Ned Kelly (2003 film)

Ned Kelly
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGregor Jordan
Screenplay byJohn Michael McDonagh
Based onOur Sunshine
by Robert Drewe
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyOliver Stapleton
Edited byJon Gregory
Music byKlaus Badelt
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Pictures (through United International Pictures)
Release date
  • 27 March 2003 (2003-03-27)
Running time
110 minutes
Countries
  • Australia
  • United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office$6.6 million[1]
Replica of Ned Kelly's armour, designed for the film and now in the collection of the Australian Centre for the Moving Image

Ned Kelly is a 2003 bushranger 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 the colony of Victoria. In the film, Kelly, his brother Dan, and two other associates—Steve Hart and Joe Byrne—form a gang of bushrangers in response to acts of police brutality. Heath Ledger stars in the title role, with Orlando Bloom, Naomi Watts and Geoffrey Rush. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $6 million worldwide.

  1. ^ "Ned Kelly (2004)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 24 July 2011.