THE CRYING GAME Tribute to Miramax: Ten Years of Hits

The biggest arthouse hit in history, The Crying Game doubled the earnings of Miramax’s sex, lies and videotape, which previously held the record. It also received three Oscar nominations, and was awarded an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. “An astonishingly daring film that richly develops several intertwined thematic lines, The Crying Game takes giant risks that are stunningly rewarded. The IRA’s kidnapping of British soldier Jody (Forest Whitaker) serves as ·the jumping-off point for a fearlessly penetrating examination of politics, race, sexuality and human nature. Writer-director Jordan has as much talent as he has nerve.” -Todd McCarthy, Variety