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form y separately published work icon Ned Kelly single work   film/TV   historical fiction   crime  
Adaptation of Our Sunshine Robert Drewe , 1991 single work novel
Issue Details: First known date: 2003... 2003 Ned Kelly
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Film Details - Working Title Films ; Endymion Films ; StudioCanal , 2003

Producers:

Lynda House and Nelson Woss (producers).

Production Companies:

Australian Film Finance Corporation.
The Australian Film Commission.

Director of Photography:

Oliver Stapleton.

Editors:

Jon Gregory.

Production Designers:

Steven Jones-Evans.

Music:

Klaus Badelt and Bernard Fanning.

Cast:

Including Heath Ledger (Ned Kelly), Orlando Bloom (Joseph Byrne), Geoffrey Rush (Superintendent Francis Hare), Naomi Watts (Julia Cook), Joel Edgerton (Aaron Sherritt), Laurence Kinlan (Dan Kelly), Philip Barantini (Steve Hart), Kerry Condon (Kate Kelly), Kris McQuade (Ellen Kelly), Emily Browning (Grace Kelly), Kiri Paramore (Constable Fitzpatrick), Rachel Griffiths (Susan Scott), Geoff Morrell (Robert Scott), Charles 'Bud' Tingwell (Premier Graham Berry), and Saskia Burmeister (Jane Jones).

Release Dates:

Premiered in Melbourne 22 March 2003.
General Australian release on 27 March 2003.

Location:

  • Filmed on location in Victoria.

Post Production:

The Sound Design Company (post-production sound services).
De Lane Lea (sound post-production).

Awards:

  • AFI Award, Best Direction (nomination), 2003.
  • AFI Award, Best Cinematography (nomination), 2003.
  • AFI Award, Best Actor in a Supporting Role (nomination), 2003.
  • AFI Award, Best Actor in a Leading Role (nomination), 2003.
  • AFI Award, Best Production Design (won), 2003.
  • AFI Award, Best Costume Design (won), 2003.
  • AFI Award, Best Editing (nomination), 2003.
  • FCCA Award (Film Critics Circle of Australia), Best Supporting Actor - Male (nominated), 2003.
  • FCCA Award (Film Critics Circle of Australia), Best Cinematography (nominated), 2003.
  • IF Award, Best Cinematography (nominated), 2003.
  • IF Award, Best Production Design (won), 2003.
  • Golden Reel Award (Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA), Best Sound Editing in a Feature - Music - Feature Film (nominated), 2005.
  • FCCA Award (Film Critics Circle of Australia), Best Actor - Male (nominated), 2003.
  • AFI Award, Best Sound (nomination), 2003.
Subjects:
Settings:
  • Victoria,
  • 1871-1880
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