Producers of the film '' Crash '' won the Best Picture at the 78th Academy Awards . Although Yari received screen credit as one of the producers of '' Crash '' , the Producers Guild of America refused to designate him as a producer to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the purpose of nominating producers of the film for the Best Picture Oscar . Yari sued both the Academy and the Guild in the Los Angeles Superior Court and lost at the demurrer stage . The trial court 's decision was affirmed by the California Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District on March 25 , 2008
78th Academy Awards
78th Academy Awards
Bob Yari