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	Crash (2005 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2004, and was released internationally in 2005.
		The film is a commentary on racial and social tensions in Los Angeles.
		Crash was a critical and box-office success in the early summer of 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Crash_(2005_film) (1670 words)

	Crash - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Crash cymbal, a type of cymbal that is commonly found in drum kits, often used for a cartoon "crash" sound-effect.
		Crash (1996 film) is the name of a 1996 film directed by David Cronenberg based on the J. Ballard book of the same name.
		Crash (2004 film) is the name of a 2004 film directed by Paul Haggis about racial and social tensions in Los Angeles.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Crash (293 words)

	Crash (2004) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		From the opening line uttered by Don Cheadle we know this is to be a film about how people relate, and from the interchange that follows between Jennifer Esposito and Alexis Rhee (pretty sure she plays the Korean female driver who rear-ended her) how people relate tends to be ruled by first impressions or prejudice.
		Clearly this film was his way of relieving those demons of memory, using the catharsis of his art to unleash them and in doing so has given to all viewers of cinema an opportunity to examine our own preconceptions about race relations and how we treat each other and think of ourselves.
		Films that ask people to think after the film has ended and not just leave saying: "that was a nice film".
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0375679 (785 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Film \| Reviews \| Crash (2005)
		Crash is one of those rare films that credits the audience with having more than a smidgeon of intelligence.
		Crash is a film that makes you think about racism without making you feel guilty, it causes you to question the concept of it without pointing blame at one group in society.
		Crash is a film that takes you to the extremes of your own feelings.
	film.guardian.co.uk /Reader_Review/0,,-107234,00.html (1548 words)

	Valentine on Film: May 2005
		At the film’s opening we are introduced to a homicide detective named Graham (Don Cheadle) and his partner - both on the force and in bed - named Ria (Jennifer Esposito); both were just involved in a car crash atop the hills of Los Angeles (quite reminiscent of Mulholland Drive).
		Crash is simply one of those golden pictures that you wish you could compel everyone in the world to watch.
		At the beginning of the film, there is an amazing sequence, in which the camera sinks to the ground and wanders in between the blades of grass; this shot will surely both catch your eye and set your brain waves in motion.
	bvalentine.blogspot.com /2005_05_01_bvalentine_archive.html (4282 words)

	Milano Film Festival 2005
		The 2005 edition is ready to start up with the peculiar energy typical of the opening of a great event, and is ready to gather the fruits of years of tireless work done with the more representative features of the contemporary film industry.
		The Milano Film Festival is proving to be a place of innovation in which the world and the town are working, winning the approval of the critics and the public.
		Very important features of the Milano Film Festival program are the side-events: special screenings for students and children; concerts held on the parvis of the Teatro Strehler and in the moats of the Castello Sforzesco; meetings with the directors and the members of the juries, workshops and seminars.
	www.talkingpix.co.uk /ArticleMilano2005.html (2826 words)

	Crash (2005): Reviews
		The result is a film where blisteringly naturalistic drama bumps up against sentimentally arch melodrama (that's the biggest collision in Crash).
		Crash can't rise from the ashes of its pessimism.
		"Crash" is a series of predictable speeches on the subject of race, completely devoid of drama and even the tiniest inkling of grace.
	www.metacritic.com /film/titles/crash (1727 words)

	Film Journal 2005
		When the film attempts to be scary or atmospheric it is effective, but the film keeps making detours eventually tying the film in so many knots that it doesn't make a lick of sense.
		This film is far too busy for its own good, with the story within a story within a story that pushes its post-modernist fun to the breaking point where it becomes tedious and annoying.
		The film is let down whenever it tries to go for big payoffs within these characters (the final fistfight works but the studio implemented payoff to the fistfight doesn’t ring true to the characters).
	www.bentclouds.com /journal05.html (2460 words)

	CRASH Pre-release (2005) - The CHUD.COM Message Boards
		I have to agree that the ending did seem a little bit rushed, but overall the film was one of the better films I have seen this year.
		Crash was without a doubt a masterful piece of filmmaking.
		The biggest criticism of the film is the unlikely of interactions between all of these characters.
	www.chud.com /forums/showthread.php?p=1478407 (1694 words)

	Film Scouts Reviews: Crash
		I read J.G. Ballard's novel "Crash" just a couple of years ago, so it was fairly fresh in my mind as Cronenberg's adaptation unspooled, capturing the book's menacing weirdness while leaving out some of the thematic emphases that I'd thought Ballard was most interested in.
		These include a detailed fascination with prosthetic devices (represented in the film mainly by Rosanna Arquette's scenes) and the notion of car accidents as "marriages" in which fleshly and mechanical beings become "one flesh" in a kind of technological matrimony.
		"Crash" is major-league kinky in its obsession with the erotics of automotive violence and destruction, but as a movie it's a series of painstakingly correct shots and countershots that develop little aesthetic interest, much less adventurousness, despite the morbid goofiness of their narrative content.
	www.filmscouts.com /scripts/review.cfm?File=crash2 (299 words)

	2005 Philadelphia Film Festival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		At the center of Off Beat is the ironically named Crash (Matthias Schweighöfer), an ambulance driver and paramedic whose subconscious mind is obsessed with the car accident that left him orphaned and scarred across the middle of his face.
		Crash is an empathetic loner whose own sense of loss drives him, often frantically, to help others (a highlight comes in a surreal sequence wherein Crash attempts to talk down a young woman bent on jumping from the top of a tenement).
		Hölzemann pushes the film at breakneck pace — the jolting shocks used to repeatedly revive heart attack victims throughout the film provide a cogent metaphor for German youth’s desperate need for another form of spiritual defibrillation, as the film builds to a shocking yet satisfying climax that verges on the otherworldly.
	www.phillyfests.com /pff/templates/film_details.cfm?id=3932 (304 words)

	Crash (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This is in every sense Haggis’ film — he writes, produces, directs and even composes the title track here — and his intentions are clear: His remit is to get under our skin, to find our flaws and our weaknesses, display our insides.
		Crash is strengthened by excellent performances from the ensemble cast.
		They contribute to what is possibly the best film this year, and certainly the most important.
	www.vanguardonline.f9.co.uk /0509CC.htm (516 words)

	Joey the Film Geek: Reviews - "Crash"
		"Crash" is similar to "Magnolia" and "Short Cuts" in that it's a bunch of intertwining stories set in Los Angeles.
		"Crash" isn't as good, nor is it as ambitious, as those two films, but it's entertaining while also making a lot of interesting points about people, racism, and society in general.
		"Crash" (I'm now back on the 2005 film) was written and directed by Paul Haggis, a guy mostly known as a TV writer (though he also produced, and directed TV shows also).
	www.joeythefilmgeek.com /reviews/crash.html (857 words)

	Crash (2005) Movie - The Hollywood News
		Crash is an exceptional piece of film making from writer Paul Haggis who just last year garnered praise for his Million Dollar Baby screenplay.
		Crash will be attacked in some circles and in fact, I’ve heard the film called everything from pretentious to overly melodramatic to racist.
		We are introduced to certain characters throughout Crash who we don’t like that much, but in most cases, by the end of the film, revelations are made that change these perceptions.
	www.thehollywoodnews.com /reviews/3144.php (891 words)

	2005 in film - Psychology Central (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Please note that following the tradition of the English language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 2005; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing films for calendar year.
		By the end of June, despite the releases of several long-anticipated big-budget films, the US box-office was entering the 20th week of a slump in which film attendance was lower than the comparable week in 2004.
		In the film industry, a wide-release movie is a film that studios believe will appeal to a broad spectrum of the public and that shows in at least 600 theatres in the United States and Canada.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/2005_in_film (1350 words)

	Crash (2005) : News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		CRASH is one of the most highly acclaimed movies of the year.
		The film, which Ebert and Roeper gave "two thumbs way up" and was called "a masterpiece" by Fox TV, has already earned more than $27 million at the box office.
		CRASH, starring Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, William Fichtner, Brendan Fraser, Terrence Howard, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Thandie Newton, Ryan Phillippe and Larenz Tate is currently in theaters nationwide.
	www.countingdown.com /movies/3291212/news?item_id=3732970 (459 words)

	Let the Crash backlash begin \| The A.V. Club
		"Crash" is most assuredly not the best film of 2005 but it is, not at all coincidentally, the film that made audiences feel the best about themselves.
		Crash went just far enough to make the majority of the audience feel they were confronting something (if only because they felt slightly uncomfortable), without ever really addressing any wider unfortunate truths.
		As I commented in the film poll, this film really wants to be a great film and has many of the hallmarks for the kind of film it aspires to be, but it just isn't that film.
	www.avclub.com /content/node/45050&rss=1 (2744 words)

	Film As Seen By Wayne Case - 2005
		For this film, more than most, individual reaction and response is going to be based largely on how the viewer feels about the starring cast since the two leads are one the screen either together or separately for virtually every moment.
		Crash takes place in 2004 Los Angeles and the plot is set in motion by a car crash/accident that involves several members of the outstanding ensemble cast.
		However, this 2005 film version of her novel, first published using this title in 1813, is a major exception.
	www.filmmonthly.com /Case/Articles/2005/Current.html (10094 words)

	Crash (2005): Reviews
		Anticipation of the bad keeps us watching Crash, to be sure, but so does hope of the good.
		Full of well-observed supporting riffs, Crash might've accumulated more frisson had it cast a clearer eye on how social tension actually plays.
		Crash had so many twists and turns, so many acts of redemption by the characters, so much emotion...
	www.metacritic.com /video/titles/crash (1707 words)

	Amazon.com: Crash (Widescreen Edition): DVD: Karina Arroyave,Dato Bakhtadze,Sandra Bullock,Don Cheadle,Art ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Crash tells a story of people from all parts of the world, as African-Americans, Asians, Caucasians, Hispanics, and Middle Easterners move through life and occasionally bump into each other by accident, a crash if you will.
		Crash has a storyline over a 24-hour period that begins at the end with a car accident at a crime scene where a young man has been shot.
		In the end, Crash connects with the audience in a manner that offers both cerebral participation and deep reflection of self in regard to an important issue and it should periodically be reflected upon to prevent history from repeating itself.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000A3XY5A?v=glance (3794 words)

	Newport Beach Film Festival
		The Newport Beach Film Festival congratulates the cast and crew of CRASH on their 3 Academy Awards.
		The US Premiere of CRASH was the opening night selection at the Newport Beach Film Festival on April 21, 2005.
		The Orange County Film Society (OCFS) was created to extend and enhance the cultural offerings of the Newport Beach Film Festival by providing filmgoers the opportunity to enjoy year-round film events and...
	www.newportbeachfilmfest.com (188 words)

	Crash (2005) - MovieWeb
		A provocative, unflinching look at the complexities of racial conflict in America, CRASH is that rare cinematic event - a film that challenges audiences to question their own prejudices.
		The dynamic feature directing debut of Emmy Award-winning writer/producer Paul Haggis, CRASH stars Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, William Fichtner, Brendan Fraser, Terrence Howard, Chris âLudacrisâ Bridges, Thandie Newton, Ryan Phillippe and Larenz Tate, 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.
	www.movieweb.com /movies/film.php?2841 (336 words)

	Crash (2005) - A Hollywood Jesus Movie Review
		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.
		We are always surrounded by steel and glass, and so, he concludes, we crash into each other just to have some human contact.
		All film stills, trailers, video clips and trademarks are the property of their respective owners and may not be reproduced for any reason whatsoever.
	www.hollywoodjesus.com /crash.htm (1045 words)

	The Film Experience: 2005 Preview
		Now, to be fair to the films and fans of those films that have already arrived, more nominations do arrive from January through August than most people are aware of.
		Crash probably has enough of (b)and(c) to make it to at least a Screenplay nomination.
		At this point I have only seen 33 movies from 2005 some of which are still unreleased and therefore not eligible.
	www.thefilmexperience.net /Awards/2005/halfway.html (965 words)

	OFFOFFOFF film review CRASH movie by Paul Haggis with Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, ...
		The premise of "Crash," Paul Haggis's multi-storied, multi-starred and very earnest directorial debut film, is that we are all prejudiced in some way or another.
		For "Crash," that territory is Los Angeles, where myriad ethnic and racial populations live side by side but rarely interact, except in the colonial sense of servant and master.
		Yet the film is obviously sincere — Haggis himself was a victim of the kind of carjacking he depicts — and his dialogue is way above average.
	www.offoffoff.com /film/2005/crash.php (724 words)

	Film-Tech Forums: Crash (2005)
		The Cronenberg film caused a huge controversy when it came out here: conservative and religious lobby groups called for it to be banned, in response to which highbrow critics and civil libertarians defended it.
		In the end some towns did ban the film, including one a few miles up the road from the theatre I was working in at the time.
		The posts made here are for educational as well as entertainment purposes and as such anyone viewing this portion of the website must accept these views as statements of the author of that opinion and agrees to release the authors from any and all liability.
	www.film-tech.com /ubb/f4/t000920.html (1029 words)

	Crash Test News
		Meanwhile, Film Threat has written their 2nd positive review of the film here.
		The photo was taken from a frame of the 16mm film.
		This is the 2nd Voutas film to play at the Luton festival, following The Still.
	crashtestmovie.com /feature_news.htm (558 words)

	Film Review: Crash
		This is his first walking talking writer/director gig and it's a triumph of subtlety over sensation, an ensemble affair, in which contrasting storylines cross and double cross, occasionally missing, sometimes colliding.
		The film devours cynicism, like a vulture at a graveyard, and leaves irony to prosper unprotected.
		A crash is a crash is a crash and the heart experiences aftershocks that reverberate through generations of injustice.
	www.iofilm.co.uk /fm/c/crash_2004.shtml (429 words)

	WCAV \| Virginia Film Festival 2005 Ends
		The work done at a rapid pace is a crash course in film making.
		Once the films are made, they're shown to those attending the last day of the festival, and it's more than just an ordinary experience.
		I t was really cool to be able to, not only just make this film, but to have all this really good feedback," said Bonner.
	www.charlottesvillenewsplex.tv /news/headlines/1932622.html (346 words)

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