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Divorcing Jack

1998, David Caffrey

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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.

If you like Divorcing Jack, you might also like British Black Comedy Films, Films Based On British Novels, Films Set In Belfast, and 1990s English-language Films.

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