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Jimeoin (written by)
Release Date:
29 April 1999 (Australia) more
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The bad guys want them dead. Immigration want them out. All they want is a good time. more
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Two Irish actors (Jimeoin McKeown, Alan McKee) flee from 1988 Belfast after a violent confrontation... more | add synopsis
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1 win more
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Cheerful comedy, not a classic more (15 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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 |
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89 min | USA:86 min
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Features "Neighbours" (1985) more
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Jimeoin writes and stars in this cheerful little "fish-out-of-water" flick about two Irish guys in Australia on the run from Immigration and
a head-case IRA man.
Some of the scenarios are clearly developments of Jimeoin's stand-up comedy routines. Australian audiences will be best placed to pick the gleeful reworkings of Aussie "culture". The dating game spoof in particular is a hoot.
Good use of outback locations, but that's a bit redundant. Have you ever read a comment "there was lousy use of Australian outback locations - it didn't look good at all."? Point a camera pretty much anywhere in outback Australia and you'll get decent footage simply because of the light, colour and space.
Another highlight - Perennial character actor "Bud" Tingwell as a mad melon farmer.
Drawbacks - the Irish characters need subtitles at times due to their impenetrable accents. Too many set-pieces linked by a threadbare plot. But for all that, acceptable light entertainment.