The Last Outlaw | |
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Composer | Brian May |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 4 |
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Producer | Roger Le Mesurier |
Cinematography | Ernest Clark |
Editor | Philip Reid |
Running time | 380 minutes (95 min each) |
Production company | Pegasus Productions |
Budget | $2 million [1] |
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Network | Seven Network |
Release | 20 October 1980 |
The Last Outlaw is a 1980 Australian four-part television miniseries based on the life of Ned Kelly. It was shot from February to May 1980 [2] and the end of its original broadcast, in October–November 1980, coincided with the centenary of Ned Kelly's death. [3] [4] [5]
The complete miniseries has been released on region 4 DVD in Australia by Umbrella Entertainment. [6]
The mini-series was made by Pegasus Productions, the company of Ian Jones and Browyn Binns. They had made the hugely popular mini-series Against the Wind. [7] Jones had long been interested in the story of Ned Kelly and did extensive research. "I recognised the impossibility of his situation in a frontier society," said Jones. "He was the centre of a tragedy which could have been avoided." [8] Jones wanted to make the series in part to make amends for his dissatisfaction with the 1970 film Ned Kelly. [9]
Filming took six months. [1]
The mini-series was considered a ratings disappointment. [10]