Introduction•Asaknockouthit,itisthrillingandprovocativeinthefilmcirclesof2006.•Inthe78thAcademyAwardsCrashhadsixnominations.ItbecamethebiggestwinnerwiththreeOscarsincludingBestPicture,BestFilmEditing,BestOriginalScreenplay.•Itisanin-depthexplorationonthethemeofracismandprejudice,causeandeffect,chanceandcoincidence,andtragedy.•Itisasocialcommentaryontheinterconnectednessoflifeinthebigcityespeciallyinthepost-911America.Characters:OfficerJohnRyan(MattDillon)ApolicemenofLosAngelesPoliceDepartmentChristineThayer(ThandieNewton)AwhitewifeofblackdirectorCameronThayer(TerrenceDashonHoward)AblackdirectorDet.GrahamWaters(DonCheadle)AchiefofthepoliceOfficerTomHansen(RyanPhillippe)ApolicemenofLosAngelesPoliceDepartmentJeanCabot(SandraBullock)AstandoutwifeofProsecutortransitionalpageMattDillonThandieNewtonTerrenceDashonHowardSandraAnnetteBullockDonCheadleRyanPhillippeThetheme•Thebetweendifferentpeoplefromdifferentbackgroundaresothatmakepeopleevencannotbreath.Crashisjustlikeahotchpotch,whichmovesusisnotbecauseofthecrash,butthe,,respectandthefamilybond.•Thesocietyissocompetitivethateveryonehashisorherownpressure.Theincreasesmoreandmore,distorted,thentogrumpinessandrebelliousness.Ittrulytheessenceofhumanity.Heart’sstruggleandcontradictisanothercrash,buthurtsmost!“Youthinkyouknowwhoyouare”isatypicalsentencewhichtellsthethemeofthisfilm.•allpeoplearebeforethelawdoesn’tmeantheequalshareofthepieforeveryone!intensecollisionsracismculturepressureleadsillustratesequal