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Film details
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Featuring
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Countries
United Kingdom Japan
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Year
1992
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Genre
Drama
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Type
Film
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Category
Fiction
Alternative titles
- The Soldier's Wife Working
Introduction
“Has the sure grip and the unstoppable momentum of a dream.”
Terrence Rafferty, The New Yorker, 1992
Irish writer-director Neil Jordan explored fairytales in such films as The Company of Wolves (1984) and Ondine (2009). Although the premise of The Crying Game suggests gritty realism, the movie unfolds in a sensuous dream world. It tells the story of an IRA gunman (Stephen Rea) who comes to a largely nocturnal, neon-lit London and seeks out the partner (Jaye Davidson) of the soldier he helped kidnap. The characters are not what they seem, and neither is the movie: it wears the clothes of a thriller, but sheds them to investigate the malleability of love and attraction.
A US marketing campaign, playing on a shocking plot twist, helped catapult the film to box office success. Of its six Oscar nominations, it won Best Original Screenplay.
James Mason played a similarly haunted IRA operative in Odd Man Out (1947). Jaye Davidson’s brief film career culminated with a role as an Egyptian god in Stargate (1994).
Cast & Credits
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Cast
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Jody
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Jude
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Fergus
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Maguire
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Tinker
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Eddie
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Tommy
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Dil
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Jane
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Col
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Dave
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Deveroux
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Franknum
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bar performer
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bar performer
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judge
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security man
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security man
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Credits
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Unknown:
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Director
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Production Company
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Copyright/©
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Copyright/©
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Production Company
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In association with
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With the participation of
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Executive Producer
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Producer
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Co-producer
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Associate Producer
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Production Manager (Ireland)
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Production Co-ordinator
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Production Co-ordinator (Ireland)
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Production Accountant
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Assistant Accountant
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Post-production Accountant
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Location Manager
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Location Manager (Re-shoot)
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Location Manager (Ireland)
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Location Assistant
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Post-production Supervisor
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Mr Woolley's Assistant
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Producer's Assistant
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Producer's Assistant
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Production Runner
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Floor Runner
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Post-production Runner
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Runner/Driver
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Runner/Driver
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Assistant Director (1st)
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Assistant Director (2nd)
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Assistant Director (3rd)
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Assistant Director (Ireland 2nd)
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Assistant Director (Ireland 3rd)
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Director's Assistant
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Script Supervisor
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Casting Director
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Casting Assistant
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Screenplay
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Director of Photography
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Camera Operator
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Focus Puller
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Clapper Loader
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Camera Trainee
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Gaffer
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Rigging Gaffer
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Best Boy
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Electrician
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Electrician
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Electrician
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Electrician (Irish Unit)
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Electrician (Irish Unit)
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Electrician (Irish Unit)
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Camera Grip
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Stills Photography
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Special Effects Supervisor
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Editor
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Assistant Editor
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Assistant Editor (2nd)
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Production Designer
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Art Director
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Assistant Art Director
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Art Department Runner
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Set Decorator
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Production Buyer
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Prop Master
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Chargehand Standby Prop
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Standby Prop
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Dressing Prop/Storeman
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Dressing Prop
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Dressing Prop (Irish Unit)
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Construction Manager
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Construction Manager (Irish Unit)
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Standby Carpenter
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Standby Painter
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Standby Rigger
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Standby Stagehand
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Painter (Irish Unit)
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Carpenter (Irish Unit)
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Stagehand (Irish Unit)
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Costume Designer
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Wardrobe Supervisor
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Wardrobe Supervisor
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Wardrobe Assistant (Irish Unit)
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Chief Make-up Artist
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Assistant to Make-up Artist
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Prosthetics
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Chief Hairdresser
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Titles
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Music/Orchestrations
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Theme song by
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Music Performed by
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Orchestra Contractor
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Music Recording Mixer
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Sound Recording
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Sound Trainee
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Boom Operator
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Re-recording Mixer
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Assistant Re-recording Mixer
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Supervising Sound Editor
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Assistant Sound Editor
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Dialogue Editor
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Footsteps Editor
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Stunt Co-ordinator
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Stunt Driver
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Stunt Driver
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Stunt Driver
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Stunt Double
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Stunt Double
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Stunt Double
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Stand-in
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Stand-in
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Electrician's Driver
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Unit Driver
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Unit Driver
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Unit Nurse
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Unit Nurse (Irish Unit)
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Fairground Supervisor (Irish Unit)
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Legal Adviser
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Special Thanks to
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Publicity
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Publicity
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Publicity
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Studio
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Studio
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