In Collection
#150
Seen It:
No
Owner:
Ben
Drama
USA / English
Sandra Bullock |
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Don Cheadle |
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Matt Dillon |
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Paul Haggis |
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Brendan Fraser |
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Ryan Phillippe |
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Thandie Newton |
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Terrence Howard |
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Jennifer Esposito |
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Movie studios, by and large, avoid controversial subjects like race the way you might avoid a hive of angry bees. So it's remarkable that
Crash even got made; that it's a rich, intelligent, and moving exploration of the interlocking lives of a dozen Los Angeles residents--black, white, latino, Asian, and Persian--is downright amazing. A politically nervous district attorney (Brendan Fraser) and his high-strung wife (Sandra Bullock, biting into a welcome change of pace from
Miss Congeniality) get car-jacked by an oddly sociological pair of young black men (Larenz Tate and Chris "Ludacris" Bridges); a rich black T.V. director (Terrence Howard) and his wife (Thandie Newton) get pulled over by a white racist cop (Matt Dillon) and his reluctant partner (Ryan Phillipe); a detective (Don Cheadle) and his Latina partner and lover (Jennifer Esposito) investigate a white cop who shot a black cop--these are only three of the interlocking stories that reach up and down class lines. Writer/director Paul Haggis (who wrote the screenplay for
Million Dollar Baby) spins every character in unpredictable directions, refusing to let anyone sink into a stereotype. The cast--ranging from the famous names above to lesser-known but just as capable actors like Michael Pena (
Buffalo Soldiers) and Loretta Devine (
Woman Thou Art Loosed)--meets the strong script head-on, delivering galvanizing performances in short vignettes, brief glimpses that build with gut-wrenching force. This sort of multi-character mosaic is hard to pull off;
Crash rivals such classics as
Nashville and
Short Cuts. A knockout.
--Bret Fetzer
Edition |
Widescreen Edition |
Barcode |
031398179382 |
Region |
Region 1 |
Release Date |
9/6/2005 |
Packaging |
Jewel Case |
Screen Ratio |
1.85 (16:9) Anamorphic |
Subtitles |
English; Spanish |
Audio Tracks |
English Dolby Digital 2.0
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC] |
No. of Disks/Tapes |
2 |
Disc 1: |
Actors' Commentary
Behind the Scenes Featurette
Director's Commentary
Theatrical Trailers
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Purchase Date |
9/6/2005 |
Purchase Price |
$16.99 |
Store |
Best Buy |
Condition |
Excellent |
Current Value |
$19.99 |
Links |
Amazon US
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