The Craic
5.6
“The bad guys want them dead. Immigration want them out. All they want is a good time.”
When Fergus and Wesley get in the bad books of a local rough in their home town in Northern Ireland they decide to flee to Australia. After making a new life for themselves in Sydney they soon outstay their visas and must go on the run again, this time from the immigration officials.
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Cast
34 people
Jimeoin
Fergus Montagu
Known for
Time Bandits
Alan McKee
Wesley Murray
Also in
Mad About Mambo
Jack Taylor
Ted Emery
Michael Collins
Also in
Pavee Lackeen: The Traveller Girl
Jack Taylor
Bruno Charlesworth
Also in
Horseplay
Colin Hay
Barry
Known for
The Wild
Alan Finney
Andy Pappas
Bob Franklin
Bob
Known for
Please Like Me
David Foster
Ricky Edwards
Robert Morgan
Colin/Steven Philips
Known for
Childhood's End
The OA
Ted Emery Director · Jimeoin Screenplay John Wheeler Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $53M · Budget $31M · United States release April 29, 1999
Box office
Budget
$31,000,000
Worldwide gross
$53,000,000
Gross vs. budget
1.7×
Production
Foster Gracie
Production
Geffer Notice
Production
Australian Film Commission
Production
Village Roadshow
Production
Village Roadshow Entertainment
Production
Australia
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Australia · April 29, 1999
Theatrical
United States · April 29, 1999
Greece
September 9, 1999 · Premiere · Athens Film Festival
Hungary
December 18, 2003 · TV premiere
New Zealand
November 11, 1999 · Theatrical
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