The Action. The Drama. The Passion.

Drawn as loosely as possible from Australian history, “NED” is set in the historic town of Glenrowan, where Ned Kelly and his false-bearded gang of thieves spend most of their time hanging about robbing the same bank, with varied levels of success.

Ned’s fellow gang members Joe Byrne, Steve Hart and Dan Hughes are a psychologically motley crew. Joe, an endearing drag queen, saving-up for a sex change, seems to steal more women’s clothing than cash. The violently psychotic Steve, plagued by voices in his head, tries to influence the gang with pop psychology techniques such as “quiet time” in order to quell his own demons. Whilst the cranky syphilitic gang leader Dan is so irritated with his own lack of infamy he is forced to rename himself “Captain Amazing” in order to claim his short-lived place in public memory.

As Kelly’s arch nemesis, hamster-loving Governor Sinclair, tries to track them down, the gang’s serendipitous survival throughout the film is aided by a very strange array of escape tactics and the comic hopelessness of their would-be captors.

Synopsis

The critics agree, NED is a riotous comedy that ties the Kelly legend to a tree, shoots it in the groin and leaves it to die bleeding, like the dog that it is...Sticking as closely to the true history as possible, a teenage Ned (Abe Forsythe) leaves the home of his obsessed rubber farming dad, Mr Kelly (Jeremy Sims), on a quest to become a stage magician. Upon reaching the town of Glenrowan he finds himself part of the "Hughes Gang", a psychologically motley crew consisting of the insecure syphilitic Dan Hughes (Nick Flint), Joe Byrne (Josef Ber), an endearing drag queen saving up for a sex change operation, and the violently psychotic Steve Hart (Damon Herriman).Ned's new found fame as an outlaw brings the unwanted attention of Governor Sinclair (Felix Williamson), an evil man with a maniacal bloodlust, a questionable fetish for hamsters, and a dark secret...NED embraces Australian popular culture and playfully subverts it. Including a talented ensemble cast and a number of special cameos. And Nudge from Hey Dad!