Crash

Based On the book by J. G. Ballard

Crash is a 1996 Canadian erotic psychological thriller film written, produced and directed by David Cronenberg, based on J. G. Ballard's 1973 novel of the same name. Starring James Spader, Deborah Kara Unger, Elias Koteas, Holly Hunter and Rosanna Arquette, it follows a film producer who, after surviving a car crash, becomes involved with a group of symphorophiliacs who are aroused by car crashes and tries to rekindle his sexual relationship with his wife. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, where it received the Special Jury Prize, a unique award that is distinct from the Jury Prize as it is not given annually, but only at the request of the official jury (for example, the previous year, both a Jury Prize and a Special Jury Prize were awarded). When then-jury president Francis Ford Coppola announced the award "for originality, for daring and for audacity", he stated that it had been a controversial choice and that certain jury members "did abstain very passionately".

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Release date:

May 17, 1996

Director:

David Cronenberg

Cast:

James Spader, Deborah Kara Unger, Elias Koteas, Holly Hunter, Rosanna Arquette

Genre:

Drama, LGBTQ-related, Erotic thriller

Country:

United Kingdom, Canada

Language:

English

Year page:

1996 in adaptations