Paul Haggis produced, directed, and co-wrote Crash, a 2004 crime drama film. The film, which Haggis describes as a “passion piece,” depicts racial and social problems in Los Angeles and was inspired by a true story in which Haggis’ Porsche was carjacked outside a video store on Wilshire Boulevard in 1991.
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The film earned several accolades and nominations. The cast was also nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture.
The film got six Academy Award nominations, with three of them being controversially awarded at the 78th Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Film Editing.
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It was also nominated for nine BAFTA Awards, with Newton winning one of them for Best Supporting Actress.

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Why did Paul Haggis write crash?
Haggis claimed that he wrote Crash to “bust liberals,” claiming that his liberal peers were not being honest with themselves about the nature of race and racism because they believed that the majority of racial issues in American culture had already been addressed.


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