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Ned Kelly

The British Empire branded them as outlaws. The oppressed called them heroes.

6.0(412)20031h 50m5

After getting threatened by Kelly's friends and family, Constable Fitzpatrick places the blame on Ned Kelly and exaggerates what happened. With the biggest ever award available, Kelly and his gang set into the wild, to remain hidden from everyone who seeks them. Even if it means having his family arrested, the members of the Kelly Gang stay hidden and plan a way to get their names cleared.

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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$6.6M
Language
English
  • australia
  • resistance
  • folk hero
  • lawlessness
  • fugitive
  • on the run
  • gang
  • crime family
  • capture
  • criminal gang
  • suit of armor
  • body armor

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Behind the camera

Produced in

Australia, France, United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalR22 Mar 2003
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical26 Sept 2003
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalMA 15+27 Mar 2003
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1625 Mar 2004
  • IrelandIE

    • Digital / OTT1526 Sept 2003

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Ned Kelly was released on 22 March 2003.

Audience reviews

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  • J

    John Chard

    6/4/2014

    7/10

    It’s Regina versus us; The Kelly Gang. Ned Kelly is directed by Gregor Jordan and written by John Michael McDonagh (based on “Our Sunshine” written by Robert Drewe). It stars Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom, Naomi Watts, Geoffrey Rush and Joel Edgerton. Music is by Klaus Badelt and cinematography by Oliver Stapleton. The Australian Robin Hood? Well not quite, but Ned Kelly’s name and exploits live on for ever more.…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    2/25/2023

    6/10

    It's always tough with a subject that suffers from Titanic Syndrome - there can be no jeopardy about the final outcome so it really does boil down to the quality of the writing and the acting as to whether or not we are going to bother to sit through it... Heath Ledger isn't bad at all in the title role, an Australian from Irish (and criminal) stock who falls foul once too often of the frequently corrupt police, take…

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