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Paramount Home Entertainment
Directed by: Neil Jordan
Featuring: Stephen Rea, Miranda Richardson, Jaye Davidson, Forest Whitaker, Jim Broadbent, Ralph Brown, Adrian Dunbar
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.
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Technical Specifications
Format:
Blu-ray
Disc:
BD-50 (1 Disc)
Total: 1 Disc
Regions:
A (Blu-ray)
Aspect Ratio:
2.39:1
Audio Options:
English DTS-HD MA Surround 2.0
Resolution:
1080p/24
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Featurette, Audio Commentary, Alternate Scene, Interview, Booklet
- Audio commentary featuring Neil Jordan
- New interview with Neil Jordan
- New interview with actor Stephen Rea
- Making-of documentary from 2005 featuring interviews with Neil Jordan, Stephen Rea, and producer Stephen Woolley
- Alternate ending featuring audio commentary by Neil Jordan
- Essays by film critics Tasha Robinson and Willow Catelyn Maclay
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