Ned Kelly (2004)
Genres: Action, Adventure, Biography
Cast: Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom, Naomi Watts, Geoffrey Rush, Joel Edgerton, Laurence Kinlan, Kerry Condon, Kris McQuade, Emily Browning, Rachel Griffiths, Geoff Morrell, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Saskia Burmeister, Talia Zucker, Jonathan Hardy, Peter Phelps, Russell Dykstra, Russell Gilbert, Brooke Harman, Nicholas Bell, Anthony Hayes, Jerome Ehlers, David Ngoombujarra, Philip Barantini, Erika Felton, Kiri Paramore, Andrew Formosa
Ned Kelly is a 2003 Australian 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 Victoria, the colony of his birth. In the film, Kelly, his brother Dan, and two other associates—Steve Hart and Joe Byrne—form a gang of Irish Australians in response to Irish and English tensions that arose in 19th century Australia. 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.