FILM REVIEW
Crash
Director: Paul Haggis
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon,
Jennifer Esposito, William Fichtner
Classification: 16LV
Running Time: 111 min
Opens On: 5 Aug 2005
A Brentwood housewife and her DA husband. A Persian storeowner. Two
police detectives who are also lovers. An African-American television
director and his wife. A Mexican locksmith. Two car-jackers. A rookie cop.
A middle-aged Korean couple... They all live in Los Angeles. And during
the next 36 hours, they will all collide...
Challenging and thought-provoking CRASH takes a provocative, unflinching
look at the complexities of racial tolerance in contemporary America.
Diving headlong into the diverse melting pot of post-9/11 Los Angeles,
this compelling urban drama tracks the volatile intersections of a
multi-ethnic cast of characters' struggles to overcome their fears as they
careen in and out of one another's lives. In the gray area between black
and white, victim and aggressor, there are no easy answers...
Funny, powerful, and always unpredictable, CRASH boldly reminds us of the
importance of tolerance as it ventures beyond colour lines...and uncovers
the truth of our shared humanity.
This dynamic feature brings us a distinguished cast including: Sandra
Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, William Fichtner,
Brendan Fraser, Terrence Howard, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Thandie Newton,
Ryan Phillippe and Larenz Tate. This is the directing debut of
award-winning writer/producer Paul Haggis ("Million Dollar Baby") from a
story by Paul Haggis and a screenplay by Haggis and Bobby Moresco. CRASH
is produced by Cathy Schulman, Don Cheadle, Bob Yari, Mark R. Harris,
Bobby Moresco and Paul Haggis.
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