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Summary
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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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 51GoodWatch 53
IMDb5.6
Audience score46%
Running time
1 h 29 min
Shorter than most comedies, −11 min on the typical 100
typical 10089Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
To rent or buy in 1 countries
Released
1999
April 29, 1999
27 years ago
Genre
ComedyLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
Australia
and 12 more19 people
- JimeoinFergus Montagu
- Alan McKeeWesley Murray
- Colin HayBarry
- Bob FranklinBob
- Robert MorganColin/Steven Philips
- Nicholas BellDerek Johnson
- Jane HallAlice
- CACatherine ArenaErica
- Geoff PaineRussell
Kate GormanMargo
Anne PhelanTruck Driver- BDBeverley DunnFarmer's Wife
Matt KingEnglish Guy- KMKyle MorrisonRon
Alan BroughGlen- GEGreg EvansHimself
Jeremy KewleyWarm-up Man
Charles TingwellFarmer
Chris BidloAussie Barman
Directing · 5
- Ted Emery Director
- Carmel Torcasio Continuity
- Stewart Wright First Assistant Director
- Pauline Walker Second Assistant Director
- Heidi Persson Third Assistant Director
Writing · 3
- Jimeoin Screenplay, Producer
- Bob Franklin Script Consultant
- Alan Pentland Script Editor
Production · 9
- Alan Finney Executive Producer
- Bruno Charlesworth Executive Producer
- Marc Gracie Producer
- David Foster Producer
- Cameron Harris Casting
- Andy Pappas Unit Production Manager
Camera · 1
- John Wheeler Director of Photography
Editing · 2
- Michael Collins Editor
- Steve Doyle Assistant Editor
Sound · 5
- Ricky Edwards Music
- Steve Burgess Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Craig Carter Sound Editor
- Jock Healy Sound Recordist
- Christian Scallan Scoring Mixer
Art · 4
- Penny Southgate Production Design
- Oliver Streeton Title Designer
- Adam McGoldrick Set Dresser
- Evelyn Konstantinidis Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 3
- Michael Chisholm Costume Design
- Gail Mayes Wardrobe Supervisor
- Bill Jackson-Martin Makeup & Hair
Other crew · 5
- Aaron Beaucaire Special Effects
- John Fox Armorer
- Marlene Zwickler Thanks
- Roger Grierson Thanks
- Joel Pearlman Thanks
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