Crash

1996
NC-17
1h 40m

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6.4/10

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Rosanna Arquette, Elias Koteas, James Spader, and Deborah Kara Unger in Crash (1996)

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A car crash victim suddenly finds himself turned on by car accidents and becomes involved with an underground sub-culture of like-minded souls.A car crash victim suddenly finds himself turned on by car accidents and becomes involved with an underground sub-culture of like-minded souls.A car crash victim suddenly finds himself turned on by car accidents and becomes involved with an underground sub-culture of like-minded souls.

Director
- David Cronenberg
Writers
- J.G. Ballard
- David Cronenberg
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.4/10

68K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

272

707

Director
- David Cronenberg
Writers
- J.G. Ballard
- David Cronenberg
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 9 wins & 6 nominations total

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Trailer 1:58

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Trivia
Sex scenes between James Ballard and his secretary were filmed but cut because director David Cronenberg felt the actors' chemistry was too good, contravening the nature of all the other relationships in the film.

Goofs
After Vaughan repeatedly crashes the left front bumper of his Lincoln into a junker James Ballard is sitting in, causing major damage to the bumper and the lights, Vaughan is soon shown driving on the highway with no damage to the bumper and both left lights operational.

Quotes
[Last lines]
James Ballard: Katherine, are you all right?
Catherine Ballard: James. I don't know.
James Ballard: Are you Hurt?
Catherine Ballard: I think I'm all right...
[James starts groping and kissing her]
Catherine Ballard: ... I think I'm all right.
James Ballard: Maybe the next time, darling. Maybe the next time.

Alternate versions
According to Issue 58 of Film Ireland magazine, the Irish censors imposed 35s worth of dialogue cuts on the cinema release - this affected the sex scene where Catherine fantasizes about Vaughn to James. It's speculated this was actually done not due to the content, but to dissuade the distributors from submitting the uncut version on video (which could cause controversy in a less restricted environment) - however, all video releases are uncut and still rated 18.

Connections
Featured in Late Review: Censorship and Cronenberg 's Crash (1996)

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I liked it

I had read the novel and was very curious to see what David Cronenberg would do. The book was somewhat better, but I thought the movie was very intelligent, disturbing and outrageous. The cast does well, especially Deborah Kara Unger, who gives the best performance in the movie. As usual, Cronenberg creates another world, and either you want to go there or not, but this time it ended up being fascinating, for me at least.