Ned Kelly (Blu-ray) R
The British Empire branded them as outlaws. The oppressed called them heroes.
Price: | $18 |
List Price: |
|
You Save: | $1.97 (10% Off) |
Currently Out of Stock:
We'll get more as soon as possible
Brand New
|
Blu-ray Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 50 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region A
- Released: March 19, 2019
- Originally Released: 2003
- Label: Shout Factory
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom, Naomi Watts & Geoffrey Rush | |
Performer: | Rachel Griffiths, Kerry Condon, Russell Dykstra, Joel Edgerton, Laurence Kinlan & Peter Phelps | |
Directed by | Gregor Jordan | |
Edited by | Jon Gregory | |
Screenwriting by | John Michael McDonagh | |
Composition by | Klaus Badelt | |
Produced by | John Michael McDonagh, Nelson Woss & Lynda House | |
Director of Photography: | Oliver Stapleton |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 3/10 --
Director Jordan fails to deliver a film worthy of such mythical figure.
Draxblog Movie Reviews
Rating: 1/4 --
A leaden retelling of the legend of Australia's Jesse James that has understandably been sitting on the shelf for a couple of years.
New York Post
Much as late 19th century Australian outlaw Ned Kelly was a charismatic figure who won the adulation of the Irish immigrant masses there, Heath Ledger as that romantic revolutionary of the film's title breathes astonishing vigor into the role.
Full Review
WBAI Web Radio
Rating: 1.5/4 --
Ultimately, Jordan's vision is so murky that Ned Kelly remains as foreign to us as wombat stew.
Full Review
Boston Globe
This handsome production has the grandeur and sweep of a classic western.
Los Angeles Times
Rating: 2.5/4 --
Ledger, talking into his chest for much of the film in an apparent effort to lend gravity to his performance, is pretty stiff, but so is Jordan's direction.
Newsday
Rating: B- --
The story might have more resonance with Australians, since compared to American folk heroes Ledger's Ned Kelly comes off as a bit square and self-serious.
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Product Description:
A Western of epic proportions set in 1800s Australia, NED KELLY is Gregor Jordan's remake of the 1970 film that starred Mick Jagger as the notorious outlaw who lead a band of vigilantes in an affront against the Victorian police. Heath Ledger stars here as the beloved folk hero--a bush ranger, cattle thief, and gunslinger of Irish descent--who will go to any length to defend his family and friends from the wrong accusations the police make against them. Becoming a Robin Hood figure with the Kelly Gang (Orlando Bloom and Laurence Kinlan) by his side, the cowboys rob banks and preach to the local people, always trying to prove their mission in fighting for justice. Kelly becomes a symbol of both national pride and lawlessness, and he and his gang are revered by those with a rebellious spirit, and worshipped by young women and plain folks who can relate to them. But they are feared and loathed by the upper classes and the authorities (Geoffrey Rush), who place a bounty on Kelly's head and make it legal for any person to shoot him dead. The final showdown is a fantastic nighttime action sequence that benefits from silvery photography in near total darkness and dramatic, fiery performances. NED KELLY earns its place alongside the best Westerns on celluloid.