The crying game /

The crying game /

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Bibliographic Details
Edition:	Collector's ed.
Imprint:	Santa Monica, Calif. : Artisan Home Entertainment : Distributed by Lions Gate Home Entertainment, [2005]
Description:	1 videodisc (ca. 112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language:	English
Subject:	Irish Republican Army -- Drama. Irish Republican Army. Kidnapping victims -- Ireland -- Drama. Man-woman relationships -- England -- London -- Drama. Cross-dressers. Fugitives from justice. Kidnapping victims. Ireland. Feature films. Fiction films. Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Format:	DVD Video
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6000235

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Varying Form of Title:	Also know as: Soldier's wife
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.
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.
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.
Target Audience:	MPAA rating: R; for sexuality, strong violence and language.
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).
Standard no.:	012236132509
Publisher's no.:	13250 Artisan Home Entertainment

Description
Item Description:	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.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (ca. 112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo., DTS 5.1 surround.
Audience:	MPAA rating: R; for sexuality, strong violence and language.
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).
Production Credits:	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.