
Release Date
May 5, 2006 (LA/NY)
DVD Release Date
September 19, 2006 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
John Hillcoat
Writer
Nick Cave
Cast
Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, John Hurt, David Wenham, Emily Watson
Studio
Running Time
104 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated R for strong grisly violence, and for language
Set against the harsh and unforgiving landscape of the 1880s Australian outback, "The Proposition" is a visually stunning tale of loyalty, revenge and the quest for justice in a lawless land. Charlie Burns (Guy Pearce) is a renegade. Along with his two brothers, Arthur (Danny Huston) and Mikey (Richard Wilson), he is wanted for murder. When Captain Stanley (Ray Winstone) captures Charlie and Mikey, he offers Charlie a proposition in an attempt to end the... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
John Hillcoat and Nick Cave serve up a ravishing and brutal new vision of the
western against the Australian outback in the tense and lyrical The Proposition.
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