Crash /

Several stories interweave during two days in Los Angeles after a car crash. Characters include: a black police detective, two car thieves, a distracted district attorney and his irritated and pampered wife, a racist veteran cop, a successful black Hollywood director and his wife, a Persian-immigran...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Crash (Motion picture : 2004 : Haggis)
Other Authors:	Haggis, Paul (Screenwriter), Moresco, Robert (Screenwriter), Bullock, Sandra (Actor), Cheadle, Don (Actor), Dillon, Matt (Actor), Esposito, Jennifer, 1973- (Actor), Fichtner, William (Actor), Fraser, Brendan, 1968- (Actor), Howard, Terrence (Actor), Ludacris (Rapper) (Actor), Newton, Thandiwe, 1972- (Actor), Phillippe, Ryan, 1974- (Actor), Tate, Larenz (Actor), Peña, Michael, 1976- (Actor), Muro, J. Michael (James Michael), 1966- (director of photography.), Winborne, Hughes (editor of a moving image work.), Isham, Mark (composer (expression)), Bass, Linda (Costume designer)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Published:	[Santa Monica, Calif.] : Lions Gate Films, [2004]
Subjects:	Racism > California > Los Angeles > Drama. Traffic accidents > California > Los Angeles > Drama. Crime > Drama. Interpersonal relations > Drama. Wounds and injuries > Drama. Streaming video. Crime. Interpersonal relations. Racism. Traffic accidents. Wounds and injuries. California > Los Angeles. Webcast Internet videos. Feature films. Drama. Fiction films. Vidéos sur Internet. Films de fiction.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Swank Digital Campus)

Description
Summary:	Several stories interweave during two days in Los Angeles after a car crash. Characters include: a black police detective, two car thieves, a distracted district attorney and his irritated and pampered wife, a racist veteran cop, a successful black Hollywood director and his wife, a Persian-immigrant father who buys a gun to protect his shop, a Hispanic locksmith and his young daughter who is afraid of bullets, and more.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 video file, 112 min.) : sound, color
Playing Time:	01:52:00
Audience:	MPAA rating: R ; for language, sex and violence.
Awards:	Winner: Best Motion Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Editing, 2006 Academy Awards ; Winner: Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture (Michael Peña), 2006 ALMA Awards ; Winner: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (Thandie Newton), Best Original Screenplay (Paul Haggis, Robert Moresco), 2006 BAFTA Awards ; Winner: Best First Feature, 2006 Independent Spirit Awards ; Winner: Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, 2006 Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Production Credits:	Director of photography, J. Michael Muro ; film editor, Hughes Winborne ; music by Mark Isham ; costume designer, Linda Bass ; production designer, Laurence Bennett.