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Hacks (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
48 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2012 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Guy Jenkin

Written By:
Guy Jenkin

Actors:
Michael Kitchen ..... Stanhope Feast
Claire Foy ..... Kate Loy
Philip Davis ..... Ray
Alexander Armstrong ..... David Bullingdon
Kayvan Novak ..... Rav
John Hopkins ..... Connor Feast
Celia Imrie ..... Tabby
Nigel Planer ..... Oliver
Abdul Salis ..... Micah Todd
Russ Abbot ..... Bill Bentley
Lisa Greenwood ..... Zoe
Eleanor Matsuura ..... Ho Chi Mao Feast
Stella Gonet ..... Sandra Bryant MP
Moray Hunter ..... Detective Superintendent
Gordon Kennedy ..... Gordon Grey

Synopsis:

Hacks is a comedy drama about the fall of fictional British tabloid newspaper - The Sunday Comet. The new Editor Kate Loy doesn't take any prisoners. And the Proprietor of the paper, Stanhope Feast demands she always gets the biggest stories first. But her moral compass went awry a long time ago. Kate's drive to deliver 'the truth' is intense - the phrase 'by any means necessary' doesn't even cover it. Phone hacking, blagging, pinging... the staff here do it all. But it's all about to unravel and in a big way... Starring Claire Foy as Kate and Michael Kitchen as the charismatic Mr Feast, the stellar cast also includes Russ Abbott, Alexander Armstrong, Phil Davis, Celia Imrie, Gordon Kennedy, Kayvan Novak and Nigel Planer. Written by Guy Jenkin (Drop the Dead Donkey, Outnumbered), Hacks takes a satirical swipe at the recent momentous events surrounding the British newspaper industry.

Once the tea girl Kate Loy is now the ruthless editor of scurrilous red top the Sunday Comet,owned by greedy Australian media magnate Stanhope Feast. The paper will stop at nothing for its grubby scoops including hacking into newsworthy people's phones though Kate gets off the hook following an early accusation by helping the police wire-tap criminals. Feast and his wife and son Connor arrive in England to offer the prime minister media support in exchange for an exclusive television deal but by now the claims of hacking will not go away and Kate and the Feasts are summoned to a commons commission. This leads to Connor selling out his father,Kate resigning and the paper closing though Kate and old time reporter Ray have one last edition to print as an act of revenge. An end title explains the fates of the protagonists,many of whom ended up in prison.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 10 March, 2012.

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