Crashing

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.

Cast

Campbell Scott

as Richard McMurray

Lizzy Caplan

as Jacqueline

Izabella Miko

as Kristen

Alex Kingston

as Diane Freed

Stephen Gyllenhaal

as Writer

David Cross

as Space Station Man

Caleigh White

as Space Station Woman

Devin Barry

as Brad

Holly Reiser

as Revised Space Station Woman

Alexandra Safford

as Unseen Woman

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