The Crying game [videorecording] / A Miramax Films release ; Palace and Channel Four Films ; Eurotrustees ; Nippon Film Development and Finance, Inc. ; British Screen ; produced by Stephen Woolley ; written and directed by Neil Jordan.

Jordan, Neil, 1950- (Added Author). Woolley, Stephen. (Added Author). Whitaker, Forest. (Added Author). Richardson, Miranda. (Added Author). Rea, Stephen. (Added Author). Stephen Rea, Miranda Richardson, Jaye Davidson, Forest Whitaker. (Cast).

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.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Collector's edition.
Publisher: [United States] : Lions Gate Home Entertainment, [2005]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1992. Special features: newly remastered; alternate ending; alternated ending with director commentary; northern troubles featurettes; making-of an American Independent: Irish luck, English love, the marketing of an American Independent & discussing 'The crying game'; trailers.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Ian Wilson ; original music by Anne Dudley.
Participant or Performer Note:	Stephen Rea, Miranda Richardson, Jaye Davidson, Forest Whitaker.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: R; for sexuality, strong violence and language.
System Details Note:	DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo., DTS 5.1 surround.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned.
Awards Note:	Academy Awards, USA, 1993: Oscar - Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Neil Jordan). London Critics Circle Film Awards, 1993: ALFS Award - British Director of the Year (Neil Jordan); British Producer of the Year (Stephen Woolley); British Screenwriter of the Year (Neil Jordan).