The Crying Game

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Awards

Academy Awards 1953 - Won - Best Original Screenplay

Academy Awards 1993 - Nominated - Best Actor

Academy Awards 1993 - Nominated - Best Director

Academy Awards 1993 - Nominated - Best Editing

Academy Awards 1953 - Won - Best Original Screenplay

Academy Awards 1993 - Nominated - Best Actor

Academy Awards 1993 - Nominated - Best Director

Academy Awards 1993 - Nominated - Best Editing

Academy Awards 1993 - Nominated - Best Picture

Academy Awards 1993 - Nominated - Best Supporting Actor

BAFTA Awards 1993 - Won - Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film

DGA Awards 1993 - Nominated - Outstanding Direction of a Motion Picture

Golden Globe Awards 1993 - Nominated - Best Motion Picture Drama

Independent Spirit Awards 1993 - Won - Best Foreign Film

LA Film Critics Association Awards 1992 - Won - Best Foreign Film

London Critics Circle Film Awards 1993 - Won - British Director of the Year

London Critics Circle Film Awards 1993 - Won - British Producer of the Year

London Critics Circle Film Awards 1993 - Won - British Screenwriter of the Year

National Board of Review Awards 1992 - Won - Most Auspicious Debut

National Society of Film Critics Awards 1993 - Won - Best Actor

New York Film Critics Circle Awards 1992 - Won - Best Screenplay

New York Film Critics Circle Awards 1992 - Won - Best Supporting Actress

PGA Awards 1992 - Won - Producer of the Year

WGA Awards 1993 - Won - Best Original Screenplay

Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards 1993 - won - Best Film Screenplay

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The Crying Game

Director:
Neil Jordan
R, 112 Minutes
 

At A Glance

Film Synopsis

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...

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"A surprisingly touching film about identity and love. Stephen Rea's performance is subtle and appealing."

Details

Runtime:
112 min.

Genres:
Drama
LGBT

Language:
English/American

Color:
Color

Certification:
R

 

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