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The Film Programme: The Crying Game

The Crying Game

23/02/2017

BBC Radio 4 - The Film Programme, The Crying Game

Stephen Woolley, producer of The Crying Game, reveals why the film almost never got made.

Cinema magazine programme, presented by Francine Stock. Stephen Woolley, producer of The Crying Game, reveals what he had to do to keep the movie's famous twist a secret.

With Francine Stock.

Stephen Woolley, producer of The Crying Game, reveals why the film almost never got made and the lengths he went to keep the movie's famous twist a secret.

Critics Tim Robey and Larushka Ivan-Zadeh talk about twists that work and twists that don't, without giving away the twist.

Sandra Hebron and Ceyda Uzun slug it out to get their chosen director into The A To Z Of Film. This week it's James Cameron versus Jane Campion in the battle of the weepies - Titanic versus The Piano.

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