Divorcing Jack (1998)
He's Irish, he's ageing, he drinks, is a touch cynical and when he has time writes a newspaper column. On the eve of the country's first election as an independent state, Dan Starkey's life is about to change after he finds the young woman he has just made love to dead and his only ally is a nun
- Date of release
- 1998-10-01
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (30)
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Director
- David Caffrey
Casting
- David Thewlis — Dan Starkey
- Rachel Griffiths — Lee Cooper
- Jason Isaacs — Cow Pat Keegan
- Laura Fraser — Margaret
- Richard Gant — Charles Parker
- Laine Megaw — Patricia Starkey
- Bronagh Gallagher — Taxi Driver
- Kitty Aldridge — Agnes Brinn
- Robert Lindsay — Michael Brinn
- Adam Blackwood — Young Starkey
- Simon Magill — Starkey's Brother
- Gerard Jordan — Pizza Shop Boy
Interesting facts
Divorcing Jack is a 1998 satirical black comedy. The plot is set around the Northern Irish reporter Dan Starkey who gets entangled in a web of political intrigue and Irish sectarian violence, at the same time as Northern Ireland is set to elect a new Prime Minister. Writer Colin Bateman adapted his own 1995 book as the screenplay.
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