"Like Buffalo Soldiers, Ned Kelly takes a dense novel as its source material - in this case, Our Sunshine by Robert Drewe - and applies liberal amounts of voiceover to both stitch together an episodic narrative and provide a flavour of the book. But Kelly was, of course, more than a book, and Jordan - perhaps hamstrung by a limited budget - elides key episodes, hurries others, and singularly fails to elucidate the precise relationships of the Kelly gang."

"A film about the legendary outlaw whose story outgrew his life"

"You can kill a man but not a legend."

"When the law tried to silence him a legend was born."

"The British Empire branded them as outlaws. The oppressed called them heroes."

"Heath Ledger - Ned Kelly"

"Orlando Bloom - Joe 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"

"Erika Felton - young Ellen Kelly"

"Kiri Paramore - Constable Fitzpatrick"

"Rachel Griffiths - Susan Scott"