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Crash (1996)

6.4 | Jul 17, 1996 (CA) | Thriller, Drama | 01:40
dying and death adultery husband wife relationship based on novel or book sexual obsession pain sadism sexuality obsession fetish eroticism car journey fetishism wound masochism deceived husband cult hospital car accident car wreck anti-social behaviour romantic symphoriphilia
Budget: 9 000 000 | Revenue: 2 671 855

Shocking. Powerful. Scandalous. Provocative. Erotic. Brilliant.

After getting into a serious car accident, a TV director discovers an underground sub-culture of scarred, omnisexual car-crash victims, and he begins to use car accidents and the raw sexual energy they produce to try to rejuvenate his sex life with his wife.

Featured Crew

Producer, Director, Writer
Executive Producer
First Assistant Director
Makeup Artist
Novel
Special Effects Coordinator
Gaffer
Original Music Composer
Stunts
Special Effects Makeup Artist

Cast

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James Spader
James Ballard
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Holly Hunter
Helen Remington
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Elias Koteas
Vaughan
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Deborah Kara Unger
Catherine Ballard
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Rosanna Arquette
Gabrielle
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Peter MacNeill
Colin Seagrave
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Cheryl Swarts
Vera Seagrave
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Yolande Julian
Airport Hooker
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Nicky Guadagni
Tattooist
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Ronn Sarosiak
A.D.

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Opening in Canadian Theatres August 14

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Reviews

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JPV852
6 | Dec 12, 2020
I don't have a whole lot of experience with David Cronenberg's films and this is the first of his I've watched in a long time. Pretty obvious with the symbolism he was after but this isn't something I particularly engaged with despite the committed performances from the cast, although Elias Koteas was creepy good. No real plot with this one and by the end, while a unique movie for sure, not really sure I have much desire to watch again (at least anytime soon). **3.0/5**
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talisencrw
9 | May 11, 2016
One thing has to be said in my fellow Canadian David Cronenberg's favour--At least for the first 25-or-so years of his filmmaking career, he has always been one of the most surprising and brilliant minds of 'body-related horror', and from every conceivable angle. What other mind--out of 7 billion possibilities--could have come up with this, the combining of erotic pleasure with car crashing? He sure must have been an interesting catch in his early dating years, for the adventurous women out there...