Crash - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of Crash or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Crash

[bryan]

Before the 78th Academy Awards, Stephen Colbert predicted Crash would win Best Picture over Brokeback Mountain in an episode of The Colbert Report. After the awards, Colbert celebrated his prediction with balloons coming down from the studio ceilings.

[tom]

Kathleen York, who wrote the Oscar-nominated song "Into the Deep" for this film, made a cameo appearance as the police officer giving the report to Don Cheadle at the officer shooting crime scene.

[phyllis]

Though Sandra Bullock is well renowned for her role and is given top billing, she has only 5 minutes of screentime throughout the entirety of the film.

[sylvia]

William Fichtner's scenes were shot in just one day.

[ivan]

Was the last Academy Award-winning film to be released on VHS in a short-print run.

[leo]

The Yellow Mini Cooper in the garage of stolen cars was director Paul Haggis' car.

[wallace]

The script was written in 2001.

[fred]

Terrence Howard, Keith David and Larenz Tate all previously appeared together in Dead Presidents (1995).

[janice]

At 1:01:30, a wrecked car in the background has the license plate 2GAT123, a prop plate famous for appearing in many movies (L.A. Story, Beverly Hills Cop II, Traffic, etc.) and TV commercials.

[jessica]

The film's make-up artists aged Shaun Toub by about fifteen years.

[gabriel]

Ryan Phillippe appeared in I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) while Jennifer Esposito appeared in the sequel I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998).

[jeffrey]

This movie was particularly controversial when it won the Oscar for Best Picture over the more critically-favored, respected, and commercial hit Brokeback Mountain (2005). The Academy was accused of homophobia, and many said that Crash (2004) benefitted by the Academy's ingrained homophobia. Many felt that Crash (2004) was a safer option since it tackled racism and tolerance, whereas Brokeback Mountain (2005) was a riskier option that the Academy, even at its most progressive, wasn't going to celebrate. Many also felt that Crash (2004) winning over Brokeback Mountain (2005) cemented the notion that the Academy is an out-of-date institution.

[dustin]

In almost every scene, there is a symbol pertaining to Christmas.