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Ned Kelly
(2003)
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biopic / western
 (imdb rating: 6.3/10)
Plot: This film is based on "Our Sunshine" by Robert Drew, a novel based on the life of Australian bushranger and icon, Ned Kelly. It tells of 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, 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.
Started out okay but the end and that final gunfight in particular are a real bore Ned Kelly had a way with words despite being of a very humble Irish background, he died at the very young age of 25 Ledger has disturbing wild facial hair, I read somewhere he really wanted to make a movie about Kelly, being a native Australian himself (same goes for Rush, Watts was born in the UK but raised in Australia; Bloom is all English though I thought he might be an Aussie) Rush and Watts play really small roles, Last Updated 9/11/2005 9:35:21 PM 1hr 50min / Directed by Gregor Jordan / Starring Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush, Naomi Watts / Language: English / Watched: DVD Also by Gregor Jordan - filmography (2 movies)
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