The Crying Game (1992)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Neil Jordan

Writer:

Neil Jordan (written by)

Release Date:

25 November 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

Play At Your Own Risk.

Plot:

A British soldier is kidnaped by IRA terrorists. He befriends one of his captors, who is drawn into the soldier's world.

Plot Keywords:

Hairdresser | Irish Republican Army | Sex | Sexual Disgust | Sexual Orientation

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 18 wins & 17 nominations

Cast

Forest Whitaker	...	Jody
Miranda Richardson	...	Jude
Stephen Rea	...	Fergus
Adrian Dunbar	...	Maguire
Breffni McKenna	...	Tinker (as Breffini McKenna)
Joe Savino	...	Eddie
Birdy Sweeney	...	Tommy (as Birdie Sweeney)
Jaye Davidson	...	Dil
Andrée Bernard	...	Jane (as Andree Bernard)
Jim Broadbent	...	Col
Ralph Brown	...	Dave
Tony Slattery	...	Deveroux
Jack Carr	...	Franknum
Josephine White	...	Bar Performer 1
Shar Campbell	...	Bar Performer 2

MPAA:

Rated R for sexuality, strong violence and language.

Runtime:

112 min

Country:

UK | Japan

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Brazil:16 | Singapore:M18 | Australia:MA (DVD rating) | South Korea:15 (DVD rating) | Philippines:R-18 | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) (re-rating) (2005) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:R (Manitoba) | Canada:R (Nova Scotia) (original rating) | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Israel:PG | Norway:15 | Peru:18 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | Portugal:M/16

Filming Locations:

100 Eaton Place, Belgravia, London, England, UK

Company:

Palace Pictures

Trivia:

The casting of Dil proved extremely difficult for the filmmakers (Stanley Kubrick had at one point warned Neil Jordan the role was probably uncastable) until the casting director (Susie Figgis) received a tip-off from director Derek Jarman about Jaye Davidson. Davidson was later "discovered" by the film's casting agents at a wrap party for Jarman's film Edward II (1991), and was offered the opportunity to try out for the role of Dil. Davidson was (by his own admission) very drunk and not particularly enthusiastic (he thought it was just a joke at first) but eventually took the role in order to pay for a pair of hand-made leather riding boots he had seen in a copy of Vogue magazine.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: During the scene shot at Balbriggan County, Dublin, a Northern Ireland Railways GM locomotive 113 passes in the background, with a passenger train. The sound dubbed in is a British Rail HST railcar set, which is quite different. The sound effect is also too short; most of the train passes silently.

Quotes:

Dil: What you thinking of, hon?
Fergus: I'm thinking of your man.
Dil: Why?
Fergus: I'm wondering why you keep his things.
Dil: I told you. I'm superstitious.
Fergus: Did he ever tell you you were beautiful?
Dil: All the time. Even now.
Fergus: What do you mean?
Dil: He looks after me. He's a gentleman, too.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Slither (2006)

Soundtrack:

I Only Want To Be With You

Jaye Davidson was awesome.

The Crying Game is a really great film. Stephen Rea and Miranda Richardson are very good as well. Along with Forrest Whitaker was great w/ his English accent. The tale of the Frog and the Scorpion I have related to my life many a time. See it.

The movie everybody's talking about, but nobody's giving away it's secret.