FILM 1693: THE CRYING GAME
TRIVIA: Neil Jordan originally
intended to title the film "The soldier's wife", however he was
advised by his friend Stanley Kubrick to change it. Kubrick recommended this
change because he believed that films with either religious or military titles
usually deterred audiences and were often financial failures (something that
Jordan had experienced when his religiously titled movies The Miracle (1991)
and We're No Angels (1989)
flopped at the box office). Jordan selected the new title title from a 1960s
hit British pop song.
The film cast includes two Oscar
winners: Forest Whitaker and Jim Broadbent; and
three Oscar nominees: Jaye Davidson, Miranda Richardson and Stephen Rea.
Debut theatrical feature film of
actor Jaye
Davidson who got Oscar nominated for his performance upon
debut.
Picked by Entertainment Weekly
magazine as one of the "50 Greatest Independent Films" in a special
supplement devoted to independent films that was only distributed to
subscribers in November 1997.
Included among the "1001
Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.
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