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Crash is an American Crime-Drama movie who released on May 6, 2005 (United States). This movie is directed by [[wikipedia:Paul_Haggis|''Paul Haggis'']] and produced by Don Cheadle, Paul Haggis, Mark R. Harris, Bobby Moresco, Cathy Schulman and Bob Yari. "Crash" - A tense film examining the racial and class divisions in American society that make every stranger into a potential enemy. Cast :
 
Crash is an American Crime-Drama movie who released on May 6, 2005 (United States). This movie is directed by [[wikipedia:Paul_Haggis|''Paul Haggis'']] and produced by Don Cheadle, Paul Haggis, Mark R. Harris, Bobby Moresco, Cathy Schulman and Bob Yari. "Crash" - A tense film examining the racial and class divisions in American society that make every stranger into a potential enemy. Cast :
  
* [[wikipedia:Sandra_Bullock|''Sandra Bullock'']] as Jean
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*[[wikipedia:Sandra_Bullock|''Sandra Bullock'']] as Jean
* [[wikipedia:Don_Cheadle|''Don Cheadle'']] as Graham
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*[[wikipedia:Don_Cheadle|''Don Cheadle'']] as Graham
* [[wikipedia:Matt_Dillon|''Matt Dillon'']] as Officer Ryan
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*[[wikipedia:Matt_Dillon|''Matt Dillon'']] as Officer Ryan
* [[wikipedia:Jennifer_Esposito|''Jennifer Esposito'']] as Ria
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*[[wikipedia:Jennifer_Esposito|''Jennifer Esposito'']] as Ria
* [[wikipedia:William_Fichtner|''William Fichtner'']] as Flanagan
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*[[wikipedia:William_Fichtner|''William Fichtner'']] as Flanagan
* [[wikipedia:Brendan_Fraser|''Brendan Fraser'']] as Rick
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*[[wikipedia:Brendan_Fraser|''Brendan Fraser'']] as Rick
* [[wikipedia:Terrence_Howard|''Terrence Howard'']] as Cameron
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*[[wikipedia:Terrence_Howard|''Terrence Howard'']] as Cameron
* [[wikipedia:Ludacris|''Chris "Ludacris" Bridges'']] as Anthony
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*[[wikipedia:Ludacris|''Chris "Ludacris" Bridges'']] as Anthony
* [[wikipedia:Thandie_Newton|''Thandie Newton'']] as Christine Thayer
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*[[wikipedia:Thandie_Newton|''Thandie Newton'']] as Christine Thayer
* [[wikipedia:Ryan_Phillippe|''Ryan Phillippe'']] as Tom Hansen
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*[[wikipedia:Ryan_Phillippe|''Ryan Phillippe'']] as Tom Hansen
* [[wikipedia:Larenz_Tate|''Larenz Tate'']] as Peter
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*[[wikipedia:Larenz_Tate|''Larenz Tate'']] as Peter
  
 
Crash received several nomination for Best Supporting actor (Matt Dillon), Best Direction and Best Music (original song: “In the Deep”), This movie also winning several awards including [[wikipedia:Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture|''Best Picture'']], [[wikipedia:Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Screenplay|''Best Original Screenplay'']], and [[wikipedia:Academy_Award_for_Best_Film_Editing|''Best Film Editing'']] at the 78th Academy Awards.
 
Crash received several nomination for Best Supporting actor (Matt Dillon), Best Direction and Best Music (original song: “In the Deep”), This movie also winning several awards including [[wikipedia:Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture|''Best Picture'']], [[wikipedia:Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Screenplay|''Best Original Screenplay'']], and [[wikipedia:Academy_Award_for_Best_Film_Editing|''Best Film Editing'']] at the 78th Academy Awards.
  
== Plot ==
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==Plot==
 
[[File:EB20050505REVIEWS50502001AR.jpg|thumb|left|Peter and Anthony]]
 
[[File:EB20050505REVIEWS50502001AR.jpg|thumb|left|Peter and Anthony]]
 
A car on its way to an investigation and driven by a Hispanic police detective, Ria (played by Jennifer Esposito), with her African American partner, Detective Graham Waters (Don Cheadle), has just been rear-ended by a car driven by an Asian American driver, Kim Lee (Alexis Rhee). It is discovered that when Waters and Ria were en route to a crime scene, the accident happened. Waters exits the car to investigate a "dead kid" finding.
 
A car on its way to an investigation and driven by a Hispanic police detective, Ria (played by Jennifer Esposito), with her African American partner, Detective Graham Waters (Don Cheadle), has just been rear-ended by a car driven by an Asian American driver, Kim Lee (Alexis Rhee). It is discovered that when Waters and Ria were en route to a crime scene, the accident happened. Waters exits the car to investigate a "dead kid" finding.
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Farhad threatens Daniel with a pistol outside his house, and Lara runs out with an unseen cloak of security and jumps into her father's arms just as Farhad fired a gun. The firearm, however is filled with blanks, and no one is hurt. Later, Hansen picks up Peter, who's hitchhiking, but when Peter enters his pocket, Hansen assumes he's going to get a gun and kill him. He forces Peter's body out of the car and sets the car on fire. Detective Waters arrives on the scene where Peter's body was found (the opening scene of the film); Peter, it turns out is Water's brother. Anthony discovers a white van with the ignition keys and steals it. He takes it to a chop shop, where many Cambodian refugees are found chained to the van. Anthony drives the van to Chinatown and releases the Cambodians. he passes by a car crash where, once again, an exchange of racially charged insults takes place.
 
Farhad threatens Daniel with a pistol outside his house, and Lara runs out with an unseen cloak of security and jumps into her father's arms just as Farhad fired a gun. The firearm, however is filled with blanks, and no one is hurt. Later, Hansen picks up Peter, who's hitchhiking, but when Peter enters his pocket, Hansen assumes he's going to get a gun and kill him. He forces Peter's body out of the car and sets the car on fire. Detective Waters arrives on the scene where Peter's body was found (the opening scene of the film); Peter, it turns out is Water's brother. Anthony discovers a white van with the ignition keys and steals it. He takes it to a chop shop, where many Cambodian refugees are found chained to the van. Anthony drives the van to Chinatown and releases the Cambodians. he passes by a car crash where, once again, an exchange of racially charged insults takes place.
  
== Controversy ==
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==Controversy==
 
[[File:Jennifer-Esposito-Don-Cheadle-Crash-Kathleen-York.jpg|thumb]]
 
[[File:Jennifer-Esposito-Don-Cheadle-Crash-Kathleen-York.jpg|thumb]]
 
"''I am not so sure. Crash shows realities, but in a not-so-realistic way.''" - by Tori Goyette. She thinks even though the movie encourages racial consciousness, but like any discussion about race, it needs close observation.<ref>https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/freshink/article/view/1207/1580</ref>
 
"''I am not so sure. Crash shows realities, but in a not-so-realistic way.''" - by Tori Goyette. She thinks even though the movie encourages racial consciousness, but like any discussion about race, it needs close observation.<ref>https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/freshink/article/view/1207/1580</ref>
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Chief film critic, [https://www.independent.co.uk/author/clarisse-loughrey ''Clarisse Loughrey''] on ''I[https://www.independent.co.uk/ ndependent]'' also said Similarly with [https://blackwiki.org/index.php?title=Green_book_(2018) ''Green Book''] Movie, there is no need in Crash to dismantle white supremacy in order to put an end to racism. All they need to do is let go of their frustration and come in for a big, multicultural embrace.<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/crash-15-anniversary-oscar-best-picture-worst-racism-cast-director-a9493141.html</ref>
 
Chief film critic, [https://www.independent.co.uk/author/clarisse-loughrey ''Clarisse Loughrey''] on ''I[https://www.independent.co.uk/ ndependent]'' also said Similarly with [https://blackwiki.org/index.php?title=Green_book_(2018) ''Green Book''] Movie, there is no need in Crash to dismantle white supremacy in order to put an end to racism. All they need to do is let go of their frustration and come in for a big, multicultural embrace.<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/crash-15-anniversary-oscar-best-picture-worst-racism-cast-director-a9493141.html</ref>
  
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[[Category: Black Racism in Drama Movies]]
 
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Revision as of 04:46, 19 December 2020

Crash Movie Poster

Crash is an American Crime-Drama movie who released on May 6, 2005 (United States). This movie is directed by Paul Haggis and produced by Don Cheadle, Paul Haggis, Mark R. Harris, Bobby Moresco, Cathy Schulman and Bob Yari. "Crash" - A tense film examining the racial and class divisions in American society that make every stranger into a potential enemy. Cast :

Crash received several nomination for Best Supporting actor (Matt Dillon), Best Direction and Best Music (original song: “In the Deep”), This movie also winning several awards including Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Film Editing at the 78th Academy Awards.

Plot

Peter and Anthony

A car on its way to an investigation and driven by a Hispanic police detective, Ria (played by Jennifer Esposito), with her African American partner, Detective Graham Waters (Don Cheadle), has just been rear-ended by a car driven by an Asian American driver, Kim Lee (Alexis Rhee). It is discovered that when Waters and Ria were en route to a crime scene, the accident happened. Waters exits the car to investigate a "dead kid" finding.

The film then shifts to the events of the previous day, starting at a gun store where the owner of the Persian shop, Farhad (Shaun Toub) and his daughter, Dorri, were trying to buy a gun. Aggravated by the indecision of Farhad, the gun shop owner starts insulting the race of Farhad, calling him "Osama" at one point.

Across town, Anthony and Peter, two young black men, address the stereotyping they face as African Americans. After noticing Jean Cabot's discomfort as she passed them on the street, Anthony and Peter Carjack Cabot and her husband, who also happens to be the Los Angeles District Attorney. Later, the Hispanic locksmith, Daniel (Michael Peña), arrives to change the locks at the Cabots' home, but Jean suspects that Daniel is likely to be a gang-banger and needs the locks to be changed again.White cop John Ryan and his white partner, Tom Hansen, exit the dining room and pull over an African-American couple's SUV, TV director Cameron Thayer and his wife, Christine. Cameron is deferential, but Christine is argumentative, and Ryan scolds and humiliates her as she pats her down. Ryan releases them with a note after Cameron has apologised.

Daniel's (The Locksmith) next call is to fix a lock in Farhad's store, but when Daniel warns Farhad that the real problem is the door, Farhad won't listen. The next day, Farhad discovered that his shop had been destroyed and defaced with graffiti. Ryan comes across a car accident, and when he crawls into the overturned car, he discovers Christine trapped. While at first she refuses frantically, with the aid of her husband and spectators, Ryan pulls out the frightened Christine just as her car bursts into flames. Anthony and Peter are driving another Navigator, which happens to be Cameron's. They know that Cameron is black only after opening the door. Cameron expresses shame toward Anthony for his criminal lifestyle and drops him off near a bus stop.

Farhad threatens Daniel with a pistol outside his house, and Lara runs out with an unseen cloak of security and jumps into her father's arms just as Farhad fired a gun. The firearm, however is filled with blanks, and no one is hurt. Later, Hansen picks up Peter, who's hitchhiking, but when Peter enters his pocket, Hansen assumes he's going to get a gun and kill him. He forces Peter's body out of the car and sets the car on fire. Detective Waters arrives on the scene where Peter's body was found (the opening scene of the film); Peter, it turns out is Water's brother. Anthony discovers a white van with the ignition keys and steals it. He takes it to a chop shop, where many Cambodian refugees are found chained to the van. Anthony drives the van to Chinatown and releases the Cambodians. he passes by a car crash where, once again, an exchange of racially charged insults takes place.

Controversy

Jennifer-Esposito-Don-Cheadle-Crash-Kathleen-York.jpg

"I am not so sure. Crash shows realities, but in a not-so-realistic way." - by Tori Goyette. She thinks even though the movie encourages racial consciousness, but like any discussion about race, it needs close observation.[1]

Cultural critic Ta-Nehisi Coates also think that Crash is The Worst Movie of The Decade, because if you dont want to understand about "why its happen" you probably like this movie. "If you're angry about race, but not particularly interested in understanding why, you probably like Crash. If you're black and believe in the curative qualities of yet another "dialogue around race," you probably liked Crash. If you're white and voted for Barack Obama strictly because he was black, you probably liked Crash. If you've ever used the term "post-racial" or "post-black" in a serious conversation, without a hint of irony, you probably liked Crash".[2]

Chief film critic, Clarisse Loughrey on Independent also said Similarly with Green Book Movie, there is no need in Crash to dismantle white supremacy in order to put an end to racism. All they need to do is let go of their frustration and come in for a big, multicultural embrace.[3]

Reference