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HEATH LEDGER's NED KELLY co-star DAMIAN WALSHE-HOWLING has landed a villainous role in the much-anticipated sequel to surf movie POINT BREAK. The Aussie actor will play a pirate called Dali in director Jan de Bont’s Point Break Indo. ... Full Article
Bloom, who spent several months in Victoria while filming Ned Kelly in 2002, said the bushfire tragedy, and Australia's response to it, had touched him. ... Full Article
The judging panel includes Gregor Jordan, who directed Ledger in Ned Kelly, leading Hollywood casting agent Ann Fay, Australian actress Rachel Griffiths, and Hollywood producer and Ledger's first US-based agent, Steve Alexander. ... Full Article
Ledger won't be new Bond
digitalspy.co.uk –
2004-04-27
Aussie actor Heath Ledger has ruled out replacing Pierce Brosnan as James Bond. Ledger, recently seen in Ned Kelly , had been one of the frontrunners with the bookies to take the role. ... Full Article
Ned Kelly
moviesonline.ca –
2004-03-26
Making no attempt at factual accuracy, Ned Kelly is still an engaging action film with its heart in the right place. You don't need to be a student of Australian history to know that a movie about the life of... ... Full Article
Ned Kelly
themovieinsider.com –
2004-03-26
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... ... Full Article
Ned Kelly - DVD Review
totalfilm.com –
2004-03-01
Director Gregor Jordan doesnt exactly squander his post-Buffalo Soldiers reputation with his take on the Outback outlaw. But the results are as mixed as some of its Oirish accents, with the romanticised mythologising, nature-based lyricism and rain-soaked shoot-outs never quite... ... Full Article
Ned Kelly
slantmagazine.com –
2004-02-03
Braveheart Down Under-an impossibly masturbatory, unilateral act of hero worship. Based on Robert Drewe's novel Our Sunshine , Gregor Jordan's Ned Kelly celebrates the life of Australia's famous Iron Outlaw, who defied British colonialism in the 1870s in the name... ... Full Article
Local movies losing the battle for audiences
smh.com.au –
2003-12-06
The marks are in for the Australian film industry of 2003 - and the average movie barely scored a pass.The bottom line: the local producers have to do much better. ... Full Article
Ned Kelly (15)
totalfilm.com –
2003-09-26
Starring Brad Pitt? Directed by Neil Jordan? Based on Peter Carey's Booker Prize-winning novel? Those were the potential ingredients of the other Ned Kelly biopic touted for this year. ... Full Article