Reckless Kelly

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Reckless Kelly
Poster of the movie Reckless Kelly.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Yahoo Serious
Written byYahoo Serious
Warwick Ross
David Roach
Lulu Serious
Produced byYahoo Serious
Warwick Ross
StarringYahoo Serious
Melora Hardin
Alexei Sayle
Hugo Weaving
CinematographyKevin Hayward
Edited byLawrence Jordan
Music by
  • Anthony Marinelli
  • Tommy Tycho [1]
Production
company
Serious Productions
Distributed by Roadshow Entertainment [2]
Release date
  • 8 April 1993 (1993-04-08)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetA$20 million (est.) [3]
Box officeA$5.4 million

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.

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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

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]

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References

  1. ↑ "Reckless Kelly (1993)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . 2016. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Reckless Kelly-Review". Ozmovies. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  3. 1 2 Andrew L. Urban, "Yahoo Serious: Reckless Kelly", Cinema Papers, April 1993 p31-35, 72
  4. ↑ Jillett, Neil (15 April 1993). "This Is Serious, Ned". The Age. Retrieved 6 January 2017– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "International box office". Variety . 19 April 1993. p. 34. $1,466,081; $A1=$0.72
  6. ↑ "Film Victoria – Australian Films at the Australian Box Office" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
  7. ↑ "International box office". Variety . 26 April 1993. p. 38.
  8. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Divinyls – Wild Thing". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
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