"evaluation of the company's inventory: When we programmed this picture we thought Mick Jagger would be a big personality with the younger audience. Unfortunately, his other film ""Performance"" came out just before ""Ned Kelly"" and failed. We have every belief that ""Ned Kelly"" will not do well either. In addition, Tony Richardson, the filmmaker handled the material in a very slow-paced manner and we have not been able to persuade him to make the cuts necessary to improve the film. This is again a case of programming a film in a time of much greater optimism about the size of"
"Ned Kelly (2003 film) Ned Kelly is a 2003 Australian historical drama film based on Robert Drewe's 1991 novel ""Our Sunshine"". Directed by Gregor Jordan, the film's adapted screenplay was written by John Michael McDonagh. The film dramatises the life of Ned Kelly, a legendary bushranger and outlaw who was active mostly in Victoria, the colony of his birth. In the film, Kelly, his brother Dan, and two other associates—Steve Hart and Joe Byrne—form a gang of Irish Australians in response to Irish and English tensions that arose in 19th century Australia. Heath Ledger stars in the title role, with"
"Reckless Kelly Reckless Kelly is a 1993 Australian comedy film produced, written, directed and starring Yahoo Serious. It co-stars Melora Hardin, Alexei Sayle and Hugo Weaving. The story is a satirical take on a modern-day Ned Kelly, a famous Australian outlaw. A modern-day Ned Kelly robs banks in Australia and gives all the money to the poor people. Ned is forced to go to Hollywood in order to make enough money to save his family's land. As it goes against his belief, he cannot simply rob banks there for his own benefit. Ned is forced to find another way to"
"Orlando Bloom, Naomi Watts and Geoffrey Rush. After saving a young boy from drowning and being awarded a ""hero sash"" when he was himself 10-year-old, Ned Kelly (Heath Ledger) grows up in the British colony of Victoria where he was born. The son of a Catholic Irish settler, he lives with his widowed mother Ellen (Kris McQuade), his younger brother Dan (Laurence Kinlan), and her two younger sisters Kate (Kerry Condon) and Grace (Emily Browning). Ned's best friend Joe (Orlando Bloom) and Dan's best friend Steve (Philip Barantini) are also often at the house. One day in 1871, when he's"
"the so-called youth orientated – particularly starring one of the new folk heroes. A.H. Weiler of the ""New York Times"" said, ""Ned Kelly"" grossed $808,000 at the box office in Australia, which is equivalent to $7,716,400 in 2009 dollars. Ian Jones later wrote and produced (with his wife Bronwyn Binns) a mini-series on Kelly, ""The Last Outlaw"" which aired on the Seven Network in 1980. Australian actor John Jarratt starred as Kelly The actual body armour costume worn by Jagger is on display at the Queanbeyan City Library, New South Wales, and the initials ""MJ"" are scratched on the inside."
"When the Kellys Were Out When the Kellys Were Out is an Australian feature-length film directed by Harry Southwell about Ned Kelly. Only part of the film survives today. Constable Fitzpatrick arrives at the Kelly house, to accuse Dan Kelly of cattle duffing. He is met by Kate Kelly, Dan's sister, and is taken by her beauty. Mrs Kelly tries to prevent the arrest and Ned arrives. A quarrel ensues in which Fitzpatrick is attacked, and Ned flees. He joins with Steve Hary, Joe Byrne and Dan Kelly and escapes to a hide out. Ned hears that his mother has"
"drama ""Shine"" achieved an Academy Award for Best Actor award for Geoffrey Rush and Gregor Jordan's 1999 film ""Two Hands"" gave Heath Ledger his first leading role. After Ledger's successful transition to Hollywood, Jordan and Ledger collaborated again in 2003 with Ledger playing the iconic bushranger title role in the film ""Ned Kelly"", which co-starred British actress Naomi Watts. The canon of films related to Indigenous Australians also increased over the period of the 1990s and early 21st Century, with Nick Parsons' 1996 film ""Dead Heart"" featuring Ernie Dingo and Bryan Brown; Rolf de Heer's ""The Tracker"", starring Gary Sweet"
"protect the environment, hate violence and banks, mock the British, go for a republic, sneer at American fads and religious hypocrisy - are presented with a smugness that was missing from ""Young Einstein"""". ""Reckless Kelly"" grossed $5,444,534 at the box office in Australia. Reckless Kelly Reckless Kelly is a 1993 Australian comedy film produced, written, directed and starring Yahoo Serious. It co-stars Melora Hardin, Alexei Sayle and Hugo Weaving. The story is a satirical take on a modern-day Ned Kelly, a famous Australian outlaw. A modern-day Ned Kelly robs banks in Australia and gives all the money to the poor"
"lead but Orlando Bloom and Geoffrey Rush are woefully underused."" BBC film reviewer Nev Pierce gave the film 3 out of 5 stars, stating ""there is some impressive action, albeit great scenes rather than sequences"", concluding with ""a rousing, watchable western"". Jay Richardson from FutureMovies.co.uk stated ""this is a competent and blandly enjoyable film with a solid central performance from Heath Ledger"". Megan Spencer from ABC.Net said ""Thankfully Ned Kelly is a very cinematic Australian film, the international and local cast and crew made the most of their $30 million budget. And some of the best sequences are due in"
"one review describes the battle for Glenrowan, with masses of police and civilian casualties, along with a lion and monkey as ""fictional nonsense"". Ned Kelly (2003 film) Ned Kelly is a 2003 Australian historical drama film based on Robert Drewe's 1991 novel ""Our Sunshine"". Directed by Gregor Jordan, the film's adapted screenplay was written by John Michael McDonagh. The film dramatises the life of Ned Kelly, a legendary bushranger and outlaw who was active mostly in Victoria, the colony of his birth. In the film, Kelly, his brother Dan, and two other associates—Steve Hart and Joe Byrne—form a gang of"
"unfinished ""A Message to Kelly"" (1947). ""The Glenrowan Affair"" was produced by Rupert Kathner in 1951, featuring the exploits of Kelly and his ""wild colonial boys"" on their journey of treachery, violence, murder and terror, told from the perspective of an ageing Dan Kelly. It starred Bob Chitty, a well-known Australian rules footballer, as Ned Kelly. In 1967, independent filmmaker Garry Shead directed and produced ""Stringybark Massacre"", an avant garde re-creation of the murder of the three police officers at Stringybark Creek. The next major film of the Kelly story was ""Ned Kelly"" (1970), directed by Tony Richardson and starring"
"rejuvenation following the decision by Wesley College, Australia's largest co-educational private school, to establish a campus for Year 9 students in the town. Opened in 2000, about 80 students take up residency in the Wesley Clunes Residential Learning Village in the centre of town and become part of the local community for an eight-week period each term. where they learn how to take care of themselves for when they grow up. Many of the external scenes and some internal scenes in the 2003 film ""Ned Kelly"", starring Heath Ledger, were shot in Clunes. The Old State Bank in Fraser Street"
"Diane Craig Diane Mary Craig (born 9 June 1949) is an actress born in County Down, Northern Ireland but who is best known for her performances on Australian television. She is married to Australian actor and comedian Garry McDonald. She attended the prestigious National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA), but left after a year to star in the British Australian feature film ""Ned Kelly"" (1970), alongside Mick Jagger. Her other film appearances included roles in ""The Mango Tree"" (1977), ""The Highest Honor"" (1983), ""Double Deal"" (1983), ""Travelling North"" (1987) and ""A Sting in the Tale"" (1989). As well as playing"
"movie's closing credits. The Australian band The Kelly Gang formed in 2002, consisting of Jack Nolan, Scott Aplin, Rick Grossman (bassist for Hoodoo Gurus) and Rob Hirst (drummer for Midnight Oil). They recorded one album, ""Looking for the Sun"" (2004), which features Sidney Nolan's 1945 painting ""Kelly in the Bush"" on the cover. Other songs about Ned Kelly include those by Paul Kelly (""Our Sunshine"" (1999)), Slim Dusty (""Game as Ned Kelly"" and ""Ned Kelly Isn't Dead""), Ashley Davies (""Ned Kelly"" (2001)), Waylon Jennings (""Ned Kelly"" (1970)), Redgum (""Poor Ned"" (1978)), Midnight Oil (""If Ned Kelly Was King"" (1983)), The"
"credited on the album as additional lyrics). In 1974, it was announced that Robert Helpmann would direct a production in 1975 to feature Livermore, Jon English and Jeannie Lewis, produced by Packer in partnership with J.C. Williamson's. This production did not eventuate. In mid-1977, the Adelaide Festival Centre Trust started planning for the first production of ""Ned Kelly"", to open in Adelaide. Livermore was director and designer, with Keith Bain the choreographer and Michael Carlos musical director. The cast included Nick Turbin as Ned Kelly, Geraldine Turner as Ma Kelly, Doug Parkinson as Joe Byrne and Arthur Dignam as Superintendent"
"Ned Kelly (musical) Ned Kelly (sometimes titled ""Ned Kelly: The Electric Music Show"") is an Australian musical with book and lyrics by Reg Livermore and music by Patrick Flynn. It tells the story of Australian bushranger Ned Kelly with an eclectic score combining rock opera, vaudeville and burlesque. The original Australian production played in Adelaide and Sydney in 1977 and 1978. Livermore began writing ""Ned Kelly"" in 1972 when touring as a performer with the musical ""Hair"" in Perth and Adelaide. Livermore and Flynn had previously collaborated on the musical ""Lasseter"" which was produced in Sydney in 1971 by the"
"unimaginative and the acting petrified. It would be misplaced kindness, in fact, to try and ferret out a redeeming feature. The film was given its first screening in Victoria at Benalla. Townspeople were worried relatives of the Kellys would cause trouble. However, the screening was accompanied by audience laughter. Nonetheless the screening raised ₤400 for charity. The Glenrowan Affair The Glenrowan Affair is a 1951 movie about Ned Kelly from director Rupert Kathner. It was Kathner's final film and stars VFL star Bob Chitty as Kelly. It was known as one of the worst films ever made in Australia. Artist"
"the 2003 film ""Ned Kelly"", played by Australian actor Charles Tingwell. Berry is portrayed as receiving Kelly's now famous Jerilderie Letter and reading it out loud to the officers in charge of the hunt, though in reality, Berry was never sent the letter, nor was it ever intended to be sent to him. Graham Berry Sir Graham Berry, (28 August 1822 – 25 January 1904), Australian colonial politician, was the 11th Premier of Victoria. He was one of the most radical and colourful figures in the politics of colonial Victoria, and made the most determined efforts to break the power"
"in the lead role, and about the film's proposed shooting location in country New South Wales, rather than in Victoria, where the Kellys had lived. Jagger's girlfriend of the time, Marianne Faithfull, had come to Australia to play the lead female role (Ned's sister, Maggie), but their relationship was breaking up, and she took an overdose of sleeping tablets soon after arrival in Sydney. She was hospitalised in a coma, but recovered and was sent home. She was replaced by a then-unknown Australian actress, Diane Craig, then studying at NIDA. Shooting began on 12 July 1969 and took ten weeks."
"film in the world, made in 1906, was ""The Story of the Kelly Gang"". In the 2003 ""Ned Kelly"" movie starring Heath Ledger as Ned Kelly, the part of Dan Kelly was played by Irish actor Laurence Kinlan. Orlando Bloom played the part of Joe Byrne. Dan Kelly (bushranger) Daniel Kelly (1 June 1861 – 28 June 1880) was an Australian bushranger and outlaw. The son of an Irish convict, he was the younger brother of the bushranger Ned Kelly. Dan and Ned killed three policemen at Stringybark Creek in northeast Victoria, near the present-day town of Tolmie, Victoria. With"
"Cultural depictions of Ned Kelly Ned Kelly was a 19th-century Australian outlaw and bushranger whose life has inspired numerous works in the arts and popular culture, especially in his home country where he is viewed by some as a Robin Hood-like figure. A melodrama, ""The Kelly Gang"", by Arnold Denham, was popular in Australia in the late 1890s. Other plays inspired by the story include: ""Ned Kelly"", a large-scale musical by Reg Livermore and Patrick Flynn, played in Adelaide and Sydney in 1977 and 1978. In 2012, Matthew Ryan's stage play ""Kelly"" premiered at Queensland Theatre Company, focusing on Ned"
"Kelly is forced by police persecution to become a bushranger. He robs several banks and is eventually captured after the Siege of Glenrowan. He is hanged in Melbourne. In the early 1960s, Karel Reisz and Albert Finney announced plans to make a film about Ned Kelly from a screenplay by David Storey. Finney and Reisz flew to Australia in October 1962 and spent ten weeks picking locations and doing research. The movie was meant to be Finney's next project after ""Tom Jones"" (1963) with filming to start in March 1963. The British arm of Columbia Pictures agreed to put up"
"Ned Kelly (play) Ned Kelly is a 1942 radio play by Douglas Stewart about the outlaw Ned Kelly. It was later adapted into a stage play. The play was first produced as a radio play on the ABC, 21 June 1942. It became a stage play presented by the Sydney University Dramatic Society, 14 October 1942. It was performed in Melbourne in 1944. The stage version was professionally produced by the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust in 1956 with Leo McKern. The play was adapted for Australian TV in 1959 by the ABC. It focused on two main events – the"
"“Australian” by a US Marshall accompanying the players. Cultural depictions of Ned Kelly Ned Kelly was a 19th-century Australian outlaw and bushranger whose life has inspired numerous works in the arts and popular culture, especially in his home country where he is viewed by some as a Robin Hood-like figure. A melodrama, ""The Kelly Gang"", by Arnold Denham, was popular in Australia in the late 1890s. Other plays inspired by the story include: ""Ned Kelly"", a large-scale musical by Reg Livermore and Patrick Flynn, played in Adelaide and Sydney in 1977 and 1978. In 2012, Matthew Ryan's stage play ""Kelly"""
"Ned Kelly Edward ""Ned"" Kelly (December 1854 – 11 November 1880) was an Australian bushranger, outlaw, gang leader and convicted police murderer. One of the last bushrangers, and by far the most famous, he is best known for wearing a suit of bulletproof armour during his final shootout with the police. Kelly was born in the British colony of Victoria as the third of eight children to Irish parents. His father, a transported convict, died shortly after serving a six-month prison sentence, leaving Kelly, then aged 12, as the eldest male of the household. The Kellys were a poor selector"
"""Die Like a Kelly"" in a 1994 ABC television special on Australian musicals ("""") and this song is featured on its soundtrack. Ned Kelly (musical) Ned Kelly (sometimes titled ""Ned Kelly: The Electric Music Show"") is an Australian musical with book and lyrics by Reg Livermore and music by Patrick Flynn. It tells the story of Australian bushranger Ned Kelly with an eclectic score combining rock opera, vaudeville and burlesque. The original Australian production played in Adelaide and Sydney in 1977 and 1978. Livermore began writing ""Ned Kelly"" in 1972 when touring as a performer with the musical ""Hair"" in"
"He joined the Merchant Navy at 16 and travelled the world, eventually settling in Sydney in 1956. In Australia he found work as a stockman, spending three years in this job, working his way around the country. He subsequently returned to the UK before beginning an overland trek across Asia to return to Australia. However, the journey was halted by illness and he returned to Britain where Oliver contacted Albert Finney who was then planning to produce the film ""Ned Kelly"" in Australia in 1963. Finney gave him a letter of introduction to an agency in Sydney and Oliver emigrated"
"of Australia, feature the now-iconic figure of Kelly as his black iron helmet. The book appears prominently in the bonus features section ""Ned Kelly in Popular Culture"" of the DVD for 2003 ""Ned Kelly"" film starring Heath Ledger. The title of Peter Carey's Booker Prize-winning novel, ""True History of the Kelly Gang"" (2000), references Kenneally's 1929 title. He married Emelie Winifred Deegan of Castlemaine, Victoria on 21 January 1903, sister of Poet and author, Thomas Patrick Deegan, in the resort town of St Kilda, a Melbourne suburb. They had three sons and two daughters. He and his brother Matthew maintained"
"and passion.” Thomas Shapcott, The Age “Drewe has performed a remarkable feat of literary sleight-of-hand. . . Our Sunshine is a marvellous book.” Andrew Reimer, Sydney Morning Herald Our Sunshine Our Sunshine is a 1991 novel about Ned Kelly by Australian writer Robert Drewe. It later served as a source of information for the 2003 film ""Ned Kelly"", directed by Gregor Jordan and starring Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush and Naomi Watts. “This is a mesmerizing novel.” Times Literary Supplement “Robert Drewe’s revisionary – and visionary – novel makes your heart thud.” Time Out, London “This book is addictive."
"True History of the Kelly Gang (film) True History of the Kelly Gang is an upcoming biographical western film directed by Justin Kurzel and starring George MacKay as Ned Kelly. It is based on the book of the same name by Peter Carey. Director Justin Kurzel mentioned he was developing the film in December 2016 while doing press for ""Assassin's Creed"". In November 2017, the project was officially announced, with George MacKay cast as Ned Kelly, and Russell Crowe, Nicholas Hoult and Essie Davis making up the supporting cast. Filming was announced as beginning in March 2018 in Victoria, Australia."
"Our Sunshine Our Sunshine is a 1991 novel about Ned Kelly by Australian writer Robert Drewe. It later served as a source of information for the 2003 film ""Ned Kelly"", directed by Gregor Jordan and starring Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush and Naomi Watts. “This is a mesmerizing novel.” Times Literary Supplement “Robert Drewe’s revisionary – and visionary – novel makes your heart thud.” Time Out, London “This book is addictive. Drewe’s language is, as ever, astonishing, with every one of his sentences containing a shiver of exactness and immediacy.” New Statesman “A tour de force…A model of style"
"Kelly. Nino declares that he will get a job and pay back the debt. Working as a labourer Nino becomes mates with his co-workers, despite some difficulties with Australian slang and culture of the 1960s. Nino endeavours to understand the aspirational values and social rituals of everyday urban Australians, and assimilate. A romantic attraction builds between Nino and Kay despite her frosty exterior and her conservative Irish father's dislike of Italians. A tone of mild racism exists in the film between Anglo-Saxon/Anglo-Irish characters such as Kay Kelly's dad Harry (Chips Rafferty) and Nino. Harry says he doesn't like writers, brickies"
"with a script by John Michael McDonagh (brother of Martin McDonagh), it stars Heath Ledger as Kelly, along with Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush, and Naomi Watts. Based on Robert Drewe's book ""Our Sunshine"", the film covers the period from Kelly's arrest for horse theft as a teenager to the gang's armour-clad battle at Glenrowan. It attempts to portray the events from the perspectives of both Kelly and of the authorities responsible for his capture and prosecution and throws in a romance between Kelly and a married upper-class Australian woman. It was not a success; one review dismissed it as fiction."