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The Craic (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 4 )

Running Time:
85 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Short Film

Movie filmed in 1999 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
Ted Emery

Written By:
Ted Emery
Jimeoin

Actors:
Jimeoin ..... Fergus Montagu (as Jimeoin McKeown)
Alan McKee ..... Wesley Murray
Colin Hay ..... Barry
Bob Franklin ..... Bob
Robert Morgan ..... Colin/Steven Phillips
Nicholas Bell ..... Derek Johnson
Jane Hall ..... Alice
Catherine Arena ..... Erica
Geoff Paine ..... Russell
Kate Gorman ..... Margo
Anne Phelan ..... Truck Driver
Charles 'Bud' Tingwell ..... Farmer
Beverley Dunn ..... Farmer's Wife
Matt King ..... English Guy
Kyle Morrison ..... Ron

Synopsis:

The bad guys want them dead. Immigration want them out. All they want is a good time. Two Irish actors (Jimeoin McKeown, Alan McKee) flee from 1988 Belfast after a violent confrontation with a leader (Robert Morgan) of the IRA and illegally enter Australia. Seeking acting work, the two fear immigration officers. McKeown happens to get selected as the bachelor on a TV dating game and wins a trip to Queensland just as the pair's apartment is raided by immigration. McKee escapes just in time and joins his friend. Meanwhile, the IRA leader is sent to Australia in a witness protection program after he gives up some of his former colleagues. The two then spend the remainder of the movie being pursued by the immigration officers and the vengeful IRA head.

"Craic" is Irish slang for a laugh or a good time, which is what this comedy about two Irishmen on the run in Australia has to offer. Fergus (Jimeoin McKeown) and his best friend Wesley (Alan McKee) are living in Belfast when they incur the wrath of a violent IRA leader, Colin (Robert Morgan). Since Ireland no longer seems like a safe place to stay, the boys hit the road and end up in Sydney, where they manage to find work despite the fact they're illegal aliens. Fergus gets a chance to appear on Australian TV's answer to "The Dating Game" and wins a vacation in Queensland with a pretty but half-bright beautician, Margo (Kate Gorman). While Fergus is enjoying his holiday (if not Margo's company), immigration authorities raid the house where Wesley, Fergus and several other illegals have been staying. Wesley takes it on the lam and tracks down Fergus in Queensland, just in time for Colin to show up, who is in Australia as part of a witness protection program. Fergus and Wesley are still angry at Colin, and vice versa, and so a mad chase ensues as Fergus and Wesley head for the outback with immigration agents, secret service men and IRA renegades hot on their trail. Jimeoin McKeown is a popular stand-up comic in Australia, and Alan McKee is the star of the BBC's The Bill; their combined box-office draw gave The Craic the second-biggest opening week gross ever for an Australian film at home, bested only by Muriel's Wedding in 1994.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 06 March, 2008.

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