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A multiple-car crash investigation headed by Detective Graham Waters (Don Cheadle, Ocean’s 11 & 12, Hotel Rwanda), forces an in-depth examination of a series of dramatic events involving a multicultural cross section of LA residents from the previous thirty-six hours.

The chain of events is triggered when the district attorney, Richard Cabot (Brendan Fraser, The Quiet American, Gods and Monsters) and his wife Jean (Sandra Bullock, Murder By Numbers, 28 Days), have their car hijacked at gunpoint by two young black men, Peter (Larenz Tate, Ray, A Man Apart) and Anthony (Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges, 2Fast 2Furious).

In another incident, veteran LAPD cop (Matt Dillon, Wild Things) takes out his racist frustrations in a horrific abuse of power on an affluent and innocent black couple (Thandie Newton, Mission: Impossible II) in full view of his young and disapproving partner (Ryan Phillippe, Gosford Park, Cruel Intentions). Elsewhere, a distrusting Iranian shop-owner engages in a tense argument with the Mexican locksmith who has just given him some friendly advice about his security arrangements.

As the night wears on these chance encounters prove their drastic significance for everyone involved. Each of them must face up to the consequences that their actions have had for others, but also to the surprising revelations they discover about themselves and their prejudices.

Packed with special features on DVD, Crash includes a commentary by Paul Haggis, Don Cheadle and Bobby Moresco, a behind-the-scenes featurette, and a bonus music video. Witness the wreckage that human prejudice can create in one of the most intelligent and thought-provoking films of the year and ask yourself the question – do you know who you are?

Caroline (Kate Hudson) is a twenty-five-year-old hospice worker who cares for the ailing and the elderly, a job designed to atone for her own mistake for ignoring her dying father in the past, when she had been a rock 'n' roll manager. After her latest charge passes away, Caroline takes a job in Louisiana, caring for Ben (John Hurt), a stroke-victim who is bed-ridden and cannot speak. But Caroline becomes suspicious of the house, and Luke's cold wife, Violet (Gena Rowlands) only adds to the creepy atmosphere. After acquiring a skeleton key, Caroline makes her way into a secret room within the attic where she discovers hair, blood, bones, spells, and other instruments for practicing voodoo. Violet says she has never been in the secret room, but that the items probably belonged to the original owners' two houseworkers, who practiced black magic and were lynched as a result. Noting that Ben had his stroke in the attic after entering the room, Caroline is determined to unlock the secrets of the house, and rescue Ben from the horrors that hold him captive within.

At New York's Central Park Zoo, a lion (Stiller), a zebra (Rock), a giraffe (Schwimmer), and a hippo (Smith) are best friends and stars of the show. But when one of the animals goes missing from their cage, the other three break free to look for him, only to find themselves reunited ... on a ship en route to the island of Madagascar. When their vessel capsizes off the coast, however, the friends, who have all been raised in captivity, learn first-hand what life can be like in the wild.