The Craic

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The Craic

The Craic poster
Directed by Ted Emery
Produced by Marc Gracie
Jimeoin
Written by Jimeoin
Starring Jimeoin
Alan McKee
Bob Franklin
Colin Hay
Distributed by Roadshow Entertainment
Release date(s) 29 April 1999
Running time 89 min.
Country Australia
Language English
IMDb profile

The Craic is a 1999 Australian comedy film starring Jimeoin and Alan McKee and directed by Ted Emery.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

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.

Cinema of Australia

Film chronology: 1890s-1930s • 1940s-1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s
Categories: Actors • Directors • Films A-Z • Cinematographers • Composers • Editors • Producers • Screenwriters

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