Crash is a 2004 American drama film produced, directed, and co-written by Paul Haggis. The film features racial and social tensions in Los Angeles. A self-described "passion piece" for Haggis, Crash was inspired by a real-life incident in which his Porsche was carjacked in 1991 outside a video store on Wilshire Boulevard. The film features an ensemble cast, including Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, William Fichtner, Brendan Fraser, Terrence Howard, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Thandiwe Newton, Michael Peña, and Ryan Phillippe.
Crash first premiered at the 2004 Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2004 before it was released in theaters on May 6, 2005. The film was commercial success, grossing $98.4 million worldwide at the box office against its $6.5 million budget.
The film received several award and nominations, and was named one of the top ten films of the year by both the American Film Institute and the National Board of Review. Crash received six Academy Award nominations and won three, for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Film Editing, at the 78th Academy Awards. It was also nominated for nine British Academy Film Awards and won two, for Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress for Newton. Dillon received nominations for best supporting actor at the Academy Awards, British Academy Film Awards, Golden Globe Awards, and Screen Actors Guild Awards for his performance. Additionally, the cast won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, and Harris and Robert Moresco won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Accolades Award / Association / Film festival Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result AARP Movies for Grownups Awards February 7, 2006 Best Movie for Grownups Crash Best Screenwriter Academy Awards March 5, 2006 Best Picture and Best Director Best Actor in a Supporting Role Best Original Screenplay and Best Film Editing Best Original Song Michael Becker and Kathleen York (for "In the Deep") ACE Eddie Awards February 19, 2006 Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic African-American Film Critics Association 2005 Top Ten Films Crash ALMA Awards May 6, 2006 Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture American Film Institute January 13, 2006 Top 10 Movies of the YearCrash Art Directors Guild Awards February 11, 2006 Excellence in Production Design for a Contemporary Film Laurence Bennett Artios Awards November 1, 2005 Feature Film Casting — Drama Sarah Finn and Randi Hiller Austin Film Critics Association 2005 Best Film Crash Best Director Breakthrough Artist Top Ten Films Crash Black Reel Awards February 18, 2006 Best Film Crash Best Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Supporting Actor Best Ensemble Crash Boston Society of Film CriticsDecember 11, 2005 Best New Filmmaker Best Ensemble Cast Crash British Academy Film Awards February 19, 2006 Best Film , , and Best Director Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Original Screenplay and Best Cinematography James M. Muro Best Editing Best Sound Richard Van Dyke, Sandy Gendler, Adam Jenkins, and Marc Fishman British Independent Film Awards November 30, 2005 Best Foreign Independent Film Crash Broadcast Film Critics Association January 9, 2006 Best Picture Crash Best Director Best Supporting Actor Best Acting Ensemble Crash Best Writer and CEC Awards January 19, 2007 Foreign FilmCrash Chicago Film Critics Association January 9, 2006 Best Film Crash Best Supporting Actor Best Screenplay and Most Promising Performer Cinema Audio Society Awards February 25, 2006 Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures Richard Van Dyke, Marc Fishman, Adam Jenkins, and Rick Ash Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association December 19, 2005 Top 10 Films Crash Best Director Best Supporting Actor David di Donatello April 21, 2006 Best Foreign Film Deauville American Film Festival September 11, 2005 Grand Prix Directors Guild of America Award January 28, 2006 Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures Edgar Allan Poe Awards April 27, 2006 Best Motion Picture Screenplay and Empire AwardsMarch 13, 2006 Best Film Crash Best Actor Best Actress Scene of the Year "The car rescue" European Film Awards December 3, 2005 Best Non-European Film Florida Film Critics CircleDecember 24, 2005 Pauline Kael Breakout Award Golden Globe Awards January 16, 2006 Best Screenplay and Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Golden Trailer Awards May 26, 2005 Best Voice Over Crash June 1, 2006 Best Independent Crash Gotham Awards November 30, 2005 Best Ensemble Cast , , , , , , , , , , , , and Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro April 22, 2007 Best Foreign-Language Film Crash Hollywood Film Awards October 24, 2005 Hollywood Breakout Director Award Hollywood Ensemble Cast Award Crash Hollywood Movie of the Year Award Crash Humanitas Prize June 28, 2006 Feature Film and Independent Spirit Awards March 4, 2006 Best First Feature , , , , Mark R. Harris, and Best Supporting Male Irish Film & Television Awards November 5, 2005 Best International Film Crash Japan Academy Film Prize February 16, 2007 Outstanding Foreign Language Film Crash London Film Critics' Circle February 8, 2006 Film of the Year Crash Director of the Year Actor of the Year British Supporting Actress of the Year Screenwriter of the Year and Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards March 4, 2006 Best Sound Editing in Feature Film – Dialogue & ADR Sandy Gendler, Zack Davis, and Karen Vassar Triest NAACP Image Awards February 25, 2006 Outstanding Motion Picture Crash Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture National Board of Review January 10, 2006 Top Ten Films Crash Breakthrough Performance New York Film Critics Circle January 8, 2006 Best Supporting Actor New York Film Critics OnlineDecember 11, 2005 Top 9 Films Crash Best Debut Director Best Screenplay Breakthrough Performance Online Film Critics Society January 16, 2006 Best Picture Crash Best Supporting Actor Best Original Screenplay and Best Breakthrough Filmmaker Producers Guild of America Awards January 22, 2006 Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures and Robert Awards February 5, 2006 Best American Film Crash Satellite Awards December 17, 2005 Best Original Screenplay and Best Cast – Motion Picture Crash Best Original Song (for "In the Deep") Best DVD Extras Crash Screen Actors Guild Awards January 29, 2006 Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture , , , , , , , , , , and Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role St. Louis Film Critics Association January 8, 2006 Best Screenplay and Teen Choice Awards August 16, 2005 Choice Rap Artist in a Movie August 20, 2006Choice Actor – Drama/Action Adventure Turkish Film Critics Association January 22, 2007 Best Foreign Film Crash Vancouver Film Critics CircleFebruary 7, 2006Best Supporting Actor Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association December 13, 2005 Best Film Crash Best Supporting Actor Best Acting Ensemble Crash Best Original Screenplay and Writers Guild of America Awards February 4, 2006 Best Original Screenplay and
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