Three Oscar awarded Hollywood box-office hit ‘Crash’, a human drama will be screened at 6 pm on May 19 at the American Center, Colombo -3.
The movie that attempts to explore the racial attitudes and stereotypes of L.A. was nominated for six and won three Oscars for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay and Best Editing of 2005 at the 78th Academy Awards.
A self-described “passion piece” for director Paul Haggis, Crash was inspired by a real life incident in which his Porsche was carjacked outside a video store on Wilshire Boulevard in 1991.
A powerful story of several sub tales of individuals relate to Graham (Don Cheadle) who is a police detective whose brother is a street criminal, and it hurts him to know his mother cares more about his ne’er-do-well brother than him. Graham’s partner is Ria (Jennifer Esposito), who is also his girlfriend, though she has begun to bristle at his emotional distance, as well as his occasional insensitivity over the fact he’s African-American and she’s Hispanic.
Rick (Brendan Fraser) is an L.A. district attorney whose wife, Jean (Sandra Bullock), makes little secret of her fear and hatred of people unlike herself. Jean’s worst imaginings about people of color are confirmed when her SUV is carjacked by two African-American men -- Anthony (Chris Bridges, aka Ludacris), who dislikes white people as much as Jean hates blacks, and Peter (Larenz Tate), who is more open minded. Cameron (Terrence Howard) is a well-to-do African-American television producer with a beautiful wife, Christine (Thandie Newton).
A provocative, unflinching look at the complexities of racial conflict in America, ‘Crash’ is that rare cinematic event - a film that challenges audiences to question their own prejudices.
The film stars Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, William Fichtner, Brendan Fraser, Terrence Howard, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Thandie Newton, Ryan Phillippe and Larenz Tate.
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