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Synopsis: Over a thirty-six hour period in Los Angeles, a handful of disparate people's lives intertwine as they deal with the tense race relations that belie life in the city. Among the players are: the Caucasian district attorney, who uses race as a political card; his Caucasian wife, who, having recently been carjacked by two black men, believes that her stereotypical views of non-whites is justified and cannot be considered racism; the two black carjackers who use their race both to their advantage and as an excuse; partnered Caucasian police constables, one who is a racist and uses his authority to harass non-whites, and the other who hates his partner because of those racist views, but who may have the same underlying values in his subconscious; a black film director and his black wife, who believes her husband doesn't support their black background enough, especially in light of an incident with the racist white cop; partnered police detectives and sometimes lovers, one Hispanic female an
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Paul Haggis
Production: Lions Gate Films
  Won 3 Oscars. Another 64 wins & 111 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.8
Metacritic:
69
Rotten Tomatoes:
74%
R
Year:
2004
112 min
$55,382,847
Website
713 Views


All right, what have we got?

Talk to me, Karen.

Flanagan doesn't think

anybody has the story yet.

I'm the goddamn

District Attorney of Los Angeles.

If my car gets jacked,

it's gonna make news.

F***!

Why did these guys

have to be black?

I mean, why?

No matter how we spin this,

I'm either gonna lose the black vote

or I'm gonna lose the law-and-order vote.

You're worrying too much. You have

a lot of support in the black community.

All right. If we can't duck this thing,

we're gonna have to neutralize it.

What we need is a picture of me

pinning a medal on a black man.

Bruce?

The firefighter.

The one who saved the camp or something.

Northridge. What's his name?

He's lraqi.

He's lraqi?

Well, he looks black.

He's dark-skinned, sir, but he's lraqi.

His name's Saddam Khahum.

Saddam?

His-His name's Saddam?

That's real good, Bruce. I'm gonna pin a medal

on an lraqi named Saddam.

Give yourself a raise, will you?

It's been good

doing business with you.

- How soon can I have them?

- I'm picking them up right now.

Look, you're not listening to me.

This is an emergency.

I keep telling you he's in pain.

He can't sleep.

Mr. Ryan, your father has been to the clinic

three times in the last month.

He is being treated for a urinary tract infection.

That is by no means an emergency.

If you have any more questions

about your HMO plan, why don't you

make an appointment to come in between

1 0:
.00 and 4:.00, Monday through Friday.

What does my father do

about sleeping tonight?

I don't know.

I'm not a doctor.

- I wanna talk to your supervisor.

- I am my supervisor!

- What is your name?

- Shaniqua Johnson.

Shaniqua.

Big f***ing surprise that is.

Bronson Avenue, WestWood.

Vehicle is described as a black

late-model Lincoln Navigator.

California plate

4 Peter Charles lda 31 5.

Suspects are tWo black males,

approximately 20 years of age.

That's not it.

That's not the vehicle, John.

The plates don't match.

The driver's gotta be 40. Nobody jacks a car

and takes it to Studio City.

They were doin' something.

Enthusiastic.

Keep your hands

where I can see 'em, please.

I'm gonna need to see

your driver's license and registration.

No problem.

I'm gonna have to reach inside the glove

compartment to get the registration.

- Is that okay?

- Nice and slow, please.

Okay.

How are you tonight, Officer?

Excellent.

Here you go.

Stay inside the vehicle, please.

Let's do it again right now.

Step outta the car, please, sir.

Wait a minute, Officer.

I haven't been drinking or anything.

Then we shouldn't have a problem.

He doesn't drink.

He's a Buddhist, for Christ's sake.

No, it's okay.

It's fine.

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Paul Haggis

Paul Edward Haggis (born March 10, 1953) is a Canadian director, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known as screenwriter and producer for consecutive Best Picture Oscar winners, 2004's Million Dollar Baby and 2005's Crash, the latter of which he also directed. more…

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