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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 :
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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" is a tense movie that examines the racial and class divisions in American society that turn every stranger into a potential enemy. Cast :
  
 
*[[wikipedia:Sandra_Bullock|''Sandra Bullock'']] as Jean
 
*[[wikipedia:Sandra_Bullock|''Sandra Bullock'']] as Jean
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*[[wikipedia:Larenz_Tate|''Larenz Tate'']] as Peter
 
*[[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.
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Crash was nominated for Best Supporting Actor (Matt Dillon), Best Director and Best Music Award (Original: In the Deep). The film also won the 78th Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay and Best Film editing award. Awards ceremony.
  
 
==Plot==
 
==Plot==
 
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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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A car being investigated by Spanish police detective Ria (played by Jennifer Esposito) and her African-American partner detective Graham Waters (driven by Don Cheadle) has just The car was driven by Asian American driver Alexis Rhee. It turns out that the accident happened when Waters and Ria went to the crime scene. Waters left the car to investigate the discovery of a "dead child".
  
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.
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The movie then moved to the events of the previous day, starting with a gun shop where Farhad (Shaun Toub), the owner of a Persian shop, and his daughter Dorri tried to buy guns. Because of Farhad's indecision, the gun shop owner began to insult Farhad's race, once calling him "Osama".
  
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.
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Throughout the town, two black young men, Anthony and Peter, described the stereotypes they faced as African Americans. After noticing Jean Cabot's discomfort as he passed on the street, Anthony and Peter Carjack Cabot and her husband also happened to be the Los Angeles District Attorney. Later, Spanish locksmith Daniel (Michael Peña) arrived at the Cabot’s home to replace the lock, but Rangji suspects that Daniel may be a dangerous gang and needs to replace the lock again. His white partner Tom Hansen left the dining room and drove past an African-American couple's SUV, TV director Cameron Thayer and his wife Christine. Cameron was polite, but Christine was controversial, and Ryan scolded and humiliated her when patted her. After Cameron apologized, Ryan put out a note.
  
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.
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Daniel's next call was to repair a lock in Farhad's shop, but when Daniel warned that Farhad's real problem was the door, Farhad would not listen. The next day, Farhad discovered that his shop was destroyed and stained by graffiti. Ryan was in a car accident and when he climbed into the overturned car, he found Christine was trapped. At first, she refused frantically with the help of her husband and the audience, and Ryan pulled out the frightened Christine when the car caught fire. Anthony and Peter are driving another navigator, which happens to be Cameron. They knew that Cameron was black only after opening the door. Cameron was deeply ashamed of Anthony's criminal lifestyle and sent him off the 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.
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Farhad threatened Daniel with a pistol outside the house, and Lara fled with an invisible safety cloak, and jumped into his father's arms when Farhad shot. However, the guns were full of voids and no one was injured. Later, Hansen picked up Peter who was hitchhiking, but when Peter got into his pocket, Hansen thought he would kill him with a gun. He forced Peter's body out of the car and set the car on fire. Detective waters arrive at the scene where Peter's body is found (the opening scene of the movie); Peter turns out to be Walt's brother. Anthony found a white van with an ignition key and stole it. He took it to a grocery store, where he found many Cambodian refugees chained to a van. Anthony drove the truck to Chinatown and freed the Cambodians. He passed by a car accident and racial discrimination occurred again.
  
 
==Controversy==
 
==Controversy==

Revision as of 06:59, 7 March 2021

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" is a tense movie that examines the racial and class divisions in American society that turn every stranger into a potential enemy. Cast :

Crash was nominated for Best Supporting Actor (Matt Dillon), Best Director and Best Music Award (Original: In the Deep). The film also won the 78th Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay and Best Film editing award. Awards ceremony.

Plot

Peter and Anthony

A car being investigated by Spanish police detective Ria (played by Jennifer Esposito) and her African-American partner detective Graham Waters (driven by Don Cheadle) has just The car was driven by Asian American driver Alexis Rhee. It turns out that the accident happened when Waters and Ria went to the crime scene. Waters left the car to investigate the discovery of a "dead child".

The movie then moved to the events of the previous day, starting with a gun shop where Farhad (Shaun Toub), the owner of a Persian shop, and his daughter Dorri tried to buy guns. Because of Farhad's indecision, the gun shop owner began to insult Farhad's race, once calling him "Osama".

Throughout the town, two black young men, Anthony and Peter, described the stereotypes they faced as African Americans. After noticing Jean Cabot's discomfort as he passed on the street, Anthony and Peter Carjack Cabot and her husband also happened to be the Los Angeles District Attorney. Later, Spanish locksmith Daniel (Michael Peña) arrived at the Cabot’s home to replace the lock, but Rangji suspects that Daniel may be a dangerous gang and needs to replace the lock again. His white partner Tom Hansen left the dining room and drove past an African-American couple's SUV, TV director Cameron Thayer and his wife Christine. Cameron was polite, but Christine was controversial, and Ryan scolded and humiliated her when patted her. After Cameron apologized, Ryan put out a note.

Daniel's next call was to repair a lock in Farhad's shop, but when Daniel warned that Farhad's real problem was the door, Farhad would not listen. The next day, Farhad discovered that his shop was destroyed and stained by graffiti. Ryan was in a car accident and when he climbed into the overturned car, he found Christine was trapped. At first, she refused frantically with the help of her husband and the audience, and Ryan pulled out the frightened Christine when the car caught fire. Anthony and Peter are driving another navigator, which happens to be Cameron. They knew that Cameron was black only after opening the door. Cameron was deeply ashamed of Anthony's criminal lifestyle and sent him off the bus stop.

Farhad threatened Daniel with a pistol outside the house, and Lara fled with an invisible safety cloak, and jumped into his father's arms when Farhad shot. However, the guns were full of voids and no one was injured. Later, Hansen picked up Peter who was hitchhiking, but when Peter got into his pocket, Hansen thought he would kill him with a gun. He forced Peter's body out of the car and set the car on fire. Detective waters arrive at the scene where Peter's body is found (the opening scene of the movie); Peter turns out to be Walt's brother. Anthony found a white van with an ignition key and stole it. He took it to a grocery store, where he found many Cambodian refugees chained to a van. Anthony drove the truck to Chinatown and freed the Cambodians. He passed by a car accident and racial discrimination occurred again.

Controversy

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"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]

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