Ned Kelly is an Australian drama film directed by Gregor Jordan. The film portrays the life of Ned Kelly — a legendary bushranger in northeast Victoria. Ned Kelly, his brother Dan, and two other men — Steve Hart and Joe Byrne — formed a gang of Irish Australians in response to Irish and English tensions that arose in 19th century Australia. The film is mainly based on Robert Drewe's book Our Sunshine. Heath Ledger plays the title role as Edward 'Ned' Kelly. The 2003 version is a remake of the 1906 The Story of the Kelly Gang which is recognized in the film industry as the... first feature film ever made. The film started out with a young Ned Kelly rescuing a young boy from drowning. It then pans to the Australian bush with Ned talking about his father. He then awakens in the Australian outback and sees a white mare. He rides it into town, only to be arrested and subsequently imprisoned in 1871, for supposedly stealing the horse, even though it had actually been stolen by Wild Wright, Ned's friend. Two years later Ned is released and comes home to a warm welcome from his Catholic Irish family. The Kelly family are seemingly working to get ahead in life, by owning horses and farming.
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| Release date: | March 22, 2003 |
| Directed by: | Gregor Jordan |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 110 Minutes |
| Producer: | Lynda House, Nelson Woss |
| Editor: | Jon Gregory |
| Music by: | Bernard Fanning, Klaus Badelt |
| Cinematography: | Oliver Stapleton |
| Screenplay by: | John Michael McDonagh |
| Adapted from: | Our Sunshine |
| Genre: | Western, Biography |