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Title The Crying Game
This film epitomizes the difference in character between the British and Irish. Our Irish 'hero' is polite, generous, loyal and painfully uncomfortable with a lie. The Brits he encounters are rude, condescending and, in the case of the British army who come to rescue one of their own, incompetent. The 'strong Irish woman' in the film ruthlessly pursues her goal. Get the inside story of this film from Jane Gile's illustrated book "The Crying Game".			Click picture for more info
Year 1992	Type Drama	Rating R
Director Neil Jordan		Writer Neil Jordan
Cast Forest Whitaker, Stephen Rea, Jaye Davidson, Miranda Richardson, Adrian Dunbar, Breffni McKenna