Reckless Kelly
1993 Australian film
- Anthony Marinelli
- Tommy Tycho[1]
Production
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Serious Productions
Release date
- 8 April 1993 (1993-04-08)
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Reckless Kelly is a 1993 Australian comedy film produced, written, directed and starring Yahoo Serious. It co-stars Melora Hardin, Alexei Sayle and Hugo Weaving. The story is a satirical 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 Hollywood 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
- Yahoo Serious ... Ned Kelly
- Melora Hardin ... Robin Banks
- Alexei Sayle ... Major Wib
- Hugo Weaving ... Sir John
- Kathleen Freeman ... Mrs. Delance
- John Pinette ... Sam Delance
- Bob Maza ... Dan Kelly
- Martin Ferrero ... Ernie the Fan
- Anthony Ackroyd ... Joe Kelly
- Max Walker ... Newsreader
- Willie Fennell ... Mr. Arnold
Production
The film was financed by Warner Bros, Village Roadshow and the Australian Film Finance Corporation. Serious used many of the same key creatives he had on Young Einstein.[3]
Reception
Neil Jillett, film critic for The Age 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".[4]
Box office
Reckless Kelly opened at number one at the Australian box office with a gross of $2,036,224.[5] It remained at number one for a second week and went on to gross $5,444,534 at the Australian box office.[6][7]
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 Australian Singles Chart.[8]
See also
References
- ^ "Reckless Kelly (1993)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2016. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ "Reckless Kelly-Review". Ozmovies. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ a b Andrew L. Urban, "Yahoo Serious: Reckless Kelly", Cinema Papers, April 1993 p31-35, 72
- ^ Jillett, Neil (15 April 1993). "This Is Serious, Ned". The Age. Retrieved 6 January 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "International box office". Variety. 19 April 1993. p. 34.
$1,466,081; $A1=$0.72
- ^ "Film Victoria – Australian Films at the Australian Box Office" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
- ^ "International box office". Variety. 26 April 1993. p. 38.
- ^ Steffen Hung. "Divinyls – Wild Thing". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
External links
- Reckless Kelly at IMDb
- Reckless Kelly at Box Office Mojo
- Reckless Kelly at Oz Movies
- Reckless Kelly at Rotten Tomatoes
- Reckless Kelly is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
- 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
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