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The crying game [videorecording] /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmLanguage: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English Publication details: London, UK : BFI, [201-?]Description: 2 videodiscs (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 BookletSubject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Ian Wilson ; editor, Kant Pan ; original music by Anne Dudley.
Awards:
  • 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).
Cast: Stephen Rea, Miranda Richardson, Jaye Davidson, Forest Whitaker.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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room BLU-00329 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050307040

Originally released as a motion picture in 1992.

Release date: Jul. 3, 2012.

Special features: director commentary; alternate ending; alternated ending with director commentary; Northern Troubles featurette; The making of 'The crying game': Irish luck, English love; film credits ; booklet with essays by Ashley Clark, Juliet Jacques and Brian Hoyle ; trailers.

Rating: R; for sexuality, strong violence and language.

BBFC rating: 18.

DVD, PAL; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo audio.

Blu-ray, region B; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; PCM 2.0 stereo audio.

English dialogue; optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

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).

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