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
Cultural depictions of Ned Kelly distraction allows Ned to escape the hotel via the back door, and by the time the police realise the ruse, Ned is galloping away on a horse. Waylon Jennings recorded "Blame it on the Kellys" which was included in the soundtrack for the 1970 film "Ned Kelly". In 1971, US country singer Johnny Cash wrote and recorded the song "Ned Kelly" for his album "The Man in Black". "Shelter for my Soul" was written and recorded by Powderfinger frontman Bernard Fanning for the 2003 film "Ned Kelly". It was written from Kelly's perspective on death row and played over the