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Bob Yari, a producer who worked on the film, has already sued his former production partner over the credits issue and is contemplating suing the Producers Guild of America, which this year took the trouble of assigning credit off the hands of the academy by making eligibility determinations that the Oscars will honor. For his part, Mr. Yari, who owns the Yari Film Group in Los Angeles, believes that the stigma belongs to the guild, and by proxy the academy, for ignoring his role in "Crash." The guild and the academy have both credited the writer-director Paul Haggis and Mr. Yari's former producing partner Cathy Schulman with producing the film. He said that he is absolutely thrilled and overjoyed with the recognition the film is getting, and I am equally dismayed with how things are turning out with recognition on the producer's side.