The Crying Game (1992)

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:

Irish Republican Army | Hairdresser | Terrorism | Sexual Disgust | Doomed Romance

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
Brian D. Coleman	...	Judge (as Brian Coleman)
Ray De-Haan	...	Security Man 1
David Crionelly	...	Security Man 2

Directed by
Neil Jordan

Writing credits
Neil Jordan		(written by)

Produced by
Paul Cowan	....	associate producer
Elizabeth Karlsen	....	co-producer
Nik Powell	....	executive producer
Stephen Woolley	....	producer

Original Music by
Anne Dudley

Cinematography by
Ian Wilson

Film Editing by
Kant Pan

Casting by
Susie Figgis

Production Design by
Jim Clay

Art Direction by
Chris Seagers

Set Decoration by
Martin Childs

Costume Design by
Sandy Powell

Makeup Department
Miri Ben-Schlomo	....	assistant to makeup artist (as Miri Ben Schlomo)
Geraldine Jones	....	chief hair stylist (as Gerry Jones)
Daniel Parker	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Morag Ross	....	chief makeup artist

Production Management
Gemma Fallon	....	production manager: Ireland
Amanda Posey	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Seamus Collins	....	second assistant director: Ireland
Jonathan Karlsen	....	third assistant director
Melvin Lind	....	second assistant director
Redmond Morris	....	first assistant director
Robert Quinn	....	third assistant director: Ireland

Art Department
Brian Aldridge	....	dressing prop
Dave Allen	....	construction manager
Micky Bacon	....	property master
Brian Bassett	....	carpenter: Ireland
Celia Bobak	....	production buyer
Paul Bradburn	....	stand-by prop
Eddie Francis	....	chargehand stand-by prop
Peter Gallagher	....	dressing prop: Ireland
Paul Ghirardani	....	assistant art director
Ken Hawkey	....	stand-by painter
Jane Henwood	....	art department runner
John Lamon	....	construction manager: Ireland
Thomas Martin	....	chargehand carpenter
Brian Mitchell	....	stand-by stagehand
Con Murphy	....	stand-by rigger
Jimmy O'Meara	....	stagehand: Ireland (as James O'Meara)
Rodney Pincott	....	dressing props storeman
Bobby Scott	....	painter: Ireland
Tommy Westbrook	....	stand-by carpenter

Sound Department
Tony Cook	....	boom operator
Rick Dunford	....	dialogue editor
Leonard Green	....	assistant sound editor
Eddy Joseph	....	supervising sound editor
Dominic Lester	....	assistant sound re-recording mixer
Colin Nicolson	....	sound recordist
Victor Nunes	....	footsteps editor
Robin O'Donoghue	....	sound re-recording mixer
Damiano Vukotic	....	sound trainee

Special Effects by
Peter Hutchinson	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
Andy Stevens	....	optical camera assistant: Magic Camera Co
Alan Church	....	optical camera (uncredited)

Stunts
Del Baker	....	stunt driver
Helen Caldwell	....	stunt double
Abbi Collins	....	stunt double
Clive Curtis	....	stunt coordinator
Elaine Ford	....	stunt double
Wayne Michaels	....	stunt driver
Valentino Musetti	....	stunt driver

Camera and Electrical Department
Kenny Byrne	....	focus puller
Vince Clarke	....	rigging gaffer (as Vincent Clarke)
Gary Colkett	....	electrician
Louis Conroy	....	electrician: Ireland
Gary Cross	....	electrician
Noel Cullen	....	electrician: Ireland
Dave Escoffery	....	best boy
Brendan Galvin	....	clapper loader
Tom Hilton	....	still photographer
Gary Hutchings	....	camera grip
Terry Mulligan	....	electrician: Ireland
Ricky Pattenden	....	electrician
Norman Smith	....	gaffer
Ian Wilson	....	camera operator
Paul Wood	....	electrician
Dan Zeff	....	camera trainee
Jan Pester	....	Steadicam operator (uncredited)
Jonathan Taylor	....	first assistant camera (uncredited)

Casting Department
Liora Reich	....	casting assistant
Louis Elman	....	adr voice casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Wendy Asher	....	wardrobe assistant: Ireland
Paul Minter	....	wardrobe supervisor
Clare Spragge	....	wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department
Victoria Boydell	....	second assistant editor
Sally Hodges	....	post-production runner
Clive Noakes	....	color timer
Martyn Robinson	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Anne Dudley	....	conductor
Anne Dudley	....	orchestrator
Roger Dudley	....	music mixer
Colin Sheen	....	orchestral contractor

Transportation Department
Sara Desmond	....	runner driver
Terry English	....	unit driver
Gerry Floyd	....	unit driver
Martin Redrup	....	driver: electric
Cheryl Willcocks	....	runner driver

Other crew
Terry Blyther	....	location manager
Mark Camps	....	caterer
Gilly Case	....	location manager: re-shoot
Eileen Conroy	....	unit nurse: Ireland
Diana Dill	....	script supervisor
Paul Duncan	....	caterer
Michael Garland	....	post-production accountant
Patrick Isherwood	....	production accountant (as Pat Isherwood)
Vince Jordan	....	caterer
Polly Leys	....	assistant to producer
Sarah Lucraft	....	assistant accountant
Bernard McCormack	....	fairground supervisor: Ireland
John McKenna	....	armorer
Steve Morphew	....	stand-in
Angela Morrison	....	legal advisor
Peter Ogunsalu	....	assistant: Mr. Woolley
Martin O'Malley	....	location manager: Ireland
Samantha Plaisted	....	floor runner
Brenda Rawn	....	assistant to director
Scott Rowlatt	....	location assistant
Michelle Sewell	....	publicist
Phil Symes	....	publicist
Marilyn Took	....	stand-in
Fiona Traynor	....	production coordinator: Ireland
Fran Triefus	....	production coordinator
Polly Withers	....	assistant to producer
Andrew Zein	....	production runner

Thanks
Lucas Church	....	special thanks
Dai Davis	....	special thanks
Graham Easton	....	special thanks
Frederick Elmes	....	special thanks
Andrés Vicente Gómez	....	special thanks (as Andres Gomez)
Rainer Grupe	....	special thanks
Hanno Huth	....	special thanks
Jane & Alex	....	special thanks: the Scala
Robert Jones	....	special thanks
Michael Katz	....	special thanks (as Mike Katz)
Jean Labadie	....	special thanks
Chris Lowe	....	special thanks
Jonathan Sampson	....	special thanks
Lis Swingler	....	special thanks
Neil Tennant	....	special thanks
Manfredi Traxler	....	special thanks
Jill Wall	....	special thanks
Edythe Woolley	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Palace Pictures (presents)
• Channel Four Films (presents)
• Eurotrustees (in association with)
• Nippon Film Development and Finance (in association with)
• British Screen Productions (with the participation of)

Distributors

• Miramax Films (1992) (USA) (theatrical)
• Film Arte (1993) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Senator Film (1992) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Bac Films (1993) (France) (theatrical)
• XYZ Desarrollos S.A. (1993) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Live Home Video (1993) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Prooptiki (1993) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Prooptiki Video (1993) (Greece) (VHS)
• Live Home Video (1995) (USA) (VHS)
• PolyGram Vidéo (1995) (France) (VHS)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (1997) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Live Home Video (1998) (USA) (DVD)
• Live Home Video (1998) (USA) (VHS)
• Avid Home Entertainment (2001) (USA) (VHS)
• A-Film Home Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (Europe) (2002) (UK) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD) (collector's edition)
• Argentina Video Home (2002) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2002) (Argentina) (VHS) (re-release)
• LW Editora (Brazil) (DVD)
• Mundial Filmes (Brazil) (DVD)
• Mundial Filmes (Brazil) (VHS)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (1993) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Warner Home Vídeo (2008) (Brazil) (DVD) (reissue)

Other Companies

• Shepperton Studios  movie studio
• Angel Recording Studios  recorded at
• Bank of Yokohama, The  funding
• Berliner Bank  production finance
• Bobby Frapwell Travels  travel services
• De Lane Lea Sound Centre  footsteps recorded at (as De Lane Lea)
• Film & Photo Design  work prints
• Film Finance  completion bond
• Kodak  film stock
• Lee Lighting  grip and lighting equipment
• Metro Color London  laboratory (as Metrocolor London Ltd.)
• Millstream Nursing  first aid
• Panavision UK  camera equipment
• Pierson, Heldring & Pierson N.V.  Eurotrustees banking facilities by
• Polydor  soundtrack
• Post Logic Studios  digital film mastering
• Pro Arte Orchestra of London  orchestra
• Rogers & Cowan  publicity
• Rollins Burdick & Hunter  insurance
• Sapex Scripts  post-production services
• Sodete  production finance
• The Optical Partnership  titles
• Twickenham Film Studios  re-recorded at
• UFCA  production finance

MPAA:

Rated R for sexuality, strong violence and language.

Runtime:

112 min

Country:

UK | Japan

Language:

English

Color:

Color (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 (Nova Scotia) (original rating) | Canada:R (Manitoba) | 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 film was shot on such a shoestring budget it actually came very close to running out of funds.

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:

Fergus: Do they know?
Dil: Know what, honey?
Fergus: Know what I didn't know? And don't call me that.
Dil: Can't help it! A girl has her feelings.
Fergus: Thing is, Dil, you're not a girl.
Dil: Details, baby, details.
Fergus: So they do know?
Dil: Alright, they do.
Fergus: Don't. I should've known, shouldn't I?
Dil: Probably.
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Pulp Fiction (1994)

Soundtrack:

Baby Jump

very good, whether you know the twist or not

I'm one of the unlucky people who watched this knowing what the twist would be. While this denied me the shock factor which seems to have made this a top10 movie for a lot of other cinema-goers, I nevertheless really enjoyed it. Neil Jordan and his excellent cast bring the bizarre relationships between the characters (mainly that of Rea and Whitaker in the first 30 minutes, and Rea and Davidson's in all that follows) to life and really draw you into the story as a result. There was slightly less plot than I thought there would be and the film is surprisingly closer to a romantic drama than a thriller, but this is not a criticism, for as romantic dramas go, it's one of the most original and genuinely heartwarming that you'll see.