Ned Kelly /

Ned Kelly is an Australian film directed by Gregor Jordan. The film portrays the life of Ned Kelly — a legendary bushranger in northeast Victoria. Ned Kelly, his brother Dan, and two other men — Steve Hart and Joe Byrne — formed a gang of Irish Australians in response to Irish and English tensions that arose in 19th century Australia. The film is mainly based on Robert Drewe's book Our Sunshine. Heath Ledger plays the title role as Edward 'Ned' Kelly. The film starts out with a young Ned Kelly rescuing a young boy from drowning. The film then pans to the Australian bush with Ned talking about his father. He then awakes in the Australian outback, and sees a white mare. He rides it into town, only to be arrested, and subsequently imprisoned in 1871, for supposedly stealing the horse (even though it had actually been stolen by Wild Wright, Ned's friend). Two years later Ned is released, and comes home to a warm welcome from his Catholic Irish family. The Kelly family are seemingly working to get ahead in life, by owning horses and farming. One night at a bar (in April 1878), a local Victorian police officer, named Fitzpatrick, offers to buy Ned's sister, Kate, a drink. After several