Crash (1996) - Turner Classic Movies

Brief Synopsis

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Set tomorrow or the day after, in a world where sensation has replaced communication, "Crash" tells the story of James Ballard, a commercial director in the throes of a troubled relationship with his wife, Catherine. One day, Ballard is involved in a car accident that results in the other driver's d

Cast & Crew

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David Cronenberg

James Spader

Holly Hunter

Dr Helen Remington

Elias Koteas

Deborah Kara Unger

Catherine Ballard

Rosanna Arquette

Film Details

MPAA Rating

Genre

Adaptation

Drama

Thriller

Release Date

1996

Production Company

Avid Technology, Inc.; Casablanca Sound Services; Deluxe Entertainment Services Group; Film Finances, Inc.; Films Effects; Fine Line Features; Manta Digital Sound & Picture; Mdp Worldwide Entertainment; Numbers Inc; Panavision, Ltd.; Starcraft; TTlTfilm Canada; The Movie Network

Distribution Company

ALLIANCE RELEASING/FINE LINE FEATURES; Fine Line Features; Abfilm; Acme Film; Alfa Films; Alliance Releasing; Alliance Releasing; Ascot Elite Entertainment Group; Bac Films Distribution; Belga Films; Central Film Verleih Gmbh; Concorde Productions; Constantin Film Development, Inc.; Edko Films; Filmauro Distribuzione; Fine Line Features; Forum Film Ltd.; Golden Village; Gulf Film, Llc; Hoyts Distribution; Icon; Icon Uk Group; Imagem Filmes; Independent Films (If); Long Shong Group; Luxor Entertainment (Russia); Mediapro; Metropolitan Filmexport; New Line Home Entertainment; Nordisk Film; Nu-Metro; PathT International; Sam Film; Scanbox Entertainment; Shaw Organization; Sony Pictures Releasing International; Transeuropa Films; United International Pictures; Universal Pictures International; Village Roadshow Limited; Warner Bros. Pictures International

Location

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 38m

Synopsis

Set tomorrow or the day after, in a world where sensation has replaced communication, "Crash" tells the story of James Ballard, a commercial director in the throes of a troubled relationship with his wife, Catherine. One day, Ballard is involved in a car accident that results in the other driver's death. Anxious to come to some understanding with the widow, Helen Remington who, like him, has been injured in the collision, Ballard joins her in an exploration of cars, sex, and death... and the point at which all three meet. Along the way, they encounter Vaughn, a fetishist who recreates and eroticizes famous car crash deaths, and Gabrielle, a woman whose scars and injuries are both disfigurements and decorations. In a world in which people 'love' their cars, "Crash" is the inevitable manifestation of mankind's endless fascination with things mechanical.

Director

David Cronenberg

Cast

James Spader

Holly Hunter

Dr Helen Remington

Elias Koteas

Deborah Kara Unger

Catherine Ballard

Rosanna Arquette

Peter Macneill

Yolande Julian

Cheryl Swarts

Judah Katz

Nicky Guadagni

Ronn Sarosiak

Boyd Banks

Markus Parilo

Alice Poon

John Stoneham

Crew

Lloyd Adams

Scotty Allan

Michael Anderson

Allan Angus

Chris Auty

Co-Executive Producer

J G Ballard

Source Material (From Novel)

John Bannister

Nicolette Beasley

Gordon Becker

Debra Beers

Location Manager

Denis Bellingham

Marco Bianco

Sylvie Bonniere

Sylvie Bonniere

Wardrobe Assistant

Deirdre Bowen

Russell Bowie

2nd Camera Assistant; B-Camera 1st Assistant

Francie Brown

Stephan Carrier

Control Boom Operator

Holly Carroll

Music Preparation

David Orin Charles

Phil Chiu

John Cocks

Shelley Cook

Christian Cooke

Sandy Cooper

B-Camera 2nd Assistant

Tony Cordeiro

Robert Cotnoir

Music Coordinator

Cassandra Cronenberg

Assistant Director Trainee

David Cronenberg

David Cronenberg

Denise Cronenberg

Costume Designer

Kathleen Cummins

Joe Curtin

Construction Coordinator

Chris Czopnik

Sound Effects Editor

Tamara Deverell

Walter Dibacco

Tracey Dodokin

Assistant (To Stephane Reichel)

Kevin Downer

Post-Production Assistant

Leslie Druker

Script Supervisor

Stephan Dupuis

Prosthetics Designer

Peter Ellery

Prudence Emery

David Evans

Sound Effects Supervisor

Nick Fischer

Danielle Fleury

Assistant Set Decorator

John Flynn

Simon Franglen

Electronic Music Preparation

Candide Franklyn

Ian Fraser

Elinor Rose Galbraith

Robert Geenes

Chris Geggie

Property Master

Michael Gibson

Still Photographer

Brenda Gilles

Costume Supervisor

James A Gore

Foley Assistant

Neil Gover

Gary Gray

Gary Gray

Rich Green

Mary-lou Green-benvenuti

Key Hairstylist

Gary Grey

Arv Greywal

Assistant Director

Wayne Griffin

Dialogue Editor Supervisor

Joel Guthro

B-Camera Operator

Michael Hall

1st Camera Assistant

Andras Hamori

Co-Executive Producer

Ted Hanlan

Stunt Coordinator

Jazz Helie

Transportation Coordinator

Jacqui Hemingway

Assistant Head Painter

Ann Henshaw

Costume Coordinator

Bill Hermans

Tim Hilts

Bradford L Hohle

Dolby Stereo Consultant

Tod Holcomb

Associate Music Editor

Shonagh Jabour

Key Makeup Artist

Joanne Jackson

Production Accountant

Katherine James

Delroy P. Jarrett

Jamie Jones

Michael Kavanagh

Special Effects Coordinator

John Keenan

Michael Kirilenko

Steve Klys

Beverley Kolbe

Location Production Assistant

Jeffrey Krebs

Avid Technical Consultant

Joe Lafontaine

Assistant Dialogue Editor

John Laing

Dialogue Editor

Robert Lantos

Executive Producer

Sabri Lariani

Assistant Head Carpenter

Glace W Lawrence

Line Producer'S Intern

David Lee

Bill Leeking

Mark Logan

Assistant Location Manager

Jim Maccammon

Andy Malcolm

Carol Marinoff

Assistant Hairstylist

Frances Mathias

D Mclean

Melissa Morgan

Steve Morrison

Bestboy Electric

Ramona Ng

Assistant (To Stephane Reichel)

Peter Nicolakakos

Lead Set Dresser

Sheri O'rourke

Assistant Props

Ricardo Olivero

Richard Parker

Dennis Pawlik

Special Effects Assistant

Andrew W Peart

Video Playback Operator

Jacqueline Pelle

Suzana Peric

Denis Perrier

Assistant Head Carpenter

Doug Perry

Susan Phillips

Production Coordinator

Dino Pigat

Rerecording Mixer

Michel Poirier

Office Assistant

Tom Quinn

2nd Assistant Director

Branko Racki

Michele Rakich

3rd Assistant Director

Ian Rankin

Control Boom Operator

Matthew J Rawley

Assistant Accountant

Matthew J Rawley

Post-Production Accountant

Stephane Reichel

Bryan Renfro

Dawn Rivard

Jim Robb

Assistant Dialogue Editor

David Rose

Control Boom Operator

Paul Rutledge

Ronald Sanders

Peter Schenkman

Music Contractor

Tad Seaborn

1st Assistant Editor/ Avid

Leslie A. Sebert

Assistant Makeup

Dale Sheldrake

Dialogue Editor

Howard Shore

Music Conductor

Howard Shore

Howard Shore

Lou Solakofski

Rerecording Mixer

Carol Spier

Production Designer

Andrew Stearn

1st Assistant Director

Robert H Steiner

Construction Accountant

Marilyn Stonehouse

Marilyn Stonehouse

Production Manager

Peter Suschitzky

Camera Operator

Peter Suschitzky

Director Of Photography

Orest Sushko

Rerecording Mixer

Peter Szkoda

Jeremy Thomas

Executive Producer

Phillip Tomalin

Assistant (To James Spader)

Brian M Travers

Set Dressing Driver

Abigail Tucker

Assistant Production Coordinator

Ben Tucker

2nd Assistant Music Editor

Sandra Tucker

Post-Production Supervisor

Sandra Tucker

Assistant (To David Gronenberg)

Clive Turner

Sound Effects Editor

Sam Turturici

Anton Tyukodi

Tony Van Den Akker

Foley Recordist

Ron Van Hart

Loretta Vanhart

Assistant Accountant

Grant Volkers

Peter Watson

1st Assistant Editor/ Film

David J Webb

1st Assistant Director

Jonathan Wenk

Still Photographer

Daniel White

Randy Q Wilson

Randy Wilson

Control Boom Operator

Dean Wittaum

Andrea Wood

Business And Legal Affairs

Aaron Woodley

Ron Yolenski

Film Details

MPAA Rating

Genre

Adaptation

Drama

Thriller

Release Date

1996

Production Company

Avid Technology, Inc.; Casablanca Sound Services; Deluxe Entertainment Services Group; Film Finances, Inc.; Films Effects; Fine Line Features; Manta Digital Sound & Picture; Mdp Worldwide Entertainment; Numbers Inc; Panavision, Ltd.; Starcraft; TTlTfilm Canada; The Movie Network

Distribution Company

ALLIANCE RELEASING/FINE LINE FEATURES; Fine Line Features; Abfilm; Acme Film; Alfa Films; Alliance Releasing; Alliance Releasing; Ascot Elite Entertainment Group; Bac Films Distribution; Belga Films; Central Film Verleih Gmbh; Concorde Productions; Constantin Film Development, Inc.; Edko Films; Filmauro Distribuzione; Fine Line Features; Forum Film Ltd.; Golden Village; Gulf Film, Llc; Hoyts Distribution; Icon; Icon Uk Group; Imagem Filmes; Independent Films (If); Long Shong Group; Luxor Entertainment (Russia); Mediapro; Metropolitan Filmexport; New Line Home Entertainment; Nordisk Film; Nu-Metro; PathT International; Sam Film; Scanbox Entertainment; Shaw Organization; Sony Pictures Releasing International; Transeuropa Films; United International Pictures; Universal Pictures International; Village Roadshow Limited; Warner Bros. Pictures International

Location

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 38m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Winner of the Jury Prize at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.

Winner of five Genie Awards by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, including Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, and Best Sound Editing. Also nominated for Best Picture and Best Overall Sound.

Released in United States Spring October 4, 1996

Released in United States on Video August 12, 1997

Released in United States November 1996

Released in United States 1997

Shown at London Film Festival November 7-24, 1996.

Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival January 29 - February 9, 1997.

Began shooting September 27, 1995.

Completed shooting December 10, 1995.

Released in United States Spring October 4, 1996

Released in United States on Video August 12, 1997

Released in United States November 1996 (Shown at London Film Festival November 7-24, 1996.)

Released in United States 1997 (Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival January 29 - February 9, 1997.)

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