DVD
Clean break
Record details
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Physical Description:
video recording (DVD)
videodisc
2 video discs (214 min.) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inch disc. - Edition: Widescreen edition.
- Publisher: Silver Spring, MD : Acorn Media, p2016
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally broadcast as episodes of the television program in 2015. 16:9 widescreen. |
| Restrictions on Access Note: | LICENSED FOR HOME USE ONLY |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Adam Fergus, Kelly Thornton, Aidan McArdle, Damien Molony, Sean McGinley, Packy Lee, Amybeth McNulty. |
| Language Note: | Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Kidnapping -- Ireland -- Drama Revenge -- Ireland -- Drama Avarice -- Ireland -- Drama |
| Genre: | Television series. DVD-Video discs. DVDs for the hearing impaired. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Show Only Available Copies
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Invermere Public Library | ADULT DVD (Text) | IPL052965 | Videos / DVD | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Video Librarian Reviews : Video Librarian Reviews
This four-part miniseries, written by playwright Billy Roche for Irish TV, combines the doomed crime caper with small town drama. Frank (Adam Fergus), a small-time entrepreneur with a failing car dealership, concocts a plan to kidnap the wife and daughter of Desmond (Aidan McArdle), the bank manager ready to foreclose on Frank's business, and he hires a local hood (Ned Dennehy) to do the dirty work. Roped into the scheme is Danny (Damien Molony), a good-natured boxer and minor local celebrity (he went to the Olympics but choked), who becomes a loose end when one of the victims recognizes him. The fallout from the crime reverberates through the community, as hero-worshipping local kids and Frank's own daughter try to protect Danny from the police and the kidnappers. Clean Break offers an interesting social portrait of dreamers taking shortcuts to success, down-and-out folks with nothing to lose, and a bank manager who exhibits all of the clichés of arrogance and superiority surrounding the rich and the powerful. It's a well-made series, more character drama than crime thriller, set in the culture of poverty and hopelessness plaguing a small town that is still awaiting the economic recovery, but it is also more downbeat and low-key than similar dramas from Great Britain, with a palpable sense of anger and resentment under the surface. Recommended. (S. Axmaker) Copyright Video Librarian Reviews 2017.
