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Director:
Charles Tait
Writer:
Charles Tait (writer)
Release Date:
26 December 1906 (Australia) more
Tagline:
The Most Sensational, The Most Thrilling and Interesting LIVING PICTURES EVER TAKEN. more
Plot:
True story of notorious Australian outlaw Ned Kelly (1855-80). | add synopsis
User Comments:
The World's first feature film! more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Elizabeth Tait ... Kate Kelly
John Tait ... School Master
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Norman Campbell ... Steve Hart
Bella Cola
Will Coyne ... Joe Byrne
Sam Crewes ... Dan Kelly
Jack Ennis ... Steve Hart
John Forde ... Dan Kelly
Vera Linden
Mr. Marshall ... Dan Kelly
Mr. McKenzie ... Steve Hart
Frank Mills ... Ned Kelly
Ollie Wilson
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Additional Details

Runtime:
70 min
Country:
Australia
Sound Mix:
Silent
Certification:
Australia:G
Company:
J. & N. Tait more

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Trivia:
Considered the first full-length feature film ever made. more
Movie Connections:
Version of Ned Kelly (2003) more

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27 out of 30 people found the following comment useful:-
The World's first feature film!, 7 July 2001
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Author: David Atfield (bits@alphalink.com.au) from Canberra, Australia

THE STORY OF THE KELLY GANG is believed to be the world's first feature length film. Running at between 65 and 70 minutes, it was billed at the time as the longest film ever made. It toured Australia for nine years and was an enormous success.

Today only fragments survive, and it is hard to judge the film's artistic merits. About nine minutes of footage exists - some found on a garbage dump in Melbourne. Some of this footage may be out-takes. The footage is held by ScreenSound Australia, the National Screen and Sound Archive, in Canberra.

The sequences show some enthusiastic acting, although the camera-work is static (like most films of the period). The most remarkable shot is probably when a priest, carrying a wounded man over his shoulder, walks toward and just past the camera, creating a strong sense of drama and movement. The final shoot-out scene is also well filmed - with Ned Kelly moving, and shooting, toward the camera, as troopers flee to the sides.

A remarkable film, of great historical importance, that all film students should see. Up until World War 1, when initially neutral America began to dominate the world of film distribution, Australia had one of the most thriving and innovative film industries in the world.

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