Ned Kelly

Gregor Jordan's version of the Australian legend Ned Kelly stars Heath Ledger as the title outlaw. Sixteen-year-old Irish immigrant Ned is sentenced to three years in prison for stealing a horse. After his release he finds work tending to horses owned by Richard Cook (Nicholas Bell), whose wife ...more

There's revisionist history, and then there's Gregor Jordan's Ned Kelly. Kelly -- Australian folklore's answer to Jesse James, but with a clearer conscience -- may not be much known to American audiences, for whom this film was probably intended. But that doesn't mean liberties of the highest order should be taken with the man's life, which is what Jordan and screenwriter John Michael McDonagh are guilty of. The iconic image of Kelly -- as much as there is one -- features a lone warrior decked ...more