Ned Kelly (2003 movie)
Ned Kelly is a 2003 film directed by Gregor Jordan. The movie portrays the life of Ned Kelly who is the most famous bushranger in Australia. The film is mainly based on Robert Drewe's novel Our Sunshine.
Tagline: When the law tried to silence him a legend was born.
Main cast
- Heath Ledger .... Ned Kelly
- Orlando Bloom .... Joe Byrne
- Geoffrey Rush .... Francis Hare
- Naomi Watts .... Julia Cook
Plot
The film tells his life as a bushranger in north-west Victoria, where he lived all his life. He, his brother Dan, and two other men, Steve Hart and Joe Byrne (Bloom), formed a gang. These four robbed a bank and hijacked an entire town for 3 days. They killed three policemen who were hunting them. They then took over a pub in Glenrowan, where they basically held a party, waiting for a train full of police to derail at a part of the track that they tore up. However a school teacher warned the train, so the gang and all the others in the pub ended up in a shootout with scores of policemen.
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Categories: 2003 films | Biographical films | Drama films | Movie stubs