Crash
Film by Paul Haggis · Released September 10, 2004
Crash is a 2004 American crime drama film directed by Paul Haggis, who co-wrote the screenplay and produced the film with Robert Moresco. A self-described "passion piece" for Haggis, the film features racial and social tensions in Los Angeles and was inspired by a real-life incident in which Haggis's Porsche was carjacked in 1991 outside a video store on Wilshire Boulevard. The film features an ensemble cast, including Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, William Fichtner, Brendan Fraser, Terrence Howard, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Thandiwe Newton, Michael Peña, Larenz Tate and Ryan Phillippe. Crash premiered at the 2004 Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2004, before it was released in theaters on May 6, 2005, by Lions Gate Films.
Cast ages when filming began (December 8, 2003)
- Ryan Phillippe, as Officer Tom Hansen: 29
- Sandra Bullock, as Jean Cabot: 39
- Brendan Fraser, as District Attorney Rick Cabot: 35
- Don Cheadle, as Detective Graham Waters: 39
- Jennifer Esposito, as Ria: 30
- Matt Dillon, as Sergeant John Ryan: 39
- Thandiwe Newton: 31
- Terrence Howard, as Cameron Thayer: 34
- William Fichtner, as Jake Flanagan: 47
- Ludacris: 26
- Larenz Tate, as Peter: 28
- Shaun Toub, as Farhad: 40
- Loretta Devine, as Shaniqua Johnson: 54
- Bahar Soomekh, as Dorri: 28
- Beverly Todd, as Mrs: 57
- Daniel Dae Kim, as Park: 35
- Jack McGee, as Gun Store Owner: 54
- Karina Arroyave, as Elizabeth Ruiz: 34
- Keith David, as Lieutenant Dixon: 47
- Nona Gaye, as Karen: 29
- Tony Danza, as Fred: 52
- Ashlyn Sanchez, as Lara Ruiz: 7
- Bruce Kirby, as "Pop" Ryan: 78
- Kathleen York, as Officer Johnson: 28
- Sylva Kelegian, as Nurse Hodges: 41
- Marina Sirtis, as Shereen: 48