The crying game
(DVD)

Originally released as a motion picture in 1992.

Special features: director commentary; alternate ending; alternated 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.

Stephen Rea, Miranda Richardson, Jaye Davidson, Forest Whitaker.

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.

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

DVD, widescreen; 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio.

English dialogue; English or Spanish subtitles.

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).