What is Ned Kelly (1970 movie)?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox movie | name = Ned Kelly | image = | caption = | director = [[Tony Richardson]] | producer = Neil Hartley | writer = [[Ian Jones (author)|Ian Jones]]<br />Tony Richardson | starring = [[Mick Jagger]]<br />[[Mark McManus]] | music = [[Shel Silverstein]] | cinematography = [[Gerry Fisher]] | editing = Charles Rees | distributor = [[United Artists|United Artists Corporation]] | released = {{flagicon|US}} [[October 7]], [[1970]]<br />{{flagicon|Denmark}} [[October 19]], 1970<br />{{flagicon|Finland}} [[July 2]], [[1971]] | runtime = 106 minutes | country = [[United Kingdom]] | language = English | budget = £1,000,000 (estimate) }} '''''Ned Kelly''''' is the name of a [[1970 in movies|1970 movie]]. It was the second Australian feature length movie about [[Australia]]n [[bushranger]] [[Ned Kelly]]. The first was ''[[The Story of the Kelly Gang]]'' made in 1906, the world's first feature movie. ''Ned Kelly'' was directed by [[Tony Richardson]], and starred [[Mick Jagger]] as Ned Kelly. Scottish-born actor [[Mark McManus]] played the part of Kelly's friend [[Joe Byrne]]. It was a British production, but was filmed entirely in [[Australia]], shot mostly around [[Braidwood, New South Wales|Braidwood]] in southern [[New South Wales]], with mainly Australian actors. ==Problems== There were many problems in getting the movie made. The actors' union, Actors' Equity and some of Ned Kelly's relatives protested strongly about Jagger having the lead role. Many people were upset that the movie would be made in [[New South Wales]], not [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], where the Kellys had lived. Jagger's girlfriend, [[Marianne Faithfull]], had come to Australia to play the lead female role of Ned's sister, Maggie. Their relationship was breaking up, and she took an [[overdose]] of sleeping tablets soon after she got to [[Sydney]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_e