Ned Kelly
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Gregor Jordan
Heath Ledger
Orlando Bloom
Geoffrey Rush
Naomi Watts
Laurence Kinlan
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In the latter part of the 19th century, Australia is still largely untamed. The former penal colony's first-generation Irish immigrant population lives in poverty. Having already experienced police brutality and the death of his father, bushranger Ned Kelly is wrongfully imprisoned on the trumped-up charge of stealing a horse. Emerging a few years later, in 1874, Ned is hardened but vows to stay straight. Rejoining his widowed mother and younger siblings, he makes money for his family as a champion bare-knuckle boxer. He also toils as a farmhand on the estate of an English landowner--with whose beatuiful wife Ned shares a mutual attraction. But the British colonial system and its Victorian English enforcers remain prejudiced against Australia's working people, and the struggling Kelly family is no exception. When, in 1878, a bullying police officer is rebuffed by Ned's younger sister Kate and targets the family for harassment, Ned and his mother are unjustly charged with attempted murder. Ned is determined to avenge his family's name and strike back against his people's oppressors. While hiding in the bush, he forms a loyal Gang that includes his best friend Joe Byrne. When a chance encounter with the police culminates in three officers killed, the Kelly Gang is forced to go on the run. They blaze a trail through the Outback, robbing banks to fund themselves and giving police the runaround. The Kelly Gang's reputation as invincible outlaws grows, as does nationwide support from their immigrant countrymen. To the masses, Ned is a hero. To lawmen, he is the most wanted man in Australia. When the authorities bring in the formidable Superintendent Francis Hare to capture and/or kill the outlaws, Ned strategizes a risky showdown at the Glenrowan Inn. It is this event which will seal his fate--and his legend.
Director
Gregor Jordan
Cast
Heath Ledger
Orlando Bloom
Geoffrey Rush
Naomi Watts
Laurence Kinlan
Philip Barantini
Joel Edgerton
Kiri Paramore
Kerry Condon
Kris Mcquade
Emily Browning
Rachel Griffiths
Geoff Morrell
Charles Tingwell
Saskia Burmeister
Peter Phelps
Russell Dykstra
Nick Farnell
Russell Gilbert
Brooke Harman
Molly Mccaffrey
Tim Wright
Nicholas Bell
Anthony Hayes
Jonathan Hardy
Karen Davitt
Declan Simpson
Andrew S Gilbert
Jerome Ehlers
Robert Taylor
Warwick Sadler
Morgan Evans
Warwick Yuen
John Muirhead
Bernard Fanning
Eddy Mcshortall
Sharlene Yeh
Damian Walshe-howling
John Davidson
Peter Forster
Chris Birt
Peter O'shea
Nick Bourke
Christopher Baker
Brian Wray
Thea Gumbert
Gregan O'leary
Chris Wilson
Graham Jahne
Clayton Jacobson
Cody O'prey
Tasman Vaughan
Greg Saunders
Victoria Eagger
Peter Young
Jessica Hall
Sarah Pass
Monty Maizels
Alexander Ramsey
Samuel Shepherd
Dan Bourke
Anthony O'neill
Paddy O'neill
Steve Simmonds
Edward Carisbrooke
Erika Felton
Frank Mcgree
Talia Zucker
Laurie Jensen
Jim Howes
Michael Williams
Geoff Wallis
Lucy Christopher
Thomas Blackburne
Jim Russell
Mandy Mcelhinney
David Ngoombujarra
Jack Mancor
John Bedggood
Peter Flood
Guy Charnock
Madeleine Jay
Matt Molony
Ashley Gosam
Jida Gulpilil
Colin Aitken-glass
Harold Lawrence
Mitchell Pickering
John Bolger
Brendan O'connor
James Re
Mark Blackmore
David Millar
Neil Jenkin
Eileen Dibbs
Timothy Gingell
Judith Lee
Anthony Namor
Robert Sanders
Crew
Sam Abbott
Martin Addy
Joanne Agius
George Akl
Hamish Alderson-hicks
Russell Allan
David Allardice
Richard Allardice
Leigh Ammitzboll
Paul Ammitzboll
Kalotina Amperidis
Hugh Anderson
Ian Anderson
Lance Shane Anderson
Lance Shane Anderson
Oliver Anderson
Nick Angel
Anthony Argiro
Libby Argus
Catherine Ashton
Jeremy Atcliffe
Mark Austin
Klaus Badelt
Matthew Baldwin
Gordon Barber
Mike Barnes
Margaret Beattie
Michael Bell
Neil Bell
Tov Belling
Dean Bennett
Linda Benson
Rikki Lea Bestall
Tim Bevan
Travis Bird
Catherine Bishop
Timothy Blaikie
Roger Bolton
Mal Booth
Anna Borghesi
Snow Bostock
Russell Boyd
Brigita Brand
Martine Broderick
Justin Brow
Judy Bunn
Colin Burchall
Stewart Burchall
Chris Burdon
Jessie Bush
Andrea Cadzow
Andrea Cadzow
Brendan Campbell
Brendan Campbell
Mark Campbell
Craig Carter
Ray Carter
Wayne Cartwright
Dean Caulfield
Bernard Chandley
Liza Chasin
Lisa Chatfield
Evanne Chesson
Lee Chong
Janie Christopherson
Chris Clark
Helen Clarke
James Clemens
Kent Clifton-bligh
Mark Cohn
Mick Collis
Tom Coltraine
Michael Connell
Dominic Connor
Matt Connors
Angela Conte
Emma Cooper
Ben Corless
Ben Cox
Peter Coy
Jocelyn Creed
David Critchley
Paul Crowe
Veronica Csosz
Peter Culpan
Graham Cummings
Sara Curran
Mark Curtis
Murray Curtis
Murray Curtis
Paul Daffy
Pettie Danos
William R Davidson
Eucla Davies
Scott Davis
Tony Davis
Rohan Dawson
Greg De Marigny
Daniel Decarli
Richie Dehne
Anton Denby
Chris Dewhurst
Ian Dewhurst
Ramin Djawadi
Niall Douglas
Robert Drewe
Robert Drewe
Stefan Drury
Chris Duckworth
Blanka Dudas
Brendan Dwyer
Jill Eden
Jill Eden
Roy Edmonds
Roy Edmunds
Samantha Edwards Van Gyen
Zev Eleftheriou
Ingrid Elenius
Ingrid Elenius
John Elliott
Mark Ellis
Louis Elman
Todd Embling
Lydia Emery
Gab Facchinei
John Fairhead
Bernard Fanning
Bernard Fanning
Dean Farago
Tim Farmer
Denise Farrell
Gillian Farrow
Eric Fellner
Allen Fitzsimmons
Mel Flanagan
Matt Flynn
Ben Foley
Jane Forbes
Alison Fowler
John Fox
Zoe Fox
Vic Fraser
Martin Frisbee
Victor Fukushima
Rohan Gale
Shefali Ghosh
Roger Gillespie
Roger Gillespie
Peter Gillies
Wayne Gilmour
Doug Glanville
Bruce Gleeson
Paul Glubb
Rob Gollin
Matthew Gough
Michael Gracey
Michael Gracey
Ian Gracie
Amanda Graver
Anthony Gray
Chris Gray
Jon Gregory
Gerry Grennell
Isobel Griffiths
Lionel Griffiths
Pauline Griffiths
Ben Grogan
Sophie Guerrier
Jill Guice
Michael Gyucha
Eric Haddon
Greg Hajdu
Howard Halsall
Chris Hand
Thomas Hannen
Nell Hanson
Luke Hara
Peter Harding
Kaine Harling
Selena Harman
Rain Hart
Melissa Hasluck
Peta Hasting
Debra Hayward
Katherine Heads
Gabrielle Healy
Paul Heidke
Lucas Henry
Yarren Henwood
Brendan Herbert
Bob Hern
Alison Hills
Paul Hilton
Frankie Hogan
Peter Holt
Lynda House
Christine Hutchins
Ineke Hutter
Jake Jackson
Aliza James
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Limited Release in United States March 26, 2004
Released in United States 2008
Released in United States on Video July 27, 2004
Released in United States Spring March 26, 2004
Feature screenwriting debut for John Michael McDonagh.
Released in United States 2008 (Shown at AFI/Los Angeles International Film Festival (Milestones) October 30-November 9, 2008.)
Limited Release in United States March 26, 2004
Released in United States Spring March 26, 2004
Released in United States on Video July 27, 2004
