Description
A Western of epic proportions set in 1800s Australia, NED KELLY is
Gregor Jordan's remake of the 1970 film that starred Mick Jagger as the notorious outlaw who lead a band of vigilantes in an affront against the Victorian police.
Heath Ledger stars here as the beloved folk hero--a bush ranger, cattle thief, and gunslinger of Irish descent--who will go to any length to defend his family and friends from the wrong accusations the police make against them. Becoming a Robin Hood figure with the Kelly Gang (
Orlando Bloom and Laurence Kinlan) by his side, the cowboys rob banks and preach to the local people, always trying to prove their mission in fighting for justice. Kelly becomes a symbol of both national pride and lawlessness, and he and his gang are revered by those with a rebellious spirit, and worshipped by young women and plain folks who can relate to them. But they are feared and loathed by the upper classes and the authorities (
Geoffrey Rush), who place a bounty on Kelly's head and make it legal for any person to shoot him dead. The final showdown is a fantastic nighttime action sequence that benefits from silvery photography in near total darkness and dramatic, fiery performances. NED KELLY earns its place alongside the best Westerns on celluloid.
Details
Released: Tue 8 Feb 2005
Catalogue Number: 23289
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- Director: Gregor Jordan
- Distributor: Universal Studios Home Video
- Producers: Lynda House, John Michael McDonagh, Nelson Woss
- Screenwriter: John Michael McDonagh
- Feature:
- Featurettes - 1. "Ned Kelly in Popular Culture"
- Featurette - 2. "The Real Kelly Gang"
- Featurette - 3. "Artist to Feature Comparison"
- Trailers - 1. Theatrical Trailers
- Poster Campaign
- Audio:
- English Dolby Digital 5.1
- DTS 5.1 Surround - English
- Subtitles: French, Spanish
- Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
- Discs: 1
- Format: NTSC
- Layers: 1
- Release Year: 2003
- Running Time: 109 minutes
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