Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title: | Also know as: Soldier's wife
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Other authors / contributors: | Jordan, Neil, 1950-
Whitaker, Forest.
Richardson, Miranda.
Rea, Stephen.
Dunbar, Adrian, 1958-
McKenna, Breffini.
Wilson, Ian, 1939-
Dudley, Anne, 1956-
Artisan Home Entertainment (Firm)
Lions Gate Home Entertainment.
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Notes: | Title from container. 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. Originally released as a motion picture in 1992. Director of photography, Ian Wilson ; art director, Chris Seagers ; editor, Kant Pan ; music, Anne Dudley ; costume designer, Sandy Powell ; production designer, Jim Clay ; special effects supervisor, Peter Hutchinson. Forest Whitaker, Miranda Richardson, Stephen Rea, Adrian Dunbar, Breffini McKenna, Joe Savino, Birdie Sweeney, Jay Davidson, Andree Bernard. DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo., DTS 5.1 surround. Closed-captioned.
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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.
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Target Audience: | MPAA rating: R; for sexuality, strong violence and language.
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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).
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Standard no.: | 012236132509
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Publisher's no.: | 13250 Artisan Home Entertainment
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