Crying Game (The)
- Director: Neil Jordan
- Writer: Neil Jordan
- Producer: Paul Cowan; Elizabeth Karlsen
CGiii Comment
Jordan won the Oscar for the writing.
A movie that (for some) had one of the biggest surprises.
It is uniquely British, uniquely Jordan - and, worthy of all the attention and praise it accrued.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
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 Jude, 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 adopts the name "Jimmy" and gets a job as a day laborer. He also starts seeing Dil, who knows nothing about Fergus' IRA background.
Cast & Characters
Forest Whitaker as Jody;
Miranda Richardson as Jude;
Stephen Rea as Fergus;
Adrian Dunbar as Maguire;
Breffni McKenna as Tinker;
Joe Savino as Eddie;
Birdy Sweeney as Tommy;
Jaye Davidson as Dil;
Andree Bernard as Jane;
Jim Broadbent as Col;
Ralph Brown as Dave;
Tony Slattery as Deveroux;
Jack Carr as Franknum;
Josephine White as Bar Performer 1;
Shar Campbell as Bar Performer 2