DVD
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The crying game
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (CEN, WSQ)
Languages
Closed-captioned.
Performers
Stephen Rea, Miranda Richardson, Jaye Davidson, Forest Whitaker, Adrian Dunbar, Jim Broadbent, Ralph Brown.
Publication Information
[Santa Monica, CA] : Lionsgate, [2012]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (ca. 112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
MPAA rating: R; sexuality, strong violence and language.
Summary
An unlikely kind of friendship develops between Fergus, an Irish Republican Army volunteer, and Jody, a kidnapped British soldier lured into an IRA trap by another IRA member. When the hostage-taking ends up going horribly wrong, Fergus escapes and heads to London, where he seeks out Jody's lover, a hairdresser named Dil. Fergus changes his name and gets a job as a day laborer. His starts seeing Dil, who knows nothing about Fergus' real background. But there are some things about Dil that Fergus does not know either.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1992.
Special features: director commentary ; alternate ending ; alternate ending with director commentary ; Northern troubles featurette ; The making of The crying game : Irish luck, English love ; The marketing of an American independent & discussing The crying game ; Modern day at Madame Jojo's ; trailers.
Subjects
- Terrorists > Ireland > Drama.
- Terrorism > Great Britain > Drama.
- Soldiers > Great Britain > Drama.
- Transsexuals > Drama.
- Kidnapping > Drama.
- Hostages > Drama.
- Political violence > Northern Ireland > Drama.
- Northern Ireland > Politics and government > 1968-1998 > Drama.
- Great Britain > Politics and government > 1979-1997 > Drama.
- Irish Republican Army > Drama.