Originally released as a motion picture in 1992.

Special features of this DVD: newly remastered ; alternate ending ; alternated ending with director commentary ; northern troubles featurette ; making of The crying game: Irish luck, English love ; the marketing of an American Independent & discussing 'The crying game' ; trailers ; modern day at Madama JoJo's ; interactive menus ; scene selection ; Dolby Digital ; widescreen presentation.

Director of photography, Ian Wilson ; original music by Anne Dudley.

Stephen Rea, Miranda Richardson, Jaye Davidson, Forest Whitaker.

An unlikely kind of friendship develops between Fergus, an Irish Republican Army volunteer, and Jody, a kidnapped British soldier lured into an IRA trap by another IRA member. When the hostage-taking ends up going horribly wrong, Fergus escapes and heads to London, where he seeks out Jody's lover, a hairdresser named Dil. Fergus changes his name and gets a job as a day laborer. His starts seeing Dil, who knows nothing about Fergus' real background. But there are some things about Dil that Fergus does not know either.

MPAA rating: R : for sexuality, strong violence and language.

DVD.

Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.

Academy Award; Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Neil Jordan).