CRASH – Awards and Nominations

Jennifer Esposito, Don Cheadle in Crash

Unless otherwise noted, all Crash awards and nominations are for the year 2005.
Photos: Lorey Sebastian / © Lions Gate Films Inc.

Academy Awards: 3 wins (best film; best original screenplay, Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco; best editing, Hughes Winborne);

3 additional nominations (best director, Paul Haggis; best supporting actor, Matt Dillon; best song, "In the Deep," music by Kathleen “Bird” York and Michael Becker, lyric by Kathleen “Bird” York)

American Cinema Editors: 1 win (best edited feature – dramatic, Hughes Winborne)
Art Directors Guild: 1 nomination (best production design – contemporary film, Laurence Bennett)
British Academy Awards: 2 wins (best supporting actress, Thandie Newton; best original screenplay, Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco);

7 additional nominations (best film; best director, [...]

CRASH – Sandra Bullock, Matt Dillon, Ryan Phillippe

Crash (2005)
Director: Paul Haggis
Screenplay: Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, William Fichtner, Brendan Fraser, Terrence Howard, Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges, Thandie Newton, Ryan Phillippe, Larenz Tate, Michael Peña, Shaun Toub
 
Ryan Phillippe in Crash
 

Screenwriter Paul Haggis‘ multiple award-winning directorial début is set in a Los Angeles that is part Quentin Tarantino, part Paul Thomas Anderson, part Spike Lee, and part Bret Easton Ellis; it is also a surreal place that has precious little in common with the actual Southern California metropolis.
Crash is all about how the Angeleno boiling — definitely not melting — pot is about to explode at any minute. According to Haggis and co-screenwriter Bobby Moresco, Los Angeles denizens spend all [...]

Las Vegas Film Critics Awards 2005

2005 Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
2005 Las Vegas Film Critics Society winners: December 19, 2005
 

Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain
 

Best Film: Brokeback Mountain
Runners-up:
Crash
King Kong
Good Night and Good Luck.
A History of Violence
Cinderella Man
The Constant Gardener
Capote
The New World
Walk the Line
Best Foreign-Language Film: Kung Fu Hustle by Stephen Chow
Best Documentary: March of the Penguins by Luc Jacquet
Best Animated Film: Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit by Nick Park and Steve Box
Best Director: Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Best Actor: Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain
Best Actress: Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line
Best Supporting Actor: Matt Dillon, Crash
Best Supporting Actress: Frances McDormand, North Country
Best Screenplay: Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco, Crash
Best Cinematography: Andrew Lesnie, King Kong
Best Film Editing: [...]

Dallas-Ft. Worth Film Critics Awards 2005

2005 Dallas-Ft. Worth Film Critics Association Awards
2005 Dallas-Ft. Worth Film Critics Association Award winners: December 19, 2005
 

Michelle Williams, Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain
 

Best Film: Brokeback Mountain
Runners-up: Capote, Good Night and Good Luck., Crash, Cinderella Man, Syriana, Pride & Prejudice, A History of Violence, King Kong, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Best Foreign-Language Film: Paradise Now by Hany Abu-Assad
Runners-up: Kung Fu Hustle, Downfall, Nobody Knows, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Best Director: Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Runners-up: George Clooney, Good Night and Good Luck.; Bennett Miller, Capote; Peter Jackson, King Kong; Paul Haggis, Crash
Best Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
Runners-up: Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain; David Strathairn, Good Night and Good Luck.; Joaquin Phoenix, Walk the Line; [...]