Australian bushranger Ned Kelly and his gang flee from authorities during the 1870s.Australian bushranger Ned Kelly and his gang flee from authorities during the 1870s.Australian bushranger Ned Kelly and his gang flee from authorities during the 1870s.
- Director
- Writers
- Shaun Grant(screenplay by)
- Peter Carey(based on the novel by)
- Stars
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- Director
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- Shaun Grant(screenplay by)
- Peter Carey(based on the novel by)
- Stars
- Awards
- 6 wins & 13 nominations
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- Peter Carey(based on the novel by)
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This is a fictional account of Ned Kelly's life starting in Australia, 1867, when Ned's a boy. His dad, originally sent from Ireland to an Australian prison colony by the English oppressors, gets arrested for killing a neighbor's cow that Ned killed. Ned saves a boy of rich parents from drowning in the river. The mother offers to pay so Ned can attend the same private boarding school her son attends and get a quality education. Ned's mom rejects it as an attempt of English oppression. When Ned runs off to tell his dad at his cell about his deed, his dad is dead. His mom sends him off with bushranger Harry Power to learn the trade and become a man. This includes shooting Sgt. O'Neil. Ned quits and returns home. He gets 3 years prison for the non-lethal shooting. He comes out of prison a young man and makes a living as a bare fist boxer. Visiting his mom, he returns the dresses his cross-dressing brother stole from a brothel. He meets Mary there. He later becomes an outlaw. —Scott Filtenborg
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- Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for strong violence throughout, bloody images, pervasive language, sexual content and some nudity
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Did you know
- TriviaThe height aspect ratio gradually shrinks throughout the film, symbolising the famous helmet Kelly eventually wears.
- GoofsIn the film Constable Fitzpatrick is depicted as English. In reality he was Irish.
- Crazy creditsThe main-on-end credits appear as graffiti scrawled onto various surfaces, alongside a variety of obscenities.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Hopping Mad: Philippe Mora on Dennis Hopper and 'Mad Dog Morgan' (2019)
Top review
Bizarre but entertaining interpretation.
Takes a classic bit of Aussie history/fable and writes a new version with some similarities. Entertaining enough and rather poetic. Shot well, but quite up and down in terms of performances, altogether okay.
If you're looking for a Hollywood blockbuster version of Ned Kelly's story, this isn't it!
Likely to frustrate the hell out of anyone that reveres Ned Kelly and the story as told, which greatly amuses me and adds to this movie's charm. Overall quite good.
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- sylvia_no
- Jan 27, 2020
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- Also known as
- Правдива історія банди Келлі
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $33,817
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $9,839
- Apr 26, 2020
- Gross worldwide
- $471,152
- Runtime2 hours 4 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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