Movie: Crash (1996)
- Director: David Cronenberg
- Release Date: 16 January 1997 (Hong Kong)
- Writers: J.G. Ballard (novel) David Cronenberg (written by)
- Run Time: 100 min | 90 min (R-rated version)
- Country: Canada , UK
- Genre: Drama , Thriller
- MPAA: Rated NC-17 for numerous explicit sex scenes.; Rated R for accident gore, some graphic language and aberrant sexual content. (edited version)
Tagline: The most controversial film you will ever see.
Trivia: In the UK this film is banned from sale or theatrical exhibition within the city of Westminster (London), although it is possible buy the DVD in greater London and (in theory) see the film at a cinema outside of Westminster (this was true at the time of cinematic release). Also, similar theatrical bans were placed in other parts of the UK cities (including Chester, Cardiff and Durham to name a few…)
Goofs: Continuity: After Vaughan repeatedly crashes the left front bumper of his Lincoln into a junker James Ballard is sitting in, causing major damage to the bumper and the lights, Vaughan is soon shown driving on the highway with no damage to the bumper and both left lights operational.
“Since a road accident left him with serious facial and bodily scarring, a former TV scientist has become obsessed by the marriage of motor-car technology with what he sees as the raw sexuality of car-crash victims. The scientist, along with a crash victim he has recently befriended, sets about performing a series of sexual acts in a variety of motor vehicles, either with other crash victims or with prostitutes whom they contort into the shape of trapped corpses. Ultimately, the scientist craves a suicidal union of blood, semen, and engine coolant, a union with which he becomes dangerously obsessed. Written by Matt A. Knapp <mak8@le.ac.uk>”
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