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Overview
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Release Date:
6 May 2005 (USA)
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Tagline:
You think you know who you are. You have no idea. more
Plot:
Several stories interweave during two days in Los Angeles involving a collection of inter-related characters...
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Awards:
Won 3 Oscars.
Another 41 wins
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66 nominations
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NewsDesk:
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Such A Fine Line Between Oscar and Lifetime Channel Movie...
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| 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 |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
L.A. Crash (Germany)
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MPAA:
Rated R for language, sexual content and some violence.
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Runtime:
112 min | 115 min (director's cut)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Netherlands:12 |
New Zealand:R16 |
Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) |
Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) |
USA:R (certificate #40991) |
Sweden:7 |
Taiwan:R-12 |
Argentina:16 |
France:U |
Iceland:16 |
Brazil:14 |
Belgium:KT |
Chile:TE |
India:A |
USA:Unrated (director's cut) |
South Korea:15 |
Ireland:15 (DVD rating) |
Hong Kong:IIB |
Malaysia:(Banned) (theatrical) |
Malaysia:U (DVD) |
Japan:PG-12 |
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
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First film bought in a film festival (Toronto) to win best picture at the Oscars.
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Goofs:
Continuity: When Officers Ryan and Hanson pull Cameron and Christine over, Officer Hanson turns his light on while still in the car. When they are out of the car, his light is off, but in a later shot the light is on again.
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Quotes:
[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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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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Movie Connections:
References Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
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Soundtrack:
El llamar de pasion
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A Note Regarding SpoilersHow much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?
I heard that Heath Ledger was once attached to this project and later dropped out. Which role was he going to play?
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While this film was well done, I am stunned at both the average voter rating on IMDb and it earning the Best Film for 2005. This is a 'tidy' account of racial conditions in the USA, but no more cutting edge than the content found in any 'All In The Family' sitcom from the 70s. There is little character development, with each being one-dimensional regarding their personal discriminations. If this film is supposed to deliver a message, it was lost in my viewing. It appeared that every character's racial subjectivity was influenced and primarily based on the most recent event with that race. In my opinion, racial conditions have improved and evolved in our country further than this film suggests. Personal discriminations in the film are not subtle and are stereotypical to a fault. It was void of subtleties and wit that truly represent an individual's approach and reaction in real life. Comparing this to the other nominees this year, I wonder what criteria the voters based their vote upon to select Crash as the winner. This would be a 'surf-through' movie if you passed over it on the Lifetime Channel (only A-list cameo appearances save it from this deserved placement). This is a 'one-watch' movie and will likely date itself quickly. I am sure the idea for the film came out of a graduate student's thesis and would work well in stage form with an ethnic cross-section of serious undergraduate drama majors.