Безрассудный Келли

the band of the same name

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.

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.

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
Tracy Mann Miss Twisty

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.

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.

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.