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James Ballard and his wife, Catherine are taken with telling each other about their extramarital exploits. Then James is involved in a car crash that kills the husband of Dr. Helen Remington and seriously injures Helen and James. While recuperating from their injuries, Helen and James discover the e...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Crash (Motion picture : 1996)
Criterion collection ; 349.
Main Author: Shore, Howard (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Voyager Company
New Line Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Cronenberg, David, 1943- (Producer, Director)
Lantos, Robert, 1949- (Producer)
Thomas, Jeremy (Producer)
Spader, James (Actor)
Hunter, Holly, 1958- (Actor)
Koteas, Elias, 1961- (Actor)
Unger, Deborah Kara (Actor)
Arquette, Rosanna, 1959- (Actor)
Suschitzky, Peter (Cinematographer)
Spier, Carol
Cronenberg, Denise
Sanders, Ronald (Editor of moving image work)
Ballard, J. G., 1930-2009
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Published: Irvington, N.Y. : Voyager Co./New Line Home Video, [1997], ©1996.
Edition:Director approved special edition.
Series:Criterion collection ; 349.
Subjects:
Ballard, J. G., > 1930-2009 > Film adaptations.
Erotic films.
Traffic accident victims > Drama.
Fetishism (Sexual behavior) > Drama.
Ballard, J. G., > 1930-2009.
Fetishism (Sexual behavior)
Traffic accident victims.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Drama.
Genre:
Film adaptations.
Drama.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Erotic films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 12 in.
Variant Title:
David Cronenberg's Crash
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
James Ballard and his wife, Catherine are taken with telling each other about their extramarital exploits. Then James is involved in a car crash that kills the husband of Dr. Helen Remington and seriously injures Helen and James. While recuperating from their injuries, Helen and James discover the erotic thrill they experience from car-crashes. This eventually brings them into contact with Vaughan, a "scientist" and Gabrielle, the "mascot" for a sexual subculture of car-crash/erotica enthusiasts.
Note:Originally released as motion picture in 1996.
Based on the book: Crash / by J.G. Ballard.
Videorecording.
Call Number:PN1995.9.S45 C73 1997 Video (12 inch) disc
Audience:
MPAA rating: NC-17
Awards:1996 Cannes International Film Festival Special Jury Prize for Originality, Daring and Audacity.
ISBN:155940843X
9781559408431
Credits:Produced and directed by David Cronenberg ; executive producers, Robert Lantos and Jeremy Thomas ; director of photography, Peter Suschitzky ; production design by Carol Spier ; costume design by Denise Cronenberg ; edited by Ronald Sanders ; music by Howard Shore.
System Details:LaserDisc; Extended play (CLV); original aspect ratio (1.66:1, letterboxed); digtal sound; Dolby surround stereo.
Cast:
James Spader (James Ballard), Holly Hunter (Helen Remington), Elias Koteas (Vaughan), Deborah Kara Unger (Catherine Ballard), Rosanna Arquette (Gabrielle).