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Adaptations
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form
y
Ned Kelly
( dir. Gregor Jordan
)
Australia
United States of America (USA)
France
:
Working Title Films
Endymion Films
StudioCanal
,
2003
Z1004563
2003
single work
film/TV
historical fiction
crime
Based on Robert Drewe's novel Our Sunshine, the film follows Kelly from his arrest for horse theft in 1871 to his execution at Old Melbourne Gaol in 1880.
Notes
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Adapted for the 2003 film Ned Kelly.
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Also published in braille and sound recording formats.
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Dedication: For James Fraser and Ray Lawrence
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Epigraph: Myth is gossip grown old. - Stanislaw Lec
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Epigraph: He stole my left ear. I took his right eye. He concealed fourteen of my teeth. I sewed up his lips. He stewed my behind. I turned his heart inside-out. He ate my liver. I drank his blood. War! - Elias Canetti
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Epigraph: No one is himself... - Paul Bowles
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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The Hangover Part Four
2013
single work
autobiography
— Appears in: The West Australian , 6 July 2013; (p. 22) -
Robert Drewe : Our Sunshine
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , February 2012;
— Review of Our Sunshine 1991 single work novel -
The Harp in the South : Reading Ireland in Australia
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Oxford History of the Irish Book, Volume V 2011; (p. 440-461)'The Australian branch of the modern Irish diaspora has several apparently distinctive features, when compared with the British, American and Canadian branches. As explained by the historian Oliver MacDonagh, these include, firstly, its large size in relation to the total population – over 30% in the eastern mainland states, and sustained at that level down to the First World War and beyond; secondly, its unusually uniform distribution around the country, geographically, socially and even occupationally, with relatively strong Irish presences in all states, and in all classes and occupations (except the higher financial professions), but notably the law, politics, journalism and teaching; and thirdly their unique position within the diaspora,as a founding people, arriving at the beginning of European settlement (mainly as convicts and soldiers), and thereby staking a claim, and an interest, in the shape and destiny of the nation as a whole.' (Author's introduction)
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Our Sunshine : Robert Drewe (1943- )
2007
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Classics : Fifty Great Writers and Their Celebrated Works 2007; (p. 300-304) -
Australia's Cultural Identity Now
2005
single work
essay
— Appears in: New Literatures Review , October no. 44 2005; (p. 23-31) Robert Drewe discusses Australian identity in terms of 'the Myth of Landscape' and 'the Myth of Character', using examples from his fiction to illustrate.
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Robert Drewe : Our Sunshine
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , February 2012;
— Review of Our Sunshine 1991 single work novel -
A Ned for Our Times
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January (1991-1992) no. 137 1991; (p. 15)
— Review of Our Sunshine 1991 single work novel -
Art of the Imagination
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 26 November vol. 113 no. 5797 1991; (p. 116)
— Review of Our Sunshine 1991 single work novel -
As Game as Ned Kelly
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Mattoid , no. 41 1991; (p. 162-165)
— Review of Our Sunshine 1991 single work novel -
Casting the Kelly Gang in a Post-Modern Light
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 23-24 November 1991; (p. rev 7)
— Review of Our Sunshine 1991 single work novel -
Hunting Ned
2003
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 1 March 2003; (p. 5) -
In the Service of Complex Truths : The Aims and Art of Robert Drewe's Fiction
2005
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 50 no. 2005; (p. 26-41) A discussion of Robert Drewe's repeated questioning in his writings of notions of 'truth'. -
Australia's Cultural Identity Now
2005
single work
essay
— Appears in: New Literatures Review , October no. 44 2005; (p. 23-31) Robert Drewe discusses Australian identity in terms of 'the Myth of Landscape' and 'the Myth of Character', using examples from his fiction to illustrate. -
Our Sunshine : Robert Drewe (1943- )
2007
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Classics : Fifty Great Writers and Their Celebrated Works 2007; (p. 300-304) -
New Histories of the Kelly Gang : Gregor Jordan's Ned Kelly
2003
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Senses of Cinema , May-June no. 26 2003; How does the latest portrait of the legendary bushranger stack up against previous versions?
Awards
- 1992 shortlisted NBC Banjo Awards — NBC Banjo Award for Fiction
- 1992 shortlisted Miles Franklin Literary Award