The Crying Game

film data
of German titles:	The Crying Game
original title:	The Crying Game
production country:	UK and Japan
feature year:	1992
length (PAL - DVD):	107 minutes
of source language:	English
age release:	FSK 16
staff
direction:	Neil Jordan
film script:	Neil Jordan
production:	Stephen Woolley
music:	Simon bad-wave, Anne Dudley and Geoff Stephens
camera:	Ian Wilson
cut:	Kant Pan
occupation
Stephen Rea as Fergus, Forest Whitaker as Jody, Jaye Davidson as Dil, Miranda Richardson as a Jew, Adrian Dunbar as Maguire

The Crying Game is a film of the British director and film script author Neil Jordan from the year 1992. The thriller be based on an original film script of Jordan and became and. A. of the Filmstudios British screen Productions, Channel Four of film and Nippon film development and Finance Inc. produced. The title decreases/goes back to a British Popsong from the 1960er years, which is interpreted in the film by one of the main figures .

1 action
2 developing history
3 Rezeption
4 criticisms
5 anecdotes
6 honors
7 literature
8 Web on the left of

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action

after a trip into a entertainment park in Northern Ireland the British soldier Jody into a trap is lured and by the Irish underground army Irish Republican Army kidnapped. The group of terrorists plans to free-free seized colleagues with it from the police. Mitverschwörer Fergus, which was abkommandiert for the guard of the kidnapped Jody, makes friends itself fast with the Afroeuropäer. When however the British government does not deal with the demands of the Irish Republican Army, Fergus the order is given to exekutieren Jody. Fergus hadert with itself. When he wants to execute the death sentence at Jody, the hiding place of the terrorists is destroyed by the British army and rolled over Jody with its escape attempt by a British troop transporter. Fergus succeeds to get off it sound skin and flees provided with new identity to London, where he finds work on the building. Jimmy, how he calls himself now, seeks out Jodys friend, to who he wants to bring the last message of the dead one. The seductive and sinnliche Dil pulls Fergus however so much into its spell the fact that he conceals the message of the dead one and with it begins an affair. The colored beauty opens Fergus however only with the common Schäferstündchen that she is in reality a man. Shocked of this discovery keeps itself away Fergus from Dil, feels however drawn to the Transvestiten still . Fergus situation complicates itself, when the two allegedly dead Irish Republican Army members Jew and Maguire step into his life. Both judges and Fergus need a flat assassination attempt on a Londoner for the execution of the act. Fergus refuses, however by the inconsiderate Jew is extorted, which threatens, to do Dil somewhat should Fergus not in the mission participate. Fergus consents, flees however briefly before execution of the act. Maguire, which wants to bring the order to end, is shot by the Bodyguards of the businessman. Jew can escape from the scene and reflects upon revenge. When it wants to let Dil pay for the failed order, it is shot by Dil, which knows meanwhile the secret around Fergus past and its involving into the kidnapping of its dead friend Jody. Fergus help Dil to the escape and places themselves to the police as alleged murderers Judes. He is condemned to a term of imprisonment of many years, its time behind lattices is versüsst however of the seductive Dil, which honour it regularly with their attendance.

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developing history

the Casting for the part of Dil presented itself as extremely difficult for the film producers, Stanley Kubrick warned even its friend Neil Jordan that the role was not to be occupied. Attentively on Jaye Davidson became Casting Director Susie Figgis only by one tap by director Derek Jarman. Davidson was offered to film Edward II immediately on a costume party for Jarmans “ discovered” and the role in The Crying Game. Davidson was at this time after own stating very strongly drunk and not very enthusiastisch. It thought first someone with him a bad joke would drive. Davidson accepted the role nevertheless, in order to pay a few handmade leather boot, which he had seen in an expenditure of the Vogue.

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Rezeption

Neil Jordan film script rejected from many Filmstudios because of the unexpected idiom in the Plot, afterwards justified this however the financial success of the film. An intelligent and provocative Werbekampagne of Miramax made itself the secret around Jaye Davidsons figure too uses and The Crying Game reserved for weeks seat 3 of US - Kinocharts. On 2,3 millions US Dollar geschätze production played alone in the USA 62 millions US Dollar at the Kinokassen. In Germany the film could not at that time tie criticisms “a provoking, abgründiges masterpiece to

success in

the USA and Great Britain [to work on]. - 100% " (Cinema)
“Jaye Davidson: 'a special effect on legs! “(Prince)
“a fantastically good thriller.” (Sunday telegraph)
“Sexy, brutally, overheats.” (News Day)
“it is such a Schocker, me gefror the blood in the veins.” (Sunday Mirror)
“explosive Polit drama and bizarre dear history of full surprises.” (DVD & video report)

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the film originally the title The wanted anecdotes Neil Jordan soldier's wife (dt: ), Convince however from its friend Stanley Kubrick give the soldier woman the title to change. Kubrick commentated its objections with the fact that films would often end to sounding titles with religious or militarily the cinema public to usually deter and as financial flops. Neil Jordan films with the religiously sounding titles The Miracle were actual (1988) and We're NO Angels (1991) at the Kinokassen gefloppt.
Producer Stephen Woolley was at the time of the turning work owner of a repertoire cinema in London, the Scala. When it came to problems with the financing of The Crying Game, Woolley money from the profits of its cinema borrowed around production at running to hold.
To a few weeks after turning beginning Jaye Davidson at a flu got sick. A physician was called to the film set, which visited and examined Davidson in its small Trailer. When the physician from the Trailer came out again, he asked director Neil Jordan whether it would have already considered that its actress could be more schwanger. Jordan and the entire film crew broke thereupon in laughters out and the physician was cleared up a little later over the sex Jaye Davidsons.
In the Japanese version of The Crying Game is blackened Jaye Davidsons shame range in the naked scene, so that its shame hair and Penis for the Japanese cinema public are not to be recognized.

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1992

the cinema public enraged and entzückte honors Neil Jordan original mixture from Psychothriller and dear history and stood in the favour of the critics. One year later was nominated The Crying Game for six Academy Awards, had opposite Clint Eastwoods Western pitying lot and James Ivorys novel adaptation seeing again in Howards ends however at that time checking. Neil Jordan for its doppelbödiges film script was distinguished nevertheless with the OSCAR. In addition the film with the British film price became BAFTA as the best British production of the yearly premium ore.

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