Ned Kelly the Kelly Gang", the world's first dramatic feature-length film. Among those who have portrayed him on screen are Australian rules football player Bob Chitty ("The Glenrowan Affair", 1951), rock musician Mick Jagger ("Ned Kelly", 1970) and Heath Ledger ("Ned Kelly", 2003). In the visual arts, Sidney Nolan's 1946–47 Kelly series is considered "one of the greatest sequences of Australian painting of the twentieth century". His stylised depiction of Kelly's helmet has become an iconic Australian image; hundreds of performers dressed as "Nolanesque Kellys" starred in the opening ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics. In 2001, Peter Carey won the
Ned Kelly (soundtrack) Substantial differences exist between the film and album versions of "Shadow of the Gallows" and "Blame It on the Kellys" Ned Kelly (soundtrack) Ned Kelly is the score to the 1970 film about the Australian outlaw Ned Kelly. It features music written by Shel Silverstein, produced by Ron Haffkine and performed by Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, Tom Ghent, and a solo track by Mick Jagger, who played the title character. The album was originally issued by United Artists Records in 1970 as UAS-5213 but reissued in 1974 as UA-LA300G. The album and the film contain music unique to each other.