Peter Carey

The texts that seemed to resonate most prominently with the students were Peter Carey’s True History of the Kelly Gang,

Justin Kurzel

Based on Peter Carey’s award-winning novel, Justin Kurzel’s True History of the Kelly Gang is a fresh and startling take on this familiar tale.

Ned Kelly

In 2001, Peter Carey won the Man Booker Prize for Ned Kelly's novel True History of the Kelly Gang, written from Kelly's perspective.

a western, based on Peter Carey’s novel of the same name, , produced by Liz Watts (Animal Kingdom, The Rover), Hal Vogel and David Aukin

True History of the Kelly Gang is a western, based on Peter Carey’s novel of the same name, produced by Liz Watts (Animal Kingdom, The Rover), Hal Vogel and David Aukin, and written by Joe Penhall, with Justin Kurzel attached to direct and Vincent Sheehan as executive producer.

Joe Penhall

True History of the Kelly Gang is a western, based on Peter Carey’s novel of the same name, produced by Liz Watts (Animal Kingdom, The Rover), Hal Vogel and David Aukin, and written by Joe Penhall, with Justin Kurzel attached to direct and Vincent Sheehan as executive producer.

an imaginative reconstruction of Ned Kelly’s life story in Carey's own words

True History of the Kelly Gang is an imaginative reconstruction of Ned Kelly’s life story in Carey's own words.

Arundhati Roy

, Peter Carey’s The True History of the Kelly Gang, Arundhati Roy

Peter,

Australian Son, Georgian House, Melbourne, 1948 (plus subsequent reprints) shows pictures of Glenrowan in the 1940s Carey, Peter, True History of the Kelly Gang, Vintage, 2001 (this is fiction; not a history) Cave, Colin (ed.)

about notorious bushranger Ned Kelly (George MacKay), one of the world’s greatest outlaws, and the colonial ba...

The True History of the Kelly Gang is about notorious bushranger Ned Kelly (George MacKay), one of the world’s greatest outlaws, and the colonial ba...

on historical events on the legend built around the Australian man and on the wartime experiences of Sam Mendes’ own grandfather

on historical events: The True History of the Kelly Gang was based on the legend built around the Australian man and 1917 on the wartime experiences of Sam Mendes’ own grandfather.

Charles Tait (15 November 1868 – 27 June 1933), together with two of Charles Tait's brothers,

Charles Tait (15 November 1868 – 27 June 1933), together with two of Charles Tait's brothers, was an Australian concert, film and theatrical entrepreneur, but Charles Tait's most notable achievement was as the director and writer of The Story of the Kelly Gang, an Australian film, regarded as the world's first feature-length film.

Elisabeth Moss

Justin Kurzel also returns this week, and following a somewhat disappointing deviation into Hollywood, with the immensely disappointing Assassin’s Creed, Elisabeth Moss ’s now back on home soil, with True History of the Kelly Gang, harking back to Elisabeth Moss's film Snowtown, which gained huge critical acclaim.

George

George mostly talks about True History of the Kelly Gang in the attached chat, but two future projects -- Wolf (which I told you about here) and Munich (a WWII thriller based on a Robert Ludlum book) -- come up as well, so check a Robert Ludlum book out.

Australian director Charles Tait

In 1906 Australian director Charles Tait created The Story of the Kelly Gang, the world’s first ever feature length film — though unfortunately only 17 minutes remains of only 17 minutes's original 60 minute (approximate) runtime.

by Lucy Coleman (“Hot Mess”)

the Kelly Gang is written and created by Lucy Coleman (“Hot Mess”) and directed by Bonnie Moir (“Love Me” S2).