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The Crying Game

1992 film directed by Neil Jordan
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Summary

The Crying Game is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,863 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Amanda Award for Best Foreign Feature Film[3], Silver nugget for the best foreign film[4], Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay[5], European Film Award for Best Achievement[6], National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[7]
  • Director: Neil Jordan[8]
  • Screenwriter: Neil Jordan[9]
  • Composer: Anne Dudley[10]
  • Genre: drama film[11], romance film[12], psychological thriller film[13], crime film[14], transgender film[15], political thriller film[16], LGBTQ-related film[17]
  • Cast member: Stephen Rea[18], Miranda Richardson[19], Jaye Davidson[20], Forest Whitaker[21], Jim Broadbent[22], Adrian Dunbar[23], Ralph Brown[24]
  • Producer: Stephen Woolley[25], Nik Powell[26]
  • Production company: Film4 Productions[27]
  • Director of photography: Ian Wilson[28]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[29]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[30]
  • Review score: 8.2/10[31], 95%[32], 90/100[33], 7.2/10[34]
  • Color: color[35]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[36], Japan[37], Ireland[38]
  • Publication date: September 2, 1992[39], December 10, 1992[40]
  • Distributed by: MOKÉP[41]
  • Narrative location: London[42], Northern Ireland[43]
  • Official website: http://www.miramax.com/movie/the-crying-game[44]
  • Filming location: London[45], 1 and 3, Fournier Street E1[46]
  • Main subject: The Troubles[47], Irish Republican Army[48]
  • Film editor: Kant Pan[49]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor[50], Academy Award for Best Actor[51], Academy Award for Best Director[52], Academy Award for Best Film Editing[53], Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay[54], Academy Award for Best Picture[55], European Film Award for Best Achievement[56]
  • Executive producer: Nick Powell[57]
  • Title: The Crying Game[58]
  • MPA film rating: R[59]

Why It Matters

The Crying Game has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[60] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[61]

FAQs

What awards did The Crying Game receive?

Honors received include Amanda Award for Best Foreign Feature Film[3], Silver nugget for the best foreign film[4], Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay[5], and European Film Award for Best Achievement[6].

Related Entities

film Forest Whitaker Ireland Japan Jaye Davidson Jim Broadbent London Miranda Richardson Neil Jordan Nick Powell Northern Ireland Stephen Rea United Kingdom

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  2. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [14] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  16. [23] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [24] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  18. [25] ↑ . europeanfilmacademy.org. Retrieved . europeanfilmacademy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [26] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . europeanfilmacademy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  22. [5] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . Lexicon of international films. Retrieved . europeanfilmacademy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . BFI Film & TV Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . AllMovie. wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . movie-locations.com. Retrieved . movie-locations.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  53. [55] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  54. [56] ↑ . europeanfilmacademy.org. Retrieved . europeanfilmacademy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  55. [57] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  56. [58] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  57. [59] ↑ . filmratings.com. filmratings.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [60] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [61] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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