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Plot

The film depicts several characters living in LA during a 36-hour period and brings them together through car accidents, shootings, and carjackings. Through these characters' interactions, the film seeks to depict and examine not only racial tension, but also the distance between strangers in general.

Character histories

• Rick Cabot

Rick Cabot (Brendan Fraser) is the white District Attorney of Los Angeles. He and his wife Jean are carjacked by Anthony and Peter, both of whom are black. Subsequently the Brentwood resident tries to save his political career by reassuring voters that he is racially sensitive. His character is never depicted as openly bigoted, making his racial stance ambiguous, However we can assume that he is not a racist as he is never depicted as one. Brendan James Fraser[1] (born December 3, 1968) is a Canadian-American film and stage actor. ... The term white American (often used interchangeably and incorrectly with Caucasian American[2] and within the United States simply white[3]) is an umbrella term that refers to people of European descent residing in the United States. ... A district attorney is, in some U.S. jurisdictions, the title of the local public official who represents the government in the prosecution of criminals. ... This article is about the neighborhood in Los Angeles. ...

• Jean Cabot a

Jean Cabot (Sandra Bullock) is Rick's wife, whose racial prejudices escalate after the carjacking. At the end of the film, following an accident in her home, she realizes that the person who is the kindest and most helpful to her is Maria, her Hispanic maid, while her snobby friends are too busy with shallow pursuits to help her out. Sandra Annette Bullock (born July 26, 1964) is a German-American film actress. ...

• Anthony

Anthony (Chris "Ludacris" Bridges) is an African American inner-city car thief who steals vehicles for a bigoted chop shop owner. He believes that society is unfairly biased against blacks, and at one point in the film he justifies his actions by claiming he would never hurt another black person. However, Anthony tells Peter to shoot a black man, Cameron, after they try to carjack his car and he fights back. A disgusted Cameron kicks Anthony out of his car and says "You embarrass me. You embarrass yourself." Towards the end of the movie, Anthony steals a van which - unknown to him at the time - was full of trafficked people from South East Asia. He refers to these immigrants disparagingly as Chinamen, but when the owner of the chop shop offers him $500 per head for the immigrants with the intention of selling them on, Anthony refuses. Instead, he lets them out onto the Asian district of LA in the closing scenes of the movie. Anthony gives them all of the money that is in his pocket – $40.-1... An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ... This article is about the slang phrase. ... Location of Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is a subregion of Asia. ... Chinaman may refer to: Chinaman (racial term), a term used to refer to a Chinese man. ...

• Peter Waters

Peter Waters (Larenz Tate) is Anthony's friend and partner in crime. He is also Detective Waters' younger brother. Like Anthony, he is black, but he humorously scoffs at Anthony's paranoia over racism. He also likes the Los Angeles Kings hockey team. Peter is shot to death by Officer Hansen (Ryan Phillippe), who picks him up in the valley hours after their failed carjacking of Cameron's Lincoln Navigator and mistakenly shoots him after assuming he is drawing a gun. In reality he was reaching into his pocket to show the cop a figure of Saint Christopher, identical to the one Officer Hansen had stuck to his dashboard. Larenz Tate (born September 8, 1975 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actor. ... Manifestations Slavery Racial profiling Lynching Hate speech Hate crime Genocide (examples) Ethnocide Ethnic cleansing Pogrom Race war Religious persecution Blood libel Paternalism Police brutality Movements Policies Discriminatory Race / Religion / Sex segregation Apartheid Redlining Internment Ethnocracy Anti-discriminatory Emancipation Civil rights Desegregation Integration Equal opportunity Counter-discriminatory Affirmative action Racial quota... The Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles, California. ... Ryan Phillippe (born Matthew Ryan Phillippe on September 10, 1974) is an American actor. ... The Lincoln Navigator is a full-size luxury SUV produced by the Lincoln division of Ford Motor Company. ... For other uses, see Saint Christopher (disambiguation). ...

• Graham Waters

Graham Waters (Don Cheadle) is an African American detective in the Los Angeles Police Department. He is disconnected from his poor family, which consists of his drug-addicted mother and criminal younger brother. He promises his mother that he will find his younger brother, but he is preoccupied with a case concerning a suspected racist white cop who shot a corrupt black cop. Flanagan (William Fichtner) an assistant district attorney, offers Graham the chance to further his career in exchange for withholding evidence that could possibly have helped the white cop's case. Flanagan also tries to convince Graham that the black community needs to see the black cop as a hero, and not as a drug dealer, as Graham suspects that he may have been. Graham is both offended and opposed, and is ready to storm out, when Flanagan mentions that there is a warrant out for Graham's brother's arrest, and that this is his third felony, which carries a life sentence in the state of California. Graham makes a very difficult personal decision to withhold evidence and possibly corrupt a case in order to have the District Attorney forget about his brother. That brother is eventually revealed to be Peter, the hitchhiker who is killed by Officer Hansen. Don Cheadle (born November 29, 1964) is an Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning American actor. ... LAPD and L.A.P.D. redirect here. ... William Edward Bill Fichtner (born November 27, 1956) is an american supporting actor, often credited as William Fichtner and occasionally as Bill Fichtner. ... Three strikes laws are statutes enacted by state governments in the United States which require the state courts to hand down a mandatory and extended period of incarceration to persons who have been convicted of a serious criminal offense on three or more separate occasions. ...

• Ria

Ria (Jennifer Esposito) is a Latina detective, as well as Graham's partner and girlfriend. When a phone call from Graham's mother interrupts his sexual romp with Ria, she becomes upset with Graham for being disrespectful towards his mother and subsequently showing himself to be racially insensitive towards Hispanics. She is shown to be racist toward Asians, as she criticizes an Asian woman's driving. Jennifer Esposito (born April 11, 1973) is an American actress and dancer. ...

• Officer John Ryan

Officer John Ryan (Matt Dillon) is a bigoted white police officer who physically molests Christine, a woman with African American heritage, under the pretense of searching for a weapon after pulling over her vehicle. This causes his partner, Officer Hansen, to believe his partner has racist tendencies. Meanwhile, Ryan is trying to get help for his father, who possibly suffers from prostate cancer but has been diagnosed with a bladder infection, despite the ineffectiveness of treatment. His anger manifests in prejudice, as is evident when he indicates a racist attitude towards his father's doctor's secretary. His racial prejudices seem to stem from the destructive impact that local affirmative action policies had on his father's business. After Officer Hansen requests solo patrol, Ryan is partnered with a Hispanic-American with whom he seems to get along. Ryan later puts his own life on the line to save Christine, the woman he molested earlier, from certain death in a fiery car wreck. Matthew Raymond Matt Dillon (born February 18, 1964) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. ... Manifestations Slavery Racial profiling Lynching Hate speech Hate crime Genocide (examples) Ethnocide Ethnic cleansing Pogrom Race war Religious persecution Blood libel Paternalism Police brutality Movements Policies Discriminatory Race / Religion / Sex segregation Apartheid Redlining Internment Ethnocracy Anti-discriminatory Emancipation Civil rights Desegregation Integration Equal opportunity Counter-discriminatory Affirmative action Racial quota... Hispanic, as used in the United States, is one of several terms used to categorize US citizens, permanent residents and temporary immigrants, whose background hail either from the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America or relating to a Spanish-speaking culture. ...

• Lieutenant Dixon

Lieutenant Dixon (Keith David) is Officers Ryan and Hansen's shift Lieutenant. He is African American. When Hansen requests to change partners, Dixon states that doing so because of Officer Ryan's racism will reflect poorly on their unit, and Dixon in particular for commanding him. Furthermore, Dixon explains that all the work he did to get a ranking position in an environment as racist as the LAPD will backfire on him personally if Hansen gives this reason for changing partners. He suggests that Hansen ride in a solo car for reasons of "uncontrollable flatulence" as a means of getting away from Officer Ryan and not making Dixon look bad for supervising Ryan. Keith David (born June 4, 1956) is an Emmy Award winning, African-American film, television, and voice actor most known for his roles as Childs in John Carpenters The Thing, Goliath in the cartoon Gargoyles, playing the Arbiter in Halo 2 and Halo 3, as well as voice overs...

• Cameron Thayer

Cameron Thayer (Terrence Howard) is a black television director. He witnesses Officer Ryan molesting his wife and later realizes that the producers of his television show propagate racist stereotypes about black people. In an emotional moment, he fights off Anthony and Peter when they try to steal his car, takes away Anthony's gun, and argues fiercely with armed white police officers. Just when it is very likely that he will be shot to death, Officer Hansen intervenes on his behalf and prevents any outbreak of violence. Terrence Dashon Howard (born March 11, 1969) is an Academy Award-nominated American film and stage actor. ...

• Christine Thayer

Christine Thayer (Thandie Newton) is Cameron's wife. She is molested by Officer Ryan after she and Cameron are pulled over. She becomes furious with her husband because he does not act to defend her. The two insult each other over their upbringings – as both Cameron and Christine have grown up in more privileged environments than many other African Americans. The next day she is trapped in an overturned car due to a car accident and, by a twist of fate, Officer Ryan is the man who willingly endangers himself to save her life. Thandiwe Adjewa Thandie Newton (born November 6, 1972) is a BAFTA and SAG Award-winning British actress. ...

Thandie Newton (Christine) and Matt Dillon (Sergeant Ryan) in a dramatic scene of Crash.

• Daniel Ruiz

Daniel Ruiz (Michael Peña) is a Mexican-American locksmith who faces discrimination from Jean and others because he looks like a gangbanger to them, when he is actually a devoted family man. After Anthony and Peter steal Jean and Rick's car, Daniel comes over and changes the locks on their home. Daniel seeks a safe environment for his young daughter, Lara, who had a bullet go through her window in their previous home. That is why he moved to a safer neighborhood and enrolled her in a private school. Near the beginning he gives Lara an invisible "cloak" that he says will protect her should someone try to shoot at her. Farhad shoots at Lara and Daniel but they escape unhurt, because there were blanks in the gun. Lara believes that this is due to the protective powers of the "cloak." Image File history File links Matt_dillon5. ... Image File history File links Matt_dillon5. ... Michael Anthony Peña (born January 13, 1976) is an American actor. ... Mexican Americans are Americans of Mexican ancestry. ... A gang bang (or gangbang) is a situation in which one individual, either a woman or a man, has sexual intercourse with multiple partners in turn. ...

• Farhaad

Farhaad (Shaun Toub) is a Persian store owner who is afraid for his safety. He is depicted as frustrated by the racial harassment he experiences in the United States (despite being an American citizen), as well as deterred by difficulties with speaking English. To protect his store - the only thing his family has - he goes to a gun shop and attempts to buy a gun. The gun store owner quickly becomes frustrated with Farhaad's conversation with his daughter Dorri in Persian, leading to racist and terrorist remarks (since the owner believes that Persians are Arabs and therefore, "terrorists"), one of these comments being "Yo, Osama, plan the jihad on your own time." The owner refuses to sell Farhad a gun, but finally sells the gun to Farhaad's daughter after being cryptic and lecherous about which bullets she needs. Shaun Toub was raised in Manchester, England. ... This article is about the Persian people, an ethnic group found mainly in Iran. ... The word citizen may refer to: A person with a citizenship Citizen Watch Co. ... Farsi redirects here. ... Osama bin Muhammad bin Awad bin Laden (Arabic: ‎; born March 10, 1957[1]), most often mentioned as Osama bin Laden or Usama bin Laden, is a Saudi Arabian militant Islamist and is widely believed to be one of the founders of the organization called al-Qaeda. ... For other uses, see Jihad (disambiguation). ...

The store run by Farhad and his wife Shereen (Marina Sirtis) has a door which will not close properly, so they call a locksmith, Daniel. Farhad's suspicion of others is compounded by his difficulty understanding English; he does not heed Daniel's warning that his shop door needs replacing, believing Daniel intends to cheat him, and as a result suffers a break-in. Shereen reacts to the slurs written on the walls of the store: "They think we're Arab. When did Persian become Arab?" Blaming Daniel for the invasion and racially-motivated destruction of his store, and angered by the insurance company rejecting his claim on the grounds of negligence, he confronts Daniel at his house, wielding his gun. Farhad fires at Daniel but accidentally shoots Daniel's daughter Lara, to the horror of both Daniel and Farhad. Fortunately, the gun was loaded with blanks, which were chosen by Dorri in the beginning of the film as she did not trust her father with a gun because of his constant emotional outbursts. Farhad leaves without further incident, later telling his daughter that his "farishta," his guardian angel, saved the little girl and himself. Little did he realize that it was his own daughter who was his guardian angel. Marina Sirtis (born March 29, 1955[1]) is an English actress who is most noted for playing the half-human/half-Betazoid Counselor/Commander Deanna Troi on the television and film series Star Trek: The Next Generation. ... Blank cartridges, as used in nail guns Yugoslavian 7. ...

• Dorri

Dorri (Bahar Soomekh) is Farhaad's daughter, and is more acclimated than her father to American culture. She is constantly trying to calm her father down during his emotional temper outbursts. She is also a doctor at the morgue; she escorts Graham and his mother to Peter's body after it is discovered in a field. Bahar Soomekh (Persian: بهار سومخ born March 30, 1975) is an Iranian-born American Screen Actors Guild Award-winning actress and environmental activist. ... Not to be confused with Intermarriage. ... This article very generally discusses the customs and culture of the United States; for the culture of the United States, see arts and entertainment in the United States. ...

• Jake Flanagan

Jake Flanagan (William Fichtner) is an aide to Rick who tries to talk Graham into accepting a corrupt deal. He holds a complex viewpoint that is not blatantly racist, yet he makes bigoted remarks in a conversation with Detective Waters. He argues that the black community needs to see a deceased black cop as a hero, even if he was corrupt. It appears that Flanagan is interested in the political aspects of the case as the DA's office will look better in the eyes of the black community for convicting an officer who has a troubled racial history of a crime that he is partially guilty of. When Graham refuses to play, even if offered a promotion in exchange, Flanagan subtly mentions that Graham's brother has had a warrant issued for his arrest, and that perhaps this was a mistake. Flanagan implies that if Graham will do what the District Attorney wants, the case against his brother could be buried. Graham appears to accept the deal. William Edward Bill Fichtner (born November 27, 1956) is an american supporting actor, often credited as William Fichtner and occasionally as Bill Fichtner. ...

• Lucien

Lucien (Dato Bakhtadze) runs a chop shop in which Anthony and Peter try to sell cars. The two thieves first try to sell him the Lincoln Navigator they stole from the Cabots, but he refuses to accept it because they ran over a Chinese man and he believes the crime will be traced back to him. This suggests that the various other characters who had committed crimes could be caught, although this is never confirmed. He is later shown to have his own racist beliefs when Anthony arrives with a van (belonging to the man that he and Peter ran over) full of Asian illegal immigrants. Lucien tries to buy the immigrants as workers, claiming they can be sold for an easy profit. This article is about the slang phrase. ... The Lincoln Navigator is a full-size luxury SUV produced by the Lincoln division of Ford Motor Company. ... Illegal immigration is the act of moving to or settling in another country or region, temporarily or permanently, in violation of the law or without documents permitting an immigrant to settle in that country. ...

Box office

Crash opened in wide release on May 6, 2005, and was a box-office success in the late spring of 2005. The film had a budget of $6.5 million (plus $1 million in financing). Because of the financial constraints, director Haggis filmed in his own house, borrowed a set from the TV show Monk, used his car in parts of the film, and even used cars from other staff members. It grossed $53.4 million domestically, making back more than seven times its budget. Despite its success in relation to its cost, Crash was the least grossing film, at the domestic box office, to win Best Picture since The Last Emperor in 1987. is the 126th day of the year (127th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Spring is one of the four temperate seasons. ... Monk is an Emmy and Golden Globe winning U.S. television show about the private detective Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub). ... The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; the awards are voted on by other people within the industry. ... For the rapper, see Last Emperor. ... This article is about the year 1987. ...

Critical reception

The film received generally positive reviews with the review tallying website rottentomatoes.com reporting that 135 out of the 180 reviews they tallied were positive for a score of 75% and a certification of "fresh",^[2] while metacritic tallied an average score of 69 out of 100 for Crash's critical consensus.^[3] Roger Ebert gave the film four stars and described it as, "a movie of intense fascination"^[4] listing it as the best film of 2005. Rotten Tomatoes (http://www. ... Metacritic is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows, DVDs and books. ... Roger Joseph Ebert (born June 18, 1942) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American film critic. ...

In addition, some critics assert that Asians are portrayed in an overwhelmingly negative light with little, if any, redeeming qualities. The film has been criticized for reinforcing Asian stereotypes and lacking any manner of significant development of its Asian characters.^[5] From an alternative perspective, the film has been critiqued for "laying bare the racialised fantasy of the American dream and Hollywood narrative aesthetics" and for depicting the Iranian shopkeeper as a "deranged, paranoid individual who is only redeemed by what he believes is a mystical act of God".^[6]

Best Picture Oscar

Crash won the Best Picture Oscar for 2005, beating, among others, Brokeback Mountain. Some of Brokeback's supporters (including its author E. Annie Proulx) criticized the decision, referring to Crash as a "hometown movie", although other film critics dismissed these arguments. Roger Ebert asserted that Crash won the award because "Crash was better than Brokeback Mountain".^[7] This article is about the motion picture. ... Edna Annie Proulx (pronounced ) (born August 22, 1935) is an American journalist and author. ... The film Brokeback Mountain received many awards, including three Academy Awards for Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Score as well as four Golden Globe awards for Best Motion Picture-Drama, Best Director, Best Song, and Best Screenplay and four BAFTA Awards for Best Film, Best Director, Best Adapted... Roger Joseph Ebert (born June 18, 1942) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American film critic. ...

Awards

Crash was nominated for six awards in the 78th Academy Awards (2005), and won three of them, including a win for Best Picture. It was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards: one for Best Supporting Actor (Matt Dillon) and the other for Best Screenplay (Paul Haggis and Robert Moresco). The 78th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 2005, were held on March 5, 2006 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; the awards are voted on by other people within the industry. ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in 1944 for a performance in a motion picture released in the previous year. ... Matthew Raymond Matt Dillon (born February 18, 1964) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. ... For the main article see Golden Globe Awards. ... Paul Edward Haggis (born March 10, 1953 in London, Ontario) is an Academy Award-winning Canadian screenwriter, producer, film director, and a director/producer of television programs working in Hollywood. ... Robert Moresco is a Hollywood screenwriter. ...

Other awards include Best Ensemble Cast at the 2005 Screen Actors Guild Awards; Best Original Screenplay at the Writers Guild of America Awards 2005; Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress (Thandie Newton) at the BAFTA Awards; Best Writer at the Critics' Choice Awards; Outstanding Motion Picture and Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role (Terrence Howard) at the Black Movie Awards; Best First Feature and Best Supporting Male (Matt Dillon) at the Independent Spirit Awards; Best Acting Ensemble and Best Writer at the Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards; and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture (Terrence Howard) and Outstanding Motion Picture at the NAACP Image Awards. The 2005 Screen Actors Guild Awards will be presented in Los Angeles on January 29, 2006. ... 58th Writers Guild of America Awards February 4, 2006 Best Adapted Screenplay: Best Original Screenplay: The 58th WGA Awards, given on 4 February 2006, honored the best film and televison writers of 2005. ... Thandiwe Adjewa Thandie Newton (born November 6, 1972) is a BAFTA and SAG Award-winning British actress. ... The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organization that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ... The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) is the largest film critics organization in the U.S. and Canada, representing 199 television, radio and online critics. ... Terrence Dashon Howard (born March 11, 1969) is an Academy Award-nominated American film and stage actor. ... Matthew Raymond Matt Dillon (born February 18, 1964) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. ... Founded in 1984, the Independent Spirit Awards were originally known as the FINDIE (Friends of Independents) Awards and presented winners with Plexiglas pyramids containing suspended shoestrings representing the paltry budgets of independent films. ... The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) is the largest film critics organization in the U.S. and Canada, representing 199 television, radio and online critics. ... Terrence Dashon Howard (born March 11, 1969) is an Academy Award-nominated American film and stage actor. ... The NAACP Image Award is an award presented annually by the NAACP to honor the top African-Americans in film, television, music and literature. ...

The 78th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 2005, were held on March 5, 2006 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. ... Paul Edward Haggis (born March 10, 1953 in London, Ontario) is an Academy Award-winning Canadian screenwriter, producer, film director, and a director/producer of television programs working in Hollywood. ... Hughes Winborne is a Hollywood Film editor. ... In the Deep is a 2005 song written and performed by actress-singer Kathleen York, credited to her performing name Bird York. ... Paul Edward Haggis (born March 10, 1953 in London, Ontario) is an Academy Award-winning Canadian screenwriter, producer, film director, and a director/producer of television programs working in Hollywood. ... Robert Moresco is a Hollywood screenwriter. ... Matthew Raymond Matt Dillon (born February 18, 1964) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. ... 1st AFCA Awards Best Film: Crash The 1st Austin Film Critics Association Awards honoured the best film making of 2005. ... Paul Edward Haggis (born March 10, 1953 in London, Ontario) is an Academy Award-winning Canadian screenwriter, producer, film director, and a director/producer of television programs working in Hollywood. ... J. Michael Muro is a BAFTA nominated cinematographer and independent film director, he is known primarily for his steadicam work. ... Hughes Winborne is a Hollywood Film editor. ... Paul Edward Haggis (born March 10, 1953 in London, Ontario) is an Academy Award-winning Canadian screenwriter, producer, film director, and a director/producer of television programs working in Hollywood. ... Robert Moresco is a Hollywood screenwriter. ... Don Cheadle (born November 29, 1964) is an Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning American actor. ... Matthew Raymond Matt Dillon (born February 18, 1964) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. ... Thandiwe Adjewa Thandie Newton (born November 6, 1972) is a BAFTA and SAG Award-winning British actress. ... Don Cheadle (born November 29, 1964) is an Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning American actor. ... Terrence Dashon Howard (born March 11, 1969) is an Academy Award-nominated American film and stage actor. ... 11th BFCA Critics Choice Awards January 9, 2006 The 11th Critics Choice Awards are given on January 9, 2006 to honor the finest achievements in 2005 filmmaking. ... Paul Edward Haggis (born March 10, 1953 in London, Ontario) is an Academy Award-winning Canadian screenwriter, producer, film director, and a director/producer of television programs working in Hollywood. ... 18th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards January 9, 2005 The 18th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, given by the CFCA on 9 January 2006 honored the best in film for 2005. ... 16th Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards December 19, 2005 The 16th Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards, given by the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association on 19 December 2005, honored the best in film for 2005. ... 58th Producers Guild of America Awards January 28, 2006 Best Director - Motion Picture: Brokeback Mountain Best Director - Documentary: Grizzly Man The 58th Directors Guild of America Awards, given on 28 January 2006, honored the best film and television directors in 2005. ... Empire is a British film magazine published monthly by Emap Consumer Media since July 1989. ... 17th Producers Guild of America Awards January 22, 2006 Theatrical Picture: Animated Picture: The 17th Producers Guild of America Awards, given on Sunday 22 January 2006, honored the best film and television producers of 2005. ... Wikinews has news related to: 2006 Oscars handed out at Kodak Theatre Cathy Schulman has won a 2006 Academy Award, for producing Crash. ... 12th SAG Awards January 29, 2006 Film: Best Cast Television Best Cast - Drama Series: Best Cast - Comedy Series The 12th Screen Actors Guild Awards were presented in Los Angeles on January 29, 2006. ... 6th Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards February 7, 2006 The 6th Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2005, were given on 7 February 2006. ... 4th Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards December 12, 2005 The 4th Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2005, were given on 12 December 2005. ... 58th Writers Guild of America Awards February 4, 2006 Best Adapted Screenplay: Best Original Screenplay: The 58th WGA Awards, given on 4 February 2006, honored the best film and televison writers of 2005. ...

DVD

Crash was released on DVD on September 6, 2005 as widescreen and fullscreen one-disc versions, with a handful of bonus features that includes a music video by KansasCali for the song "If I..." off of the "Inspired By Soundtrack to Crash". The director's cut of the film was released in a 2 disc special edition DVD on April 4, 2006, with more bonus content than the one-disc set which includes the music video for Bird York and her Academy nominated song "In The Deep". The director's cut is 2 minutes longer than the theatrical version. The differences are the scene where Daniel is talking with his daughter under her bed is extended, and there is a new scene added with Officer Hanson in the police station locker room. The film also was released in a limited-edition VHS version, as films in the VHS videotape format were all but being phased out by this time, thus restricting future film releases for home video release only in the DVD format starting in 2006. It was also the last Oscar winner for Best Picture to be released in the VHS tape format. is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... KansasCali is an alternative pop rock group, which combines elements of hip hop and melody. ... is the 94th day of the year (95th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kathleen York at the 78th Academy Awards (March 5, 2006). ... In the Deep is a 2005 song written and performed by actress-singer Kathleen York, credited to her performing name Bird York. ...

See also

• Hyperlink cinema - the film style of using multiple inter-connected story lines.

Hyperlink cinema is a term coined by author Alissa Quart, who used the term in her review of the film Happy Endings for Film Comment. ...

References

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