Jack Irish. Set 1 / written by Andrew Knight and Matt Cameron ; directed by Jeffrey Walker ; produced by Ian Collie ; Essential Media & Entertainment and Screen Australia and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

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Jack Irish, is a brooding antihero of Australia. Reeling in the wake of his wife's murder, the former lawyer has reinvented himself as a part-time private investigator and full-time alcoholic, intent on drowning his demons. When an old client dies after leaving Jack several frantic voicemails, the P...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Jack Irish (Television program). Selections.
Corporate Authors: Essential Media (Firm) (Production company)
Screen Australia (Production company)
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Broadcaster)
Acorn Media (Firm) (Publisher)
RLJ Entertainment (Film distributor)
Other Authors: Temple, Peter, 1946-2018
Walker, Jeffrey (Television director)
Collie, Ian (Television producer)
Knight, Andrew (Screenwriter)
Cameron, Matt (Screenwriter)
Pearce, Guy, 1967- (Actor)
Dusseldorp, Marta, 1973- (Actor)
Pedersen, Aaron, 1970- (Actor)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
English dialogue; with English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Published: [United States] : Acorn Media, [2013]
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Irish, Jack > (Fictitious character) > Drama.
Private investigators > Australia > Drama.
Criminal investigation > Australia > Drama.
Criminal investigation.
Irish, Jack > (Fictitious character)
Private investigators.
Australia.
Detective and mystery television programs.
Television crime shows.
Television series.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Television programs for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
Genre:
Drama.
Detective and mystery television programs.
Television crime shows.
Television series.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Television programs for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 219 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
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Summary:
Jack Irish, is a brooding antihero of Australia. Reeling in the wake of his wife's murder, the former lawyer has reinvented himself as a part-time private investigator and full-time alcoholic, intent on drowning his demons. When an old client dies after leaving Jack several frantic voicemails, the PI realizes he can't outrun or out-drink his past. Jack returns to the world that took everything away from him: a seedy place of lowlifes, corruption, violence, and retribution.
Note:Title from container.
Originally broadcast on television as individual episodes in 2012.
Special features: Behind the scenes of Black tide (17 min.).
Based on the novel by Peter Temple.
Rating: Not rated. "Contains strong language, violence, graphic images, nudity, and sexual situations."
Call Number:AR5 D0155662 VideoDVD
ISBN:9781621721697
1621721698
Credits:Directed by Jeffrey Walker ; written by Andrew Knight and Matt Cameron.
System Details:DVD; widescreen (16:9) presentation.
Cast:
Guy Pearce, Marta Dusseldorp, Aaron Pedersen, Roy Billing.