Ned Kelly (2003)

In the latter part of the 19th century, Australia is still largely untamed. The former penal colony’s first-generation Irish immigrant population lives in poverty. Having already experienced police brutality and the death of his father, bushranger Ned (Heath Ledger) is wrongfully imprisoned on the trumped-up charge of stealing a horse.

Emerging a few years later, in 1874, Ned is hardened but vows to stay straight. Rejoining his widowed mother and younger siblings, he makes money for his family as a champion bare-knuckle boxer. He also toils as a farmhand on the estate of an English landowner – with whose beautiful wife Julia (Naomi Watts) Ned shares a mutual attraction.

But the British colonial system and its Victorian English enforcers remain prejudiced against Australia’s working people, and the struggling Kelly family is no exception. When, in 1878, a bullying police officer is rebuffed by Ned’s younger sister Kate and targets the family for harassment, Ned and his mother are unjustly charged with attempted murder.

Ned is determined to

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International Teaser • [Quicktime] (Large) • [Quicktime] (Small) • [Windows Media] (Large) • [Windows Media] (Small) International Trailer • [Quicktime] (Large) • [Windows Media] (Large) • [Quicktime] (Small) • [Windows Media] (Small) Trailer • [Quicktime] (Large) Trailer 2 • [Various] (Large) Trailer • [Various] (Low) • [Various] (High) • [Various] (Low) • [Various] (High)

'Don't Make Me Grieve For You' • [Various] (Small) • [Various] (Large) • [Various] (Small) • [Various] (Large) 'I Won't Take This Injustice' • [Various] (Small) • [Various] (Large) • [Various] (Small) • [Various] (Large) 'She's Had It Hard' • [Various] (Small) • [Various] (Large) • [Various] (Small) • [Various] (Large) Interview: Director Joel Edgerton • [Windows Media] (Large)

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Cast

Heath Ledger Brokeback Mountain, The Patriot, 10 Things I Hate About You Orlando Bloom The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Geoffrey Rush Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Finding Nemo, Shakespeare in Love Naomi Watts King Kong, The Ring, Mulholland Dr. Rachel Griffiths Blow, My Best Friend's Wedding, Muriel's Wedding Joel Edgerton King Arthur, The Hard Word, Race the Sun Laurence Kinlan Breakfast on Pluto, An Everlasting Piece, Boy Eats Girl [more]

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Klaus Badelt Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Constantine, Equilibrium Bernard Fanning

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