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True History of the Kelly Gang: Directed by Justin Kurzel. With George MacKay, Ben Corbett, Orlando Schwerdt, Charlie Hunnam. Australian bushranger Ned Kelly and his gang flee from authorities during the 1870s.
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- Action, Biography, Crime
- Justin Kurzel
- 2020-04-24
True History of the Kelly Gang is a 2019 bushranger film directed by Justin Kurzel, written by Shaun Grant, and based upon the 2000 novel of the same name by Peter Carey. A fictionalised account of the life of bushranger and outlaw Ned Kelly , the film stars George MacKay , Essie Davis , Nicholas Hoult , Charlie Hunnam and Russell Crowe .
- The History
- Ned Kelly's Suit of Armour
- Trial and Execution
- Kelly's Death Mask
- The Jerilderie Letter
Quick facts
Ned Kelly: 1. was born sometime between December 1854 and June 1855, in Beveridge, Victoria. His precise birthdate is not known. 2. was the eldest son of eight children to John 'Red' Kelly and Ellen Quinn. 3. as a child saved another boy from drowning – the boy's family awarded him a green silk sash in recognition of his bravery. 4. was twice convicted and sentenced to prison in the 1870s, first for assault and then for receiving a stolen horse. 5. attacked Constable Fitzpatrick while he was...
How it all began
Kelly’s criminal life started early. In 1869, when he was 14, he was arrested for allegedly assaulting a Chinese man. In 1870 he was arrested again, this time for being a suspected accomplice of bushranger Harry Power. The assault charge was dismissed and the accomplice charges with Power were also dropped after witnesses could not identify Kelly. Power was also of the belief that Kelly had given him up in exchange for his freedom. It was not long before Kelly was in trouble with the law agai...
The Fitzpatrick Incident
After his release from gaol Kelly worked as timber cutter and in other labouring jobs. In April 1878, a police officer named Fitzpatrick went to the Kelly home to arrest Kelly’s brother Dan for stealing horses. Fitzpatrick was shot in the wrist by Ned Kelly, and their mother Ellen was arrested for aiding and abetting an attempted murder. Ellen was sentenced to three years' imprisonment by Judge Redmond Barry (who also sentenced Ned Kelly to death by hanging). Ned and Dan went into hiding, and...
Prior to the Glenrowan siege and Ned's ultimate capture – the Kelly gang began constructing the suits of armour from mouldboards, the thick metal parts of a farmer's plough. The suits allowed the gang to walk away unharmed from close-range shooting, but they also made the gang members – Ned in particular – seem larger, more intimidating; even ghost...
After his capture at Glenrowan Kelly was taken to Melbourne where he stood trial. He was found guilty and sentenced to execution by hanging by Judge Redmond Barry. He was hanged in the Old Melbourne Gaol on 11 November 1880. His execution was witnessed by various prison and police officials and by a number of journalists. His final words were repor...
In the 19th century, it was common for plaster 'death masks' to be made of the face and skull of executed criminals. At the time, these masks served several purposes. Firstly, death masks were used for phrenological analysis, whereby the shape of a person's head was studied to determine their character traits. Secondly, they were often put on displ...
There's no denying that Ned Kelly was a notorious criminal, feared around Victoria and beyond as a robber and murderer. However, while it is not known how many sympathisers Kelly had in his day, over time a national myth emerged that pitched Kelly as a victim of police harassment and an underdog with the courage to challenge the authorities. This p...
(2019) Intense fictional account of 19th-century bushman Ned Kelly's (George MacKay) journey into crime and life on the run. With Russell Crowe.
Sep 6, 2019 · George MacKay plays Australian outlaw legend Ned Kelly in Justin Kurzel's bloody epic 'True History of the Kelly Gang,' based on the Peter Carey novel, also starring Essie Davis, Russell...
Nov 24, 2022 · Iconic images of Ned Kelly are familiar to many Australians – from the horse-stealing to the holding up of coaches and banks, and from the unjust arrest of his mother to that final doomed iron-clad figure advancing in the early morning mist.
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Ned, Dan, Joe and family friend Steve Hart (Philip Barantini) take to the bush to hide out. At Stringybark Creek, Ned kills three policemen who refuse to down their weapons. The Kelly Gang is declared the colony’s most wanted, and a new law allows anyone to shoot them on sight. The police arrest Ellen Kelly and many of the men of the district.
