''The Outlaw Michael Howe'' is a 2013 Australian historical drama film written and directed by

Brendan Cowell Brendan Cowell is an Australian actor, playwright, and director. Early life and education Cowell was born in Sydney and grew up in the beachside suburb of Cronulla. He credits his mother and high school drama teacher with encouraging him to e ...

. Set in the early 19th century, the film is based on the exploits of Michael Howe, an Englishman who was transported as a

convict A convict is "a person found guilty of a crime and sentenced by a court" or "a person serving a sentence in prison". Convicts are often also known as "prisoners" or "inmates" or by the slang term "con", while a common label for former conv ...

to the Australian

penal colony A penal colony or exile colony is a settlement used to exile prisoners and separate them from the general population by placing them in a remote location, often an island or distant colonial territory. Although the term can be used to refer t ...

Van Diemen's Land Van Diemen's Land was the colonial name of the island of Tasmania used by the British during the European exploration of Australia in the 19th century. A British settlement was established in Van Diemen's Land in 1803 before it became a sep ...

(now

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), where he achieved infamy as a

bushranger Bushrangers were originally escaped convicts in the early years of the British settlement of Australia who used the bush as a refuge to hide from the authorities. By the 1820s, the term had evolved to refer to those who took up " robbery unde ...

and outlaw.

Cast

Damon Herriman Damon Herriman is an Australian actor. He is known for his film and television work in Australia and the United States. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Dewey Crowe in '' Justified''. In 2019, he portrayed the cult leader and crimina ...

- Michael Howe * Mirrah Foulkes - Maria Lord *

Rarriwuy Hick Rarriwuy Hick (born ) is an Aboriginal Australian award winning actress, known for her roles in the television series '' Redfern Now'', ''Cleverman'', '' Wentworth'' and '' True Colours''. Early life and education Hick was born around 1991 in ...

- Mary *

Matt Day Matthew Day (born 28 September 1971) is an Australian actor and filmmaker. Early life Day was born in Melbourne, Victoria. When he was 11 years old, he went to live in the United States with his father, a newspaper correspondent, where he be ...

Robert Knopwood Robert Knopwood (2 June 1763 – 18 September 1838) was an early clergyman and diarist in Australia. Knopwood was the third child and only surviving son of Robert Knopwood (from a wealthy Norfolk family) and his wife Elizabeth, ''née'' Bart ...

* Darren Gilshenan - Lieutenant Governor Thomas Davey * Benedict Hardie - Peter Septon * Pip Miller - Magistrate Humphrey * Amanda Bishop - Susan * Nicholas Cassim - Lieutenant Governor William Sorell * Patrick Connolly - Carlisle *

- British soldier * Steve Morris - Convict * Blake Lindsell - British soldier * Dean Gould - British soldier

Filming

The film was shot on location in

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, including

Mount Field National Park Mount Field National Park is a national park in Tasmania, Australia, 64 km northwest of Hobart. The landscape ranges from eucalyptus temperate rainforest to alpine moorland, rising to 1,434 metres (4,705 ft) at the summit of Mount F ...

. A large reconstruction of colonial

Hobart Hobart ( ; Nuennonne/Palawa kani: ''nipaluna'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-smalle ...

was also built at Old Sydney Town in New South Wales.

Music

Roger Mason composed the original score for ''The Outlaw Michael Howe''. The soundtrack includes

Sarah Blasko Sarah Elizabeth Blaskow (born 23 September 1976), known professionally as Sarah Blasko, is an Australian singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. From April 2002, Blasko developed her solo career after fronting Sydney-based band, Acqui ...

's song "A Truth", written and recorded exclusively for the film and featuring

Warren Ellis Warren Girard Ellis (born 16 February 1968) is a British comic book writer, novelist, and screenwriter. He is best known as the co-creator of several original comics series, including '' Transmetropolitan'' (1997–2002), '' Global Frequency'' ...

. The Drones' song "How to See Through Fog" is also used in the film.

Release

The film premiered on the

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on 1 December 2013, and was released on DVD by

Madman Entertainment Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd., also known as Madman Films, is an Australian distribution and rights management company headquartered in East Melbourne, Victoria, specialising in feature films, documentaries and television series across theatri ...

Awards

References

External links

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Howe leaves Ned Kelly for dead
2013 television films 2013 films 2013 biographical drama films 2013 Western (genre) films 2010s English-language films 2010s vigilante films Australian biographical drama films Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming Australian films about revenge Australian drama television films Australian vigilante films Biographical films about bandits Biographical television films Bushranger films Films set in 1815 Films set in Tasmania Western (genre) television films 2010s Australian films {{2010s-Australia-film-stub