Crash (1996)
Crash (1996)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
James Spader
James Ballard
Holly Hunter
Helen Remington
Elias Koteas
Vaughan
Deborah Kara Unger
Catherine Ballard
Rosanna Arquette
Gabrielle
Peter MacNeill
Colin Seagrave
Cheryl Swarts
Vera Seagrave
Yolande Julian
Airport Hooker
Nicky Guadagni
Tattooist
Ronn Sarosiak
A.D.
Boyd Banks
Grip
Judah Katz
Salesman
Markus Parilo
Man in Hanger
Alice Poon
Camera Girl
John Stoneham Jr.
Trask
David Cronenberg
Auto Wreck Salesman (voice, uncredited) / Director / Producer / Writer
Peter Suschitzky
Director of Photography / Camera Operator
Ronald Sanders
Editor
Howard Shore
Original Music Composer
Carol Spier
Production Design
Denise Cronenberg
Costume Design
J.G. Ballard
Novel
Jeremy Thomas
Executive Producer
András Hámori
Co-Executive Producer
Marilyn Stonehouse
Co-Producer / Production Manager
Robert Lantos
Executive Producer
Chris Auty
Co-Executive Producer
Stéphane Reichel
Co-Producer
Katherine James
Makeup Artist
Leslie A. Sebert
Assistant Makeup Artist
Elinor Rose Galbraith
Set Decoration
Shonagh Jabour
Key Makeup Artist
Andy Malcolm
Foley Artist
David Lee
Sound Mixer
Tamara Deverell
Art Direction
Tom Bjelic
Sound Effects Editor
Dino Pigat
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
John Douglas Smith
Sound Effects Editor
Lou Solakofski
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Orest Sushko
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Deirdre Bowen
Casting
Mary-Lou Green-Benvenuti
Key Hair Stylist
Carol Marinoff
Assistant Hairstylist
Frances Mathias
Hairstylist
Sandra Tucker
Post Production Supervisor
Scotty Allan
Gaffer
Brenda Gilles
Costume Supervisor
David Orin Charles
Set Dresser
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 17, 1996
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 40m
Content RatingNC-17
Budget$9,000,000
Box Office$2,671,855
Filming LocationsToronto, Canada
Genres
Wiki.
Crash is a 1996 Canadian drama film written, produced and directed by David Cronenberg, based on J. G. Ballard's 1973 novel of the same name. Starring James Spader, Deborah Kara Unger, Elias Koteas, Holly Hunter and Rosanna Arquette, it follows a film producer who, after surviving a car crash, becomes involved with a group of symphorophiliacs who are aroused by car crashes and tries to rekindle his sexual relationship with his wife.
The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, where it received the Special Jury Prize, a unique award that is distinct from the Jury Prize as it is not given annually, but only at the request of the official jury (for example, the previous year, both a Jury Prize and a Special Jury Prize were awarded). When then-jury president Francis Ford Coppola announced the award "for originality, for daring and for audacity", he stated that it had been a controversial choice and that certain jury members "did abstain very passionately". It continued to receive various accolades, including six Genie Awards.
The film's initial release was met with intense controversy and opened to highly divergent reactions from critics; some praised the film for its daring premise and originality, others aimed criticism for having such a strange premise filled with graphic violence. It has since developed a cult following.