Crash (1996)

Written by J.G. Ballard, David Cronenberg

Directed by David Cronenberg

Running Time: 120 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1996

Rating: 18 Certificate

Production Country: Canada / USA

Filmed in Colour

Released in 1996, David Cronenberg's controversial film of J.G. Ballard's book stars James Spader (pictured) and Holly Hunter (pictured) as car-crash victims who meet again in hospital and find they share a sexual obsession with cars and danger.

As they delve deeper into the world of this fetish, they meet Elias Koteas, who specialises in re-creating famous fatal crashes, and his partner Rosanna Arquette, injured in a crash, who now walks with a brace. Cronenberg follows them as their relationships and obsessions become more intertwined and more and more dangerous.

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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 Hangar
Alice Poon		Camera Girl
John Stoneham Jr.		Trask