One of the better smallscreen series that debuted last year is back for season two on Starz.
Eric Roberts -Starz network's series, "Crash," based on the eponymous film by writer/director Paul Haggis, is back for a second season in September, and boasts the addition of Eric Roberts to the cast. © Chris Hatcher / PR Photos
'Crash" stars Dennis Hopper, and he is joined by new cast members Eric Roberts, Tess Harper, Julie Warner, Jake McLaughlin, Dana Ashbrook and Linda Park.
Roberts is cast as Seth, a billionaire entrepreneur with unfathomable success and drive; Linda Park as Maggie, Seth’s trophy wife who writes of a joyful life in her children’s books but has trouble living it; Jake McLaughlin as Bo, a former high-school pitching ace and shoo-in for the big leagues who was derailed by a career-ending injury; Tess Harper as Bo’s heavy-smoking mother Wendy, who owns a hobby-shop business; Dana Ashbrook as Jimmy, a charismatic gambler and lover trying to put his bad choices behind him; and Julie Warner as Seth’s ambitious right-hand woman.
The setting, like in the eponymous film, is Los Angeles. The city is a shiny, beacon of hope and a pit of despair for many residents. The smoggy sprawl of Los Angeles is the perfect backdrop for the TV series that twines the tales of the famous, and the everyday person in this original effort for Starz. Season two premieres Friday, September 18 at 10:00 p.m. (et/pt).
From Starz, The Premise:
Season two of “Crash” goes beyond the police storylines of the first season to focus on a farther-reaching collection of Angelenos from different social strata as their lives intersect.
Is it by fate or coincidence that a billionaire visionary collapses in a parking lot and is helped by a strip-mall security guard? That a girl is murdered at the athletic club where she works? This season, multiple new storylines explore the human connections made in pivotal moments when characters must literally or figuratively fight for their lives. Nothing seems random in season two of “Crash”; instead, a dreamlike symbolism prevails as characters from far-apart lifestyles encounter and influence each other. Unpredictable. Smart. Fatal. Sexy. Edgy. You never know what’s going to happen on “Crash,” but some greater force seems to be behind the glamour and the darkness.
In season two, storylines will explore how Old Hollywood affects New Hollywood in a string of unsolved murders; whether a ballplayer who missed the big time can ever get over that failure; if the urban homeless can get a second chance; and how the gorgeous dames of L.A.’s film-noir past are not so very different than an ambitious temptress of today who understands what men want. They are all part of the glitz and grit of contemporary Los Angeles.
Returning cast members are Dennis Hopper as former rock-music producer Ben Cendars, just out of rehab and searching for clues surrounding a mysterious death; Jocko Sims as Anthony Adams, whose friendship with Ben will once again be tested when he helps Ben delve into a dangerous murder-mystery; Ross McCall as former cop Kenny Battaglia, a struggling strip-mall guard about to luck into a gig in the world of the super-rich; and Moran Atias as the enigmatic gypsy Inez, now making serious cash working as a hostess at an exclusive men’s club but with cunning aspirations.
Crash: The Complete First Season is being released on DVD and Blu-ray on September 15, 2009 (pre-book August 25) by Anchor Bay Entertainment and Starz Entertainment.
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