1. "Crash" has a budget of only 7 million U.S. dollars, but it has recruited star-studded actors such as Sandra Bullock, Don Chandler, Matt Dillon, Brandon Fraser, etc.
2. After Sandra Bullock decided to star in the film, she actually paid her own money and rushed to the shooting scene. Before Ryan Phillips signed to play the role of Hansen in the film, Heath Ledger also had talks with the producers about this role.
3. One of the inspirations for the film creation is that the director Paul Haggis once crashed into a car.
4 The Cabot’s house in the film actually belongs to the film’s director Paul Haggis himself.
5. Since the budget of the film is only 6 million US dollars, in order to save money, director Paul Haggis even used his own house and his car in some scenes.
6. Although the film was first released in 2004 (Canada), but because it was not released in Los Angeles (Oscar selection rules require that films participating in the selection must be shown in Los Angeles for at least 1 week), the film cannot participate in the 2004 Oscar selection; Therefore, when the film was released in Los Angeles in 2005, it was in full compliance with the 2005 Oscar selection, and finally won the Oscar for Best Picture of that year.
7. This is the only time the best film of this year was released before the last best film (the 2004 best film "Million Dollar Baby" was released on December 15, 2004, and the film was released in 2005) The film was released on September 10, 2004).
8. Arnold Schwarzenegger also appeared in this film; but not as an actor, but his portrait as the governor of California hung on the wall of Dixon's office.
9. The original choice for the role of District Attorney Rick Cabot in the film was originally John Cusack, but the final choice was Brandon Fisher.
10. At the Toronto International Film Festival in 2004, Lionsgate bought the distribution rights for the film for US$4 million.
11. William Fidnell completed the filming of all his scenes in just one day.
12. Due to the low budget of the film, the crew only had 6 police cars at their disposal during the filming.
13. Martin Norseman, who plays detective Conklin in the film, is actually the neighbor of director Paul Haggis in real life.
14. In the film, the yellow Mini Cooper stolen in the garage is the car of director Paul Haggis.
15. Two Koreans acted as a Korean couple in the film.
16. The filming of the film only took 36 days.
17. The director Paul Haggis originally planned to arrange for Christine to drive a Lexus SUV or similar car to show her social status; however, due to the arrangement of the script, the car would be crashed in a traffic accident later. Considering the film’s low budget, a 1992 jeep was later used.
18. Like "Blues on Hill Street" (1981), Beverly Todd and Don Chandel once again played a mother and son.
19. Terrence Howard and Don Cheadle both starred in the film; Howard once participated in the "Iron Man" (2008) performance, but this role was replaced by Chandle in the sequel.
20. Although Sandra Bullock has a brilliant role in this film, she actually plays less than 6 minutes in the whole film.
