to laugh as he realizes that there is no difference between the two of them, but Hansenthinks that he is being racist. Peter then pulls his statuette out of his pocket, but Hansen thinks it is a gun andshoots and kills Peter. Hansen dumps the body and then torches his own car in another part of town. Peter isrevealed to be Waters' missing brother. Waters and his mother meet up at the morgue, and Waters promises tofind who is responsible. His mother tells him not to bother, as she blames him for his brother's death. Anthonyreturns to the white van owned by the Asian man that they had run over earlier. Finding the keys still hangingfrom the door lock, he drives the van away. Kim Lee (the Asian woman from the crash at the film's opening)arrives at a hospital looking for her husband Choi Jin Gui, the man Anthony and Peter ran over. Conscious andcoherent, he tells her to go and immediately cash a check that he has in his wallet. Anthony has driven the whitevan to a chop shop he frequents, and as they inspect the van, a number of Asian immigrants are discovered tobe chained and locked in the back of the van, revealing that Choi was, in fact, involved in human trafficking.Anthony is offered $500 for each person in the van.

    The last scene of the film shows the white van being parked in Chinatown, where Anthony walks to the back,opens the van, and sets the Asians free. He tells the uncomprehending passengers that "this is America," and hegives $40 to one of the men, telling him to buy everyone some "chop suey" to eat. As Anthony drives away, he

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    passes a minor crash, which turns out to involve Shaniqua. The film closes as Shaniqua and the other driver,who rear-ended her car, hurl racial insults at one another.

    Cast

    Karina Arroyave as Elizabeth

    Sandra Bullock as Jean CabotDato Bakhtadze as Lucien

    Thandie Newton as Christine Thayer

    Terrence Howard as Cameron Thayer

    Matt Dillon as Officer John RyanDon Cheadle as Det. Graham Waters

    Ryan Phillippe as Officer Tom Hansen

    Keith David as Lt. DixonJennifer Esposito as Ria

    William Fichtner as Flanagan

    Brendan Fraser as Rick Cabot

    Chris "Ludacris" Bridges as AnthonyLarenz Tate as Peter Waters

    Michael Pea as Daniel Ruiz

    Shaun Toub as Farhad

    Bahar Soomekh as Dorri

    Reception

    Critical response

    The film was critically acclaimed. Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reporting that 148 out of the 196reviews they tallied were positive, for a score of 76% positive reviews and a certification of "fresh," with an

    average score of 7.1 out of 10.[4] while Metacritic tallied an average score of 69 out of 100 for Crash 's critical

    consensus.[5] Roger Ebert gave the film four-out-of-four stars and described it as "a movie of intense

    fascination,"[6] listing it as the best film of 2005. The film also ranks at #460 in Empire 's 2008 poll of the "500

    Greatest Films of All Time."[7]

    From an alternative perspective, the film has been critiqued for "laying bare the racialized fantasy of theAmerican dream and Hollywood narrative aesthetics," and for depicting the Persian shopkeeper as a "deranged,

    paranoid individual who is only redeemed by what he believes is a mystical act of God."[8] The film has alsobeen criticised for using multicultural and sentimental imagery to cover over material and "historically sedimented

    inequalities" that continue to affect different racial groups in Los Angeles.[9]

    Box office

    Crash opened in wide release on May 6, 2005, and was a box-office success in the late spring of 2005. The

    film had a budget of $6.5 million (plus $1 million in financing).[2] Because of the financial constraints, directorHaggis filmed in his own house, borrowed a set from the TV show Monk, used his car in parts of the film, and

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    even used cars from other staff members.[citation needed] It grossed $53.4 million domestically, making back

    more than seven times its budget.[2] Despite its success in relation to its cost, Crash was the lowest grossing film

    at the domestic box office to win Best Picture since The Last Emperor in 1987.[citation needed]

    Accolades

    Best Picture Oscar

    Crash won the Best Picture Oscar at the 78th Academy Awards, controversially beating the critically favoredBrokeback Mountain and making it only the second film ever (the other being The Sting) to win the AcademyAward for Best Picture without having been nominated for any of the three Golden Globe Awards for BestMotion Picture (Best Drama, Best Comedy/Musical and Best Foreign Film).

    The film's use of moral quandary as a storytelling medium was widely reported as ironic, since many saw it asthe "safe" choice to Brokeback Mountain. Critic Kenneth Turan suggested that Crash benefited from anti-

    homosexual discomfort among Academy members[10][11] while critic Roger Ebert was of a different opinion,arguing that the better film won that year. He went on to question why many critics weren't mentioning the othernominees and that they were just mindlessly bashing Crash merely because it won over Brokeback Mountain.

    Ebert also placed Crash on his best ten list as #1 best film of 2005,[12] and correctly predicted it to win Best

    Picture.[13]

    Film Comment magazine placed Crash first on their list of "Worst Winners of Best Picture Oscars," followed

    by Slumdog Millionaire at #2, and Chicago at #3.[14]

    Crash was nominated for six awards at the 78th Academy Awards and won three, including the win for BestPicture. It was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards, one for Best Supporting Actor (Matt Dillon) and theother for Best Screenplay (Paul Haggis and Robert Moresco).

    Other awards include Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture at the 2005 Screen Actors GuildAwards; Best Original Screenplay at the Writers Guild of America Awards 2005; Best Original Screenplay andBest Supporting Actress (Newton) at the 59th British Academy Film Awards; Best Writer at the Critics' ChoiceAwards; Outstanding Motion Picture and Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role (Howard) at the Black MovieAwards; Best First Feature and Best Supporting Male (Dillon) at the Independent Spirit Awards; Best Cast andBest Writer at the Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards; and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a MotionPicture (Howard) and Outstanding Motion Picture at the NAACP Image Awards.

    Award CategoryWinner(s) and

    nominee(s)Outcome

    78th Academy Awards

    Best Director Paul Haggis Nominated

    Best Film Editing Hughes Winborne Won

    Best PicturePaul Haggis and

    Cathy SchulmanWon

    Best Original Song "In the Deep" Nominated

    Best Original Screenplay Paul Haggis and

    Robert MorescoWon

    Best Actor in a Supporting Role Matt Dillon Nominated

    2006 ALMA Awards Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Michael Pea Won

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    1st Austin Film Critics AssociationAwards

    Best Director Paul Haggis Won

    Best Film Won

    59th BAFTA Film Awards

    Best Cinematography J. Michael Muro Nominated

    Best Director Paul Haggis Nominated

    Best Editing Hughes Winborne Nominated

    Best Film Nominated

    Best Sound Nominated

    Best Screenplay OriginalPaul Haggis and

    Robert MorescoWon

    Best Supporting Actor Don Cheadle Nominated

    Best Supporting Actor Matt Dillon Nominated

    Best Supporting Actress Thandie Newton Won

    Black Reel Awards 2005

    Best Actor Don Cheadle Nominated

    Best Cast Won

    Best Film Won

    Best Supporting Actor Terrence Howard Won

    Best Supporting Actor Matt Dillon Nominated

    Best Supporting Actress Thandie Newton Nominated

    11th BFCA Critics' Choice Awards

    Best Cast Won

    Best Director Paul Haggis Nominated

    Best Film Nominated

    Best Supporting Actor Matt Dillon Nominated

    Best Supporting Actor Terrence HowardNominated

    Best WriterPaul Haggis and

    Robert MorescoWon

    Casting Society of America Awards

    2005Best Film Casting Drama

    Sarah Finn and

    Randi HillerWon

    18th Chicago Film Critics

    Association Awards

    Best Film Won

    Best ScreenplayPaul Haggis and

    Robert MorescoWon

    Best Supporting Actor Terrence Howard Nominated

    Cinema Audio Society Awards

    2005

    Outstanding Achievement in Sound

    Mixing for Motion PicturesNominated

    12th Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics

    Association AwardsBest Supporting Actor Matt Dillon Won

    58th Directors Guild of AmericaAwards

    Outstanding Directorial Achievement Paul Haggis Nominated

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    Empire Awards

    Best Actor Matt Dillon Nominated

    Best Actress Thandie Newton Won

    Best Film Nominated

    Scene of the Year Nominated

    63rd Golden Globe Awards

    Best ScreenplayPaul Haggis and

    Robert MorescoNominated

    Best Supporting Actor Motion

    PictureMatt Dillon Nominated

    37th NAACP Image Awards

    Outstanding Motion Picture Won

    Outstanding Supporting Actor in a

    Motion PictureTerrence Howard Won

    Outstanding Supporting Actor in aMotion Picture

    Chris "Ludacris"Bridges

    Nominated

    Outstanding Supporting Actor in a

    Motion PictureDon Cheadle Nominated

    Outstanding Supporting Actor in a

    Motion PictureLarenz Tate Nominated

    Outstanding Supporting Actress in a

    Motion PictureThandie Newton Nominated

    17th Producers Guild of America

    AwardsMotion Picture Producer of the Year

    Paul Haggis and

    Cathy SchulmanNominated

    12th Screen Actors Guild Awards

    Best Cast Won

    Best Supporting Actor Don Cheadle Nominated

    Best Supporting Actor Matt Dillon Nominated

    6th Vancouver Film Critics Circle

    AwardsBest Supporting Actor Terrence Howard Won

    4th Washington D.C. Area Film

    Critics Association Awards

    Best Cast Won

    Best Film Nominated

    Best Screenplay OriginalPaul Haggis and

    Robert MorescoWon

    Best Supporting Actor Matt Dillon Nominated

    Best Supporting Actor Terrence Howard Nominated

    58th Writers Guild of AmericaAwards

    Best Screenplay OriginalPaul Haggis andRobert Moresco

    Won

    Music

    Score

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    All songs were written and composed by Mark Isham, except where noted. The original score was releasedthrough labels Gut and Colosseum in 2005. The iTunes release is the complete score released through YariMusic Group, and has the cues isolated and in film order (unlike the commercial score CD which is edited,

    incomplete, in a different order, and in suite form).[15]

    No. Title Note Length1. "Crash" 3:21

    2. "Go Forth My Son" 0:57

    3. "Hands in Plain Sight" 3:48

    4. "...Safe Now" 1:03

    5. "No Such Things as Monsters" 3:59

    6. "Find My Baby" 4:23

    7. "Negligence" 2:56

    8. "Flames" 7:599. "Siren" 4:41

    10. "A Really Good Cloak" 3:28

    11. "A Harsh Warning" 2:51

    12. "Saint Christopher" 1:55

    13. "Sense of Touch" 6:44

    14. "In the Deep" Co-written by Bird York and Michael

    Becker; performed by Bird York

    5:55

    15. "Maybe Tomorrow" Performed by Stereophonics 4:34

    iTunes Version (Complete Score)

    No. Title Length

    1. "Main Title" 5:14

    2. ""We've Got Guns"" 1:003. "Black Navigator / The Grope" 5:05

    4. "A Warning" 1:18

    5. "Magic Cloak" 4:00

    6. "Back to the Toilet" 1:34

    7. ""Your Father Sounds Like a Good Man"" 4:22

    8. "Negligencia" 1:39

    9. "Cameron - Receipt" 2:23

    10. "The Rescue" 5:5711. "News Conference" 2:35

    12. "Car Jack II" 1:46

    13. ""I Didn't Ask for Your Help"" 2:51

    14. ""Your Embarrass Me"" 1:24

    15. "The Shooting" 3:29

    16. "Jean's Fall" 1:55

    17. "Illegals / Morgue" 6:43

    Soundtrack

    The soundtrack's title is: Crash: Music from and Inspired by the Film.

    No. Title Artist Length

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    1. "If I..." KansasCali 4:182. "Plastic Jesus" Billy Idol 4:49

    3. "Are You Beautiful" Chris Pierce 2:52

    4. "Free" Civilization 3:43

    5. "Hey God" Randy Coleman 4:046. "Take the Pain Away" Al Berry 4:19

    7. "Problems" Move.meant 3:49

    8. "Arrival" Pale 3/Beth Hirsch 5:08

    9. "Acedia (The Noonday Demon)" Quinn 3:00

    10. "In the Deep" Bird York 3:48

    11. "Afraid" Quincy 5:08

    12. "Maybe Tomorrow" Stereophonics 4:37

    Note: The country song playing during the carjacking scene is Whiskey Town by Moot Davis

    (http://www.mootdavis.com).

    Home media

    Crash was released on DVD on September 6, 2005, as widescreen and fullscreen one-disc versions, with anumber of bonus features, including a music video by KansasCali (now known as The Rocturnals) for the song"If I..." off of the "Inspired by Soundtrack to Crash." The Director's cut of the film was released in a 2-discspecial edition DVD on April 4, 2006, with more bonus content than the one-disc set. The director's cut is threeminutes longer than the theatrical cut. The scene where Daniel is talking with his daughter under her bed is

    extended and a new scene is added with officer Hansen in the police station locker room.[citation needed]

    The film also was released in a limited-edition VHS version. It was the last Academy Award (for Best Picture)

    winning film to be released in the VHS-tape format.[citation needed] It was also the first Best Picture winner to

    be released on Blu-ray Disc in the United States, on June 27, 2006.[16]

    Television series

    Main article: Crash (2008 TV series)

    A 13-episode series premiered on the Starz network on October 17, 2008. The series features Dennis Hopperas a record producer in Los Angeles, California, and how his life is connected to other characters in the city,including a police officer (Ross McCall) and his partner, actress-turned-police officer, Arlene Tur. The castconsists of a Brentwood mother (Clare Carey), her real-estate developer husband (D. B. Sweeney), formergang member-turned-EMT (Brian Tee), a street-smart driver (Jocko Sims), an undocumented Guatemalan

    immigrant (Luis Chavez), and a detective (Nick Tarabay).[17]

    See also

    Grand Canyon (1991 film)

    References

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    10. ^ Turan, Kenneth (March 5, 2006). "Breaking no ground: Why 'Crash' won, why 'Brokeback' lost and how theAcademy chose to play it safe" (http://theenvelope.latimes.com/awards/oscars/env-turan5mar05,0,5359042.story). The Los Angeles Times.

    11. ^ "Maybe Crash's upset at the Oscars shouldn't have been such a surprise?"(http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2009/04/maybe-crashs-upset-at-the-oscars-shouldnt-have-been-such-a-surprise.html). The Los Angeles Times. April 16, 2009.

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    15. ^ "iTunes - Crash by Mark Isham" (https://itunes.apple.com/ie/album/crash/id311059183).

    16. ^ "Historical Blu-ray Release Dates" (http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/releasedates_historical.html).Bluray.HighDefDigest.com. Retrieved April 30, 2010.

    17. ^ "Crash: A Starz Original Series" (http://www.starz.com/originals/crash). Starz.com. Retrieved April 30, 2010.

    External links

    Official website (http://www.crashfilm.com)

    Crash (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375679/) at the Internet Movie Database

    Crash (http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=crash05.htm) at Box Office Mojo

    Crash (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1144992/) at Rotten Tomatoes

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