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Crash (1996)
Country of Origin:
Canada/France/UK
Year of Production: 1996
Running Times: 100 mins
Length: 2840 metres
Format: colour 35mm
Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound: Dolby SDDS
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Alliance Communications Corporation/Recorded
Picture Company/The Movie Network/Téléfilm Canada
Executive Producers: Robert Lantos, Jeremy Thomas
Co-Executive Producers: Chris Auty, Andras Hamori
Producer: David Cronenberg
Co-Producers: Stéphane Reichel, Marilyn Stonehouse
Production Manager: Marilyn Stonehouse
Production Coordinator: Susan Phillips
Assistant Production Coordinator: Abigail Tucker
SCRIPT
Script: David Cronenberg
Novel: J.G. Ballard
DIRECTION
Director: David Cronenberg
1st Assistant Director: David J. Webb
2nd Assistant Director: Tom Quinn
3rd Assistant Director: Michele Rakich
Trainee Assistant Director: Cassandra Cronenberg
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography/Camera Operator: Peter Suschitzky
B Camera Operator: Joel Guthro
Motocam Operator: Jamie Jones
1st Assistant Camera: Michael Hall
2nd Assistant Camera: Russel Bowie
1st Assistant B Camera: Russel Bowie
2nd Assistant B Camera: Sandy Cooper
Gaffer: Scotty Allan
Electricians: Delroy P. Jarrett, Jim MacCammon, Michael Anderson
Best Boy Electric: Steven Morrisson
Generator Operators: Allan Angus, Neil Gover
Key Grip: Michael Kirilenko
Grips: Samuel Turturici, Steve Klys
Best Boy Grip: Ron Yolevsky
Dolly Grip: Candide Franklyn
Camera Trainees: Jacqueline Pelle, Rich Green
Stills: Jonathan Wenk, Michael Gibson
Video Playback Operator: Andrew W. Peart
Colour Timer: Ricardo Olivero
Grip and Lighting Equipment: Panavision Canada
Panaflex Cameras and Lenses: Panavision
Lab: DeLuxe
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Ronald Sanders
1st Assistant Editor: Peter Watson
1st Assistant Avid Editor: Tad Seaborn
Editing Interns: Aaron Woodley, Kathleen Cummins
Post-Production Supervisor: Sandra Tucker
Post-Production Coordinator: Samantha Dubiel
Post-Production Assistant: Kevin Downer
Avid Technical Consultant: Jeffrey Krebs
Edited On: Avid Film Composer
Negative Cutting: Francont Film
Video Transfer: Magnetic North
MUSIC
Music/Conductor/Orchestrator: Howard Shore
Music Coordinator: Robert Cotnoir
Music Scoring Engineer: Gary Gray
Music Recording: Manta Eastern Sound Ltd
Music Editor: Suzana Peric
2nd Assistant Music Editor: Ben Tucker
Associate Music Editor: Tod Holcomb
Music Preparation: Holly Carroll
Electronic Music Preparation: Simon Franglen
Music Contractor: Peter Schenkman
SOUND
Sound Mixer: David Lee
2nd Engineer: Bill Hermans
Boom Operator: Denis Bellingham
Re-Recording Mixers: Dino Pigat, Lou Solakofski, Orest Sushko
Supervising Dialogue Editor: Wayne Griffin
Dialogue Editors: Dale Sheldrake, John Laing
Assistant Dialogue Editors: James Robb, Joe Lafontaine
ADR Recordist: Christian T. Cooke
Sound Effects Supervisor: David Evans
Sound Effects Editors: John Douglas Smith, Tom Bjelic
Assistant Sound Effects Editors: Chris Czopnik, Clive Turner
Foley Recordist: Tony Van den Akker
Foley Artist: Andy Malcolm
Foley Assistant: James A. Gore
Dolby Technical Consultant: Bradford L. Hohle
Sound Editing/Transfers/ADR Recording/Re-Recording Facilities:
Casablanca Sound Services (Toronto)
Foley Recorded At: DeLuxe Toronto
COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Key Make Up: Shonagh Jabour
Make Up: Kathrine James
Assistant Make Up: Leslie Sebert
Key Hair: Mary Lou Green
Hair: Frances Mathias
Assistant Hair: Carol Marinoff
Costume Designer: Denise Cronenberg
Assistant Costume Designer: Ann Henshaw (uncredited)
Costume Supervisor: Brenda Gilles
Costume Coordinator: Ann Henshaw
Wardrobe Assistant/Seamstress: Sylvie Bonniere
SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS
Special Effects Makeup: Stephan Dupuis
Prosthetics Designer: Stephan Dupuis
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Coordinator: Michael Kavanagh
Special Effects: Dawn Rivard
Special Effects Assistants: Warren Appleby, Dennis Pawlik
Shop Coordinator: Dawn Rivard
VISUAL EFFECTS
Title Designers: Film Effects Inc
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Carol Spier
Art Director: Tamara Deverell
1st Assistant Art Director: Andrew M. Stearn
3rd Assistant Art Director: Arvinder Grewal
Set Decorator: Elinor Rose Galbraith
Assistant Set Decorator: Danielle Fleury
On-Set Dresser: Nick Fischer
Set Dresser: David Orin Charles
Lead Set Dresser: Peter P. Nicolakakos
Property Master: Christopher Geggie
Assistant Props: Sheri O'Rourke
Construction Coordinator: Joe Curtin
Construction Accountant: Robert Steiner
Head Carpenter: Ian Fraser
Assistant Head Carpenters: Denis Perrier, Sabri Lariani
Carpenters: Gordon Becker, John Keenan
Head Painter: Melissa Morgan
Assistant Head Painter: Jacqui Hemingway
Stand-By Painter: John Flynn
Scenic Artist: S. John Bannister
OTHER CREW
Script Supervisor: Leslie Druker
Production Accountant: Joanne Jackson
Post-Production Accountant: Matthew J. Rawley
Assistant Accountants: Matthew J. Rawley, Loretta Vanhart
Payroll Services: Payments Plus
Preproduction Coordinator: Shelley A. Boylen
Assistant to David Cronenberg: Sandra Tucker
Assistants to Stéphane Reichel: Ramona Ng, Tracey Dodokin
Assistant to James Spader: Phillip Tomalin
Line Producer's Intern: Glace W. Lawrence
Publicist: Prudence Emery
Business and Legal Affairs: Andrea Wood
Transportation Coordinator: Jazz Helie
Driver Captain: Tim Hilts
Picture Car Captain: Bill Leeking
Head Driver: Dean Wittaum
Drivers: Doug Perry, Grant Volkers, John Cocks, Robert Geeves, Walter
Di Bacco
Set Dressing Department Driver: Brian M. Travers
Transportation Department Driver: Ted Nobles (uncredited)
Colourist: Bill Holley (uncredited)
Control Room Operators: Dave Rose, Ian Rankin, Randy Wilson, Steph
Carrier
Technician: Danny White
Deliveries Coordinator: Nicolette Beasley
Dialect Coach: Francie Brown
Production Financing: Royal Bank of Canada
Completion Guaranty: Film Finances Canada (1984) Inc
World Revenues Collected and Distributed By: Meespierson Royalty Management
and Collection, B.V.
Edge Coding: Numbers
Craft Service: Starcraft Services Inc.
Catering: Studio Film Catering
LOCATIONS
Locations: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Location Manager: Debra Beers
Assistant Location Manager: Mark Logan
Location Production Assistant: Beverley Kolbe
STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Ted Hanlan
Stunt Drivers: Anthony Tyukodi, Branko Racki, Bryan Renfro, D. McLean,
Lloyd Adams, Marco Bianco, Paul Rutledge, Peter Ellery, Peter Szkoda,
Phil Chiu, Rick Parker, Ron Vanhart, Shelley Cook, Tony Cordeiro
CASTING
Extras Casting: Donna Dupere, Donna Dupere Casting
Extras Casting Assistant: Aric Dupere (uncredited)
CAST
James Spader (James Ballard)
Holly Hunter (Helen Remington)
Elias Koteas (Vaughan)
Deborah Kara Unger (Catherine Ballard)
Rosanna Arquette (Gabrielle)
Peter MacNeill (Colin Seagrave)
Yolande Julian (airport hooker)
Cheryl Swarts (Vera Seagrave)
Judah Katz (salesman)
Nicky Guadagni (tattooist)
Ronn Sarosiak (A.D.)
Boyd Banks (grip)
Markus Parilo (man in hanger)
Alice Poon (camera girl)
John Stoneham Jr (Trask)
David Cronenberg
(voice of auto wreck salesman - uncredited)
Jordan-Patrick Marcantonio (man in tattoo parlour - uncredited)
Stand-In for Elias Koteas: Chris Gibson
Stand-In James Spader: Mark Adams
Stand-In for Holly Hunter: Linda Terrio
Stand-In for Deborah Kara Unger: Christine Manning
PLOT SUMMARY
Severely injured in a car crash that kills the husband of Dr Helen
Remington, James Ballard becomes increasingly obsessed with the sexuality
of violent traffic accidents. As his already loveless relationship
with his wife Catherine becomes more fraught, he falls in with a strange
cult who gain sexual gratification from restaging the crashes that
killed celebrities.
CAPSULE REVIEW
As an adaptation of J.G. Ballard's
masterly, uncompromising novel, Crash is undoubtedly a failure. As
a film in its own right, it's not without interest though it's
far from Cronenberg at his best. The chief problem is that the audience
can never identify with or engage with any of the characters, who
are so far from the mainstream of any society that they almost seem
like aliens. This, of course, was the whole point, but the result
is a brilliantly made but cold and alienating film. A brave and noble
attempt to film the unfilmable, but one that was perhaps doomed from
the start.
AVAILABILITY
Germany
DVD Distributor: Kinowelt (D 1855)
Hong Kong
Laserdisc Distributor: Mei-Ah Laserdisc
Spain
Theatrical Distributor: José Frade Producciones Cinematográficas
S.A.
UK
Theatrical Distributor: Columbia TriStar
USA
Theatrical Distributor: Fine Line Features
Video Distributor: New Line Cinema
Laserdisc Distributor: Criterion (CC 1500L)
DVD Distributor: New Line Home Video (N4681)
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Australia
Rating: R
Canada
Rating: R
Chile
Rating: 18
Finland
Rating: K-16
France
Rating: -16
Germany
Rating: 18
Hong Kong
Rating: III
Ireland
Rating: 18
Italy
Rating: VM18
Norway
Rating: 18
Portugal
Rating: M/18
The version initially released on video was the version prepared in
the States for rental through the Blockbuster chain and is missing
some 10 minutes of sexually explicit footage.
Spain
Rating: 18
Sweden
Rating: 15
UK
Rating: 18
USA
Rating: NC-17 (for numerous explicit sex scenes (uncut version));
R (cut version)
The R rated version released on video through Blockbuster is missing
some 10 minutes of sexually explicit footage.
AWARDS
1996
Cannes Film Festival, France
Jury Special Prize (David Cronenberg) - winner
Golden Palm (David Cronenberg) - nominated
Genie Awards, Canada
Best Achievement in Cinematography (Peter Suschitzky) - winner
Best Achievement in Direction (David Cronenberg) - winner
Best Achievement in Editing (Ronald Sanders) - winner
Best Achievement in Sound Editing (Tom Bjelic, David Evans, Wayne
Griffin, John Laing, Andy Malcolm, Dale Sheldrake, John Douglas Smith)
- winner
Best Adapted Screenplay (David Cronenberg) - winner
Golden Reel Award (Robert Lantos, Jeremy Thomas, David Cronenberg)
- winner
Best Achievement in Overall Sound (Tony Van den Akker, David Lee,
Dino Pigat, Lou Solakofski, Orest Sushko, Christian T. Cooke) - nominated
Best Motion Picture (David Cronenberg) - nominated
1998
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
Best Sound Editing: Foreign Feature - nominated
TIMELINE
1996
March
Day Unknown: Laserdisc Distributor: Mei-Ah Laserdisc
May
17: France – shown at the Cannes Film Festival
July
17: France – theatrical release
September
6: South Africa – theatrical release
October
1: Spain – theatrical release
4: Canada, Portugal – theatrical release
25: Norway, Taiwan – theatrical release
30: Belgium – theatrical release
31: Germany – theatrical release
November
1: Finland – theatrical release
9: UK – shown at the London Film Festival
15: Italy – theatrical release
21: Argentina – theatrical release
28: Hungary – theatrical release
30: Sweden – theatrical release
1997
January
4: Greece – theatrical release
9: Czech Republic – theatrical release
16: Hong Kong – theatrical release
17: Poland – theatrical release
25: Japan – theatrical release
30: Australia – theatrical release
February
21: Denmark – theatrical release
March
21: Panama, USA – theatrical release
April
18: Iceland – theatrical release
June
6: UK – theatrical release
August
7: New Zealand – theatrical release
September
24: USA - laserdisc release (Criterion (CC 1500L))
March
7: South Korea – theatrical release
1998
November
17: USA - DVD release (New Line Home Video (N4681))
2001
November
29: Russia - DVD release
POSTER TAGS
Love in the dying moments of the twentieth century.
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Karambol – Hungarian title
Trk – Slovenian title
LINKS
SEE ALSO
Tetsuo (1988)
FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
David Cronenberg: I Have to Make the Word be Flesh (1999)
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
cinema 24 October 1996 (Germany)
review (by Gebhard Hoelzl)
Empire February 1997 p.28 (UK)
review (by Kim Newman)
Empire July 1997 p.40 (UK)
review (by Kim Newman)
Empire July 1998 p.113 (UK)
review (by Andrew Collins)
epd Film vol.13 no.11 (1 November 1996) pp.42-43
(Germany)
review (by Georg Seeßlen)
Film Review March 1997 p.23 (UK)
review (by Ian Calcutt)
Imágenes December 1996 p.112 (Spain)
review (by Quim Casas)
Première August 1996 p.17 (France)
review (by Diasteme)
Studio July/August 1996 p.11 (France)
review (by Christophe D'Yvoire)
Total Film July 1997 p.102 (UK)
review (by Chris Diaz)
Visao 17 October 1996 p.88 (Portugal)
review (by Joao Mario Grilo)
NEWSPAPERS
Expresso, Cartaz 28 June 1997 (Portugal)
review (by Jorge Leitao Ramos)
A Capital, Guia TV 20 June 1997 (Portugal)
review (by Rui Brazuna)
Svenska Dagbladet 29 November 1996 (Sweden)
review (En film om samlag, bilåkande och krockar by Jan Söderqvist)
KEYWORDS
adultery; apocalyptic; automobiles;
book into film; car accidents; cars; erotica; fetishes; homosexuality;
infidelity; lesbianism; obsession; sex; tattoos
Last Updated:
1 January, 2009
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