The Proposition

Theatrical - Limited 2006-05-05

Cast Guy Pearce Ray Winstone Danny Huston Emily Watson David Wenham
Directed by John Hillcoat
Written by Nick Cave

Box Office Gross: $5,048,693

Running Time: 104 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: UK Film Council, Surefire Film Productions, Autonomous, Pictures in Paradise, Jackie O Productions, Pacific Film and Television Commission, The Film Consortium, National Lottery

Genres: Western

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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... See more of the Outback’s most inhospitable regions, Charlie faces a terrible moral dilemma that can end only in violence.

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