Crashing

Crashing

Crashing

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Crashing

2007

1h 20m

5.0(15 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Overview

It sounds like a budding writer's dream: a bestselling first novel, a luxurious house in Malibu, and a trophy wife... But it all unravels when writer's block and a failed marriage send Richard McMurray out into the streets.

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10 featured cast members

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Campbell Scott

Campbell Scott

Richard McMurray

Lizzy Caplan

Lizzy Caplan

Jacqueline

Izabella Miko

Izabella Miko

Kristen

Alex Kingston

Alex Kingston

Diane Freed

Stephen Gyllenhaal

Stephen Gyllenhaal

Writer

David Cross

David Cross

Space Station Man

Caleigh White

Space Station Woman

Devin Barry

Devin Barry

Brad

Holly Reiser

Revised Space Station Woman

Alexandra Safford

Unseen Woman

Creative team

Directed by: Gary Walkow
Written by: Gary Walkow
Alain Silver

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