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The Proposition
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.
2005 · Directed by John Hillcoat · 104 min · Western · Drama · 14 frames
Tagline
This land will be civilized.
Crew
- Screenplay: Nick Cave
- Cinematography: Benoît Delhomme
- Edited by: Jon Gregory
- Music: Nick Cave, Warren Ellis
- Production design: Chris Kennedy
- Produced by: Chiara Menage, Jackie O'Sullivan, Cat Villiers, Chris Brown
Cast
- Guy Pearce as Charlie Burns
- Ray Winstone as Captain Morris Stanley
- Danny Huston as Arthur Burns
- Emily Watson as Martha Stanley
- David Wenham as Eden Fletcher
- Richard Wilson as Mike Burns
- John Hurt as Jellon Lamb
- Noah Taylor as Brian O'Leary
- Robert Morgan as Sergeant Lawrence
- Jeremy Madrona as Asian Prostitute
Production
- Country: Australia, United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Studios: UK Film Council, Surefire Film Productions, Autonomous, Pictures in Paradise
- Budget: $2,000,000
- Box office: $5,048,693
- Themes: australia, bounty hunter, psychopath, gallows, outlaw, misanthrophy, decapitation, gang, shootout, sadist
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