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Crash is an Academy Award -nominated 2004 drama film directed by Paul Haggis. It premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2004 & was released internationally in 2005. The film is a commentary on racial & social tensions in Los Angeles. // Crash was a critical & box-office success in the early summer of 2005. The films budget was $6,5 million. 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 & even used cars from other staff members. It grossed $53,4 million domestically, making back more than eight times its budget. Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert named Crash the best film of 2005. LA Weekly critic Scott Foundas named it the worst film of the year, touching off a debate with Ebert The film is nominated for six Oscars, including Best Picture. one for Best Supporting Actor & the other for Best Screenplay. Other awards include Best Ensemble Cast at the 2005 Screen Actors Guild Awards & best screenplay at the Critics Choice Awards. Posters Of CrashA politically nervous district attorney & his high-strung wife get car-jacked by an oddly sociological pair of young black men ; a rich black T.V. director & his wife get pulled over by a white racist cop & his reluctant partner ; a detective & his Latina partner & lover investigate a white cop who shot a black cop, these are only three of the interlocking stories that reach up & down class lines.
Writer/director Paul Haggis spins every character in unpredictable directions, refusing to let anyone sink into a stereotype. The cast, ranging from the famous names above to lesser-known but just as capable actors like Michael Pena & Loretta Devine , meets the strong script head-on, delivering galvanizing performances in short vignettes, brief glimpses that build with gut-wrenching force. This sort of multi-character mosaic is hard to pull off; Crash rivals such classics as Nashville & Short Cuts. A knockout.
 | Don Cheadle is an American actor who first became well-known for playing the district attorney on the television series Picket Fences. Since then he has appeared in films including Rosewood, Out of Sight, Traffic & the 2001 version of Oceans Eleven. These last three were directed by Steven Soderbergh, who has said that Cheadle is one of his favorite actors to work with.
Posters Of Don Cheadle Editors Choice: Oceans Eleven, Crash, The Assassination Of Richard Nixon, The United States Of Leland, Swordfish, A Lesson Before Dying, Hotel Rwanda, View DVDology |
Sandra Annette Bullock is a American film actress, known for her wide appeal & box office prowess. Sandra majored in drama at East Carolina University. She dropped out to pursue acting in New York City but found it difficult to establish herself. She moved to Los Angeles, California & landed a series of small roles in several independent films. Eventually, she got the lead role in the TV version of the movie Working Girl. Her first notable movie appearance was in Demolition Man in 1993. That led to her breakthrough performance in Speed the following year. She became a bona-fide star in the mid-late 1990s, carrying a string of hits on the strength of her name alone. Bionic Showdown. The Six Million Dollar Man & The Bionic Woman. The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood. Bullock was born to the late German -born opera singer Helga Meyer & American voice teacher John Bullock. She started singing as a child in Germany, where she also studied ballet & performed small parts in her Mothers operas.
Posters Of CrashEditors Choice: Crash, Miss Congeniality 2, Two Weeks Notice, 28 Days, Divine Secrets Of The Ya Ya Sisterhood, Murder By Numbers, Miss Congeniality, Deluxe Edition, View DVDology
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