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Charles Tait (writer)
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26 December 1906 (Australia)
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The Most Sensational, The Most Thrilling and Interesting LIVING PICTURES EVER TAKEN. more
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True story of notorious Australian outlaw Ned Kelly (1855-80). | add synopsis
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A combination of celebration and despair greets a viewing of this special presentation of footage and imagery from the historic 1906 feature film.
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(Credited cast) | Elizabeth Tait | ... | Kate Kelly |
| John Tait | ... | School Master |
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| 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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The film was banned in Benalla and Wangarratta, Australia, in 1907, and then again in Adelaide in 1911.
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Version of Ned Kelly and His Gang (1906)
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The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) symbolizes both the birth of the Australian film industry and the emergence of an Australian identity. Even more significantly it heralds the emergence of the feature film format.
The world's first feature-length movie was directed by Charles Tait and filmed at the Tait family's Chartersville Estate in the Melbourne suburb of Heidelberg. Originally there were no inter-titles; narration was performed by an on-stage lecturer who also provided sound effects including gunfire and hoofbeats. It cost £1000 to make, but that money and more was recovered within its first week of screening. It premiered in Melbourne on Boxing Day 1906, and was later shown across Australia, in New Zealand and in Britain.
Only fragments of the original production of more than one hour are known to exist and are preserved at the National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra. While some of the footage is almost pristine, other segments are severely distorted. The sensitive nitrate stock on which the film was shot deteriorated quickly in storage, so as we watch Ned make his final stand against the police at Glenrowan in his legendary suit of armor, he bends and morphs in much the same manner as a modern-day digital effect.