Hispanic locksmith Daniel Ruiz overhears Jean, who suspects that Daniel is a gangster, demanding that the locks be changed again. The pair learn that a White undercover cop, Detective Conklin, shot a Black undercover cop, Detective Lewis, with neither knowing the other was a policeman.Īt home, Cabot rails that the carjacking incident could cost him re-election, because no matter whom he sides with, he will lose either the black vote or the law and order vote. They pass by Waters and Ria, who are investigating a homicide in a San Fernando Valley parking lot. Christopher, the patron saint of travelers, on the dashboard. As the men drive away in the SUV, Peter puts a figurine of St. The film then backtracks 48 hours to trace the preceding chain of events.Īnthony and Peter, two young Black men, carjack District Attorney Rick Cabot and his wife Jean. Waters later arrives at a crime scene, where the body of an unnamed dead kid has been discovered. Ria and Kim Lee exchange racially-charged insults.

In Los Angeles, Detective Graham Waters and his partner Ria are involved in a minor collision with a car being driven by Kim Lee.

It was also nominated for nine BAFTA Awards and won two, for Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress for Newton.

The film received six Academy Award nominations, and controversially won three for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Film Editing at the 78th Academy Awards. Additionally, the cast won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. Dillon received nominations for Best Supporting Actor from the Academy Awards, BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild. The film earned several accolades and nominations. The film was a success at the box office, earning $98.4 million worldwide against its $6.5 million budget. The film received positive reviews from critics, who praised the direction and performances (particularly Dillon's), but criticized the portrayal of race relations as simplistic and unsubtle. The film features an ensemble cast, including Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle (who also worked as a producer on the film), Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, William Fichtner, Brendan Fraser, Terrence Howard, Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges, Thandiwe Newton, Michael Peña, and Ryan Phillippe.Ĭrash first premiered at the 2004 Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2004, before it was released in theaters on May 6, 2005, by Lions Gate Films. A self-described 'passion piece' for Haggis, the film features racial and social tensions in Los Angeles and was inspired by a real-life incident in which Haggis's Porsche was carjacked in 1991 outside a video store on Wilshire Boulevard. Crash is a 2004 crime drama film produced, directed, and co-written by Paul Haggis.

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