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Directed by | Justin Kurzel |
Screenplay by | Shaun Grant |
Based on | True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey |
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Cinematography | Ari Wegner |
Edited by | Nick Fenton |
Music by | Jed Kurzel |
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Running time | 124 minutes[1] |
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Language | English |
Box office | $446,177 |
True History of the Kelly Gang is a 2019 bushranger film directed by Justin Kurzel, written by Shaun Grant, and based upon the 2000 novel of the same name by Peter Carey. A fictionalised account of the life of bushranger and outlaw Ned Kelly, the film stars George MacKay, Essie Davis, Nicholas Hoult, Charlie Hunnam and Russell Crowe.
It had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on 11 September 2019. It was released in Australia on Australia Day 2020, by Transmission Films and Stan, in the United Kingdom on 28 February 2020, by Picturehouse Entertainment, and in the United States on 24 April 2020, by IFC Films.