Editing Bushranger (section)

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[[File:The Story of the Kelly Gang 1906.jpg|thumb|Actor playing Ned Kelly in ''[[The Story of the Kelly Gang]]'' (1906), the world's first feature-length narrative film]]
Although not the first Australian film with a bushranging theme, ''[[The Story of the Kelly Gang]]'' (1906)—the world's first [[feature film|feature-length]] [[fictional film|narrative film]]—is regarded as having set the template for the genre. On the back of the film's success, its producers released [[Robbery Under Arms (1907 Tait film)|one of two 1907 film adaptations]] of Boldrewood's ''Robbery Under Arms'' (the other being [[Charles MacMahon (theatre)|Charles MacMahon's]] [[Robbery Under Arms (1907 MacMahon film)|version]]). Entering the first "golden age" of Australian cinema (1910–12), director [[John Gavin (director)|John Gavin]] released two fictionalised accounts of real-life bushrangers: ''[[Moonlite]]'' (1910) and ''[[Thunderbolt (1910 film)|Thunderbolt]]'' (1910). The genre's popularity with audiences led to a spike of production unprecedented in world cinema.<ref name=chron>[http://aso.gov.au/chronology/1910s/ Australian film and television chronology: The 1910s] {{webarchive|url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20160829080323/http://aso.gov.au/chronology/1910s/ |date=29 August 2016 }}, Australian Screen. Retrieved 8 October 2015.</ref> ''[[Dan Morgan (film)|Dan Morgan]]'' (1911) is notable for portraying its title character as an insane villain rather than a figure of romance. Ben Hall, Frank Gardiner, Captain Starlight, and numerous other bushrangers also received cinematic treatments at this time.

Alarmed by what they saw as the glorification of outlawry, state governments [[bushranger ban|imposed a ban on bushranger films]] in 1912, effectively removing "the entire folklore relating to bushrangers ... from the most popular form of cultural expression."<ref>Cooper, Ross; Pike, Andrew. ''Australian Film, 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production''. [[Oxford University Press]], 1998. {{ISBN|9780195507843}}.</ref> It is seen as a major reason for the collapse of a booming Australian film industry.<ref>Reade, Eric (1970) ''Australian Silent Films: A Pictorial History of Silent Films from 1896 to 1926''. Melbourne: Lansdowne Press, 59. See also [http://archive.sensesofcinema.com/contents/01/18/oz_western.html Routt, William D. More Australian than Aristotelian:The Australian Bushranger Film, 1904–1914. ''Senses of Cinema'' 18 (January–February), 2002] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101224214514/http://archive.sensesofcinema.com/contents/01/18/oz_western.html |date=24 December 2010 }}. The banning of bushranger films in NSW is fictionalised in [[Kathryn Heyman]]'s 2006 novel, ''Captain Starlight's Apprentice''.</ref> One of the few Australian films to escape the ban before it was lifted in the 1940s is the [[Robbery Under Arms (1920 film)|1920 adaptation]] of ''Robbery Under Arms''.<ref name=chron/> Also during this lull appeared American takes on the bushranger genre, including ''[[The Bushranger (1928 film)|The Bushranger]]'' (1928), ''[[Stingaree (1934 film)|Stingaree]]'' (1934) and ''[[Captain Fury]]'' (1939).

''[[Ned Kelly (1970 film)|Ned Kelly]]'' (1970) starred [[Mick Jagger]] in the title role. [[Dennis Hopper]] portrayed Dan Morgan in ''[[Mad Dog Morgan]]'' (1976). More recent bushranger films include [[Ned Kelly (2003 film)|''Ned Kelly'']] (2003), starring [[Heath Ledger]], ''[[The Proposition (2005 film)|The Proposition]]'' (2005), written by [[Nick Cave]], ''[[The Outlaw Michael Howe]]'' (2013), and ''[[The Legend of Ben Hall]]'' (2016).