''Reckless Kelly'' is a 1993 Australian

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produced, written, directed and starring

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. It co-stars Melora Hardin, Alexei Sayle and

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. The story is a

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take on a modern-day Ned Kelly, a famous Australian outlaw.

Synopsis

A modern-day Ned Kelly robs banks in Australia and gives all the money to the poor people. Ned is forced to go to

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to make enough money to save his family's land. As it goes against his belief, he cannot simply rob banks there for his own benefit. Ned is forced to find another way to come up with the $1 million required to save his family island. That is when a movie producer shows up and gives Ned an offer he cannot refuse.

Cast

... Ned Kelly * Melora Hardin ... Robin Banks * Alexei Sayle ... Major Wib *

... Sir John * Kathleen Freeman ... Mrs. Delance *

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... Sam Delance * Bob Maza ... Dan Kelly *

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... Ernie the Fan *

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... Joe Kelly *

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... Newsreader

Production

The film was financed by Warner Bros, Village Roadshow and the Australian

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. Serious used many of the same key creatives he had on '' Young Einstein''.

Reception

Neil Jillett, film critic for ''

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'' wrote, "There are some good gags along the way, and a few of the plot's twists have an entertainingly surreal zaniness. But there is much heavy going too. Most of the messages Serious loads into the film—protect the environment, hate violence and banks, mock the British, go for a republic, sneer at American fads and religious hypocrisy—are presented with a smugness that was missing from ''Young Einstein''".

Box office

''Reckless Kelly'' opened at number one at the Australian box office with a gross of $2,036,224. It remained at number one for a second week and went on to gross $5,444,534 at the Australian box office.

In popular culture

* Australian rock duo Divinyls covered the song "Wild Thing" in 1993 for the soundtrack to the film. It peaked at No. 39 on the

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References

External links

* *
''Reckless Kelly''
at Oz Movies * * {{Internet Archive film, id=reckless-kelly-1993
RECKLESS KELLY : 1ST RE-CUT VERSION
(Australian video release) at the National Film and Sound Archive
RECKLESS KELLY : 2ND RE-CUT VERSION
(U.S.A. film release) at the National Film and Sound Archive 1993 films Australian Western (genre) comedy films Australian satirical films 1990s English-language films Films set in Los Angeles Films shot in Australia 1993 comedy films Films scored by Anthony Marinelli Warner Bros. films Cultural depictions of Ned Kelly Films directed by Yahoo Serious