Crash (2004/I)

Regisseur:

Paul Haggis

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Paul Haggis (story)
Paul Haggis (screenplay) ...

Premierendatum:

6. Mai 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Krimi | Drama

Werbezeile:

You think you know who you are. You have no idea.

Plot:

Several stories interweave during two days in Los Angeles involving a collection of inter-related characters...

Plot Keywords:

Black Cop | Abusive Policeman | Dark Comedy | Fingering | Prejudice

Filmpreise:

Won 3 Oscars. Another 38 wins & 66 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

a realistic, gritty, no-nonsense look at the way life is for so many....

US TV Schedule:

Thur. July 31

5:30 PM

FX

Besetzung

Karina Arroyave	...	Elizabeth
Dato Bakhtadze	...	Lucien
Sandra Bullock	...	Jean Cabot
Don Cheadle	...	Det. Graham Waters
Art Chudabala	...	Ken Ho
Sean Cory	...	Motorcycle Cop
Tony Danza	...	Fred
Keith David	...	Lt. Dixon
Loretta Devine	...	Shaniqua Johnson
Matt Dillon	...	Officer John Ryan
Jennifer Esposito	...	Ria
Ime Etuk	...	Georgie (as Ime N. Etuk)
Eddie J. Fernandez	...	Officer Gomez (as Eddie Fernandez)
William Fichtner	...	Flanagan
Howard Fong	...	Store Owner

Alternativ:

L.A. Crash (Deutschland)

MPAA:

Rated R for language, sexual content and some violence.

Länge:

112 Min | 115 Min (director's cut)

Produktionsland:

USA | Deutschland

Sprache:

Englisch | Spanisch | Persian | Mandarin | Koreanisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby Digital

Altersfreigabe:

Chile:TE | Japan:PG-12 | Taiwan:R-12 | Belgium:KT | Malaysia:(Banned) (theatrical) | South Korea:15 | Hong Kong:IIB | Malaysia:U (DVD) | Brazil:14 | France:U | Sweden:7 | Ireland:15 (DVD rating) | New Zealand:R16 | Iceland:16 | Netherlands:12 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | USA:R (certificate #40991) | USA:Unrated (director's cut) | Argentina:16 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | India:A | Australia:MA | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (British Columbia) | Canada:14A (Ontario) | UK:15 | Finland:K-11 | Ireland:15A | Singapore:M18 | Germany:12 | Portugal:M/12 | Norway:15 | Philippines:R-13

Drehorte:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Firma:

Bob Yari Productions

Dies und das:

Annie Proulx, author of "Brokeback Mountain", wrote a strong anti-"Crash" polemic in the British newspaper The Guardian, venting her disgust and disappointment that her film was beaten by Paul Haggis' at the Oscars, one of the Academy's more controversial decisions in years.

Pannen:

Faktische Fehler: Kim Lee is not a Korean name. It is just a mixture of two family names. When Koreans use the two words for a name, they use different pronunciations. Common pronunciation of the words are Geum and Yi.

Dialogzitate:

[first lines]
Graham: It's the sense of touch. In any real city, you walk, you know? You brush past people, people bump into you. In L.A., nobody touches you. We're always behind this metal and glass. I think we miss that touch so much, that we crash into each other, just so we can feel something.

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Soundtrack:

Problems

a realistic, gritty, no-nonsense look at the way life is for so many....

After seeing this movie, I was able to really understand what "Six Degrees of Separation" means. There is a thread that weaves its way through the landscape of life connecting, influencing, and defining all. This movie is certainly thought-provoking, one cannot watch it without feeling either privileged to have become part of the fabric, or like a fly on the wall - seeing, yet unable to influence or guide. There is almost a sense of frustration at ones inability to be no more than an observer in this movie since it compels you to want to shout in warning, gasp in shock, cry in sorrow, and hold in comfort. "Crash" is definitely not a movie to use as a venue to escape life for a couple of hours, but it is a movie that certainly makes you take a second and third look at who you are within yourself. The actors are surprising not only for their depth of performance, but also because they do not play characters you think you know. I would highly recommend this movie to anyone who likes drama, action, comedic relief, or just an appreciation for a well-thought out movie.