The Crying Game
Neil Jordan’s emotionally stunning international sensation overcame the barriers between independent and mainstream cinema to become one of the defining films of the 1990s. Set against the turbulence of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, The Crying Game is a puzzle box of a film, examining complex questions of loyalty, desire, and identity as it traces the fraught relationship developing between two wounded souls: Fergus (Stephen Rea), a former Irish Republican Army member tormented by guilt, and Dil (the revelatory Jaye Davidson), the enigmatic girlfriend of the hostage whose death haunts him. As the film shape-shifts from political drama to noir-tinged thriller to bruising romance, what emerges is something beyond genre: a profound and indelible vision of human connection across all boundaries.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Neil Jordan, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
- Audio commentary featuring Jordan
- New interviews with Jordan and actor Stephen Rea
- Making-of documentary from 2005 featuring interviews with Jordan, Rea, and producer Stephen Woolley
- Alternate ending featuring audio commentary by Jordan
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: Essays by film critics Tasha Robinson and Willow Catelyn Maclay
New cover by Sara Singh
DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Neil Jordan, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
- Audio commentary featuring Jordan
- New interviews with Jordan and actor Stephen Rea
- Making-of documentary from 2005 featuring interviews with Jordan, Rea, and producer Stephen Woolley
- Alternate ending featuring audio commentary by Jordan
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: Essays by film critics Tasha Robinson and Willow Catelyn Maclay
New cover by Sara Singh
Cast
- Stephen Rea
- Fergus
- Jaye Davidson
- Dil
- Forest Whitaker
- Jody
- Miranda Richardson
- Jude
- Jim Broadbent
- Col
- Ralph Brown
- Dave
- Adrian Dunbar
- Maguire
Credits
- Director
- Neil Jordan
- Written by
- Neil Jordan
- Producer
- Stephen Woolley
- Executive producer
- Nik Powell
- Coproducer
- Elizabeth Karlsen
- Associate producer
- Paul Cowan
- Photographed by
- Ian Wilson
- Editor
- Kant Pan
- Production designer
- Jim Clay
- Music composed by
- Anne Dudley
- Costume designer
- Sandy Powell
- Casting director
- Susie Figgis
A scene from The Crying Game
