The Proposition (2005)

10/06/2005 (AU) • 1h 44m

Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western

This land will be civilized.

Overview

In 1880s Australia, a lawman offers renegade Charlie Burns a difficult choice. In order to save his younger brother from the gallows, Charlie must hunt down and kill his older brother, who is wanted for rape and murder. Venturing into one of the Outback's most inhospitable regions, Charlie faces a terrible moral dilemma that can end only in violence.

Top Billed Cast

Guy Pearce

Charlie Burns

Ray Winstone

Captain Morris Stanley

Danny Huston

Arthur Burns

Emily Watson

Martha Stanley

David Wenham

Eden Fletcher

Richard Wilson

Mike Burns

John Hurt

Jellon Lamb

Noah Taylor

Brian O'Leary

Robert Morgan

Sergeant Lawrence


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$2,000,000.00

Revenue

$5,048,693.00

Keywords

australia

bounty hunter

psychopath

gallows

outlaw

misanthrophy

decapitation

gang

shootout

sadist

brutality

hideout

retribution

flogging

whipping

sunset

australian outback

christmas

19th century

aborigine

savagery

australian western

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