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. But there are some things about Dil that Fergus doesn't know, either...
Written by Eugene Kim <genekim@concentric.net>
Producer Stephen Woolley owned a repertory cinema in London called the "Scala", when there were funding issues with the film Woolley ended up borrowing money from the Scala to keep the production afloat.
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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.
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Quotes
[first lines]
Jody:
[playing ring toss at a carnival]
Right.
[tosses a ring]
Jody:
That.
[tosses a ring]
Jody:
And that. And that is cricket, hon. Jody:
[wins a large teddy bear]
Do you want it? Jude:
Sure! Jody:
[hands her the teddy bear]
Doesn't matter if you don't. You know I won't be offended. Jody's never offended. What'd you say your name was? Jude:
Jude.
[...]
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"The Crying Game"
Composed by Geoff Stephens Published by Peermusic (UK) Ltd. Performed by Dave Berry Recording Courtesy of Polygram Records Ltd.
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