Heath Ledger Modest Mouse music video released

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Aug 5, 2009, 1:12 GMT

Los Angeles - A video directed by Heath Ledger was released Tuesday, 19 months after the Australian-born actor died of an accidental drug overdose. Heath directed Modest Mouse video before he died. An undated studio handout photo of Australian actor Heath Ledger from the movie 'Dark Knight.' Ledger (1979-2008) won the Oscar for best supporting actor at the 81st Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles, USA on 22 February 2009. EPA/WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC. / HO ONLY .

Heath directed Modest Mouse video before he died. An undated studio handout photo of Australian actor Heath Ledger from the movie 'Dark Knight.' Ledger (1979-2008) won the Oscar for best supporting actor at the 81st Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles, USA on 22 February 2009. EPA/WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC. / HO ONLY .

Heath directed Modest Mouse video before he died. An undated studio handout photo of Australian actor Heath Ledger from the movie 'Dark Knight.' Ledger (1979-2008) won the Oscar for best supporting actor at the 81st Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles, USA on 22 February 2009. EPA/WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC. / HO ONLY .The video for the song King Rat by Modest Mouse is a hand-drawn, animated short film that reflects Ledger's passionate stance against the whaling industry. It shows a ship crewed by whales hunting down humans swimming in the ocean, skinning them and processing them into food for baby whales. It closes with the words: 'This began with our friend, a great defender of life, and was completed in his spirit.'

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