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An outlaw is goaded into taking on justice at its most brutal in this hard-edged Western set in rural Australia in the 1880s. Charlie Burns (Guy Pearce) is a criminal living in the outback. He and his two brothers, Arthur (Danny Huston) and Mikey (Richard Wilson), are on the run from the law for ...more
MPAA Rating: R | Year: 2005 | Running Time: 104 minutes
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$16.99PROPOSITION (2005) / (WS SUB AMAR)
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$13.99PROPOSITION (2005) / (AMAR)
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DVD
$13.99PROPOSITION (2005) / (LTD SUB SPKG)
Much like another Western of singular vision, Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch, The Proposition starts with a bloody gun battle that's more typically seen in a third-act showdown. From this smoky carnage comes a proposition -- that if Charlie Burns (Guy Pearce) can hunt down and kill his older brother Arthur (Danny Huston), a sadistic murderer, he'll save his younger brother from the gallows. The Proposition signals its dour intentions from the opening minutes, and never fails to live up to them. ...more
- Guy Pearce - Charlie Burns
- Ray Winstone - Captain Stanley
- Emily Watson - Martha Stanley
- Danny Huston - Arthur Burns
- John Hurt - Jellon Lamb
- Robert Morgan - Sgt. Lawrence
- Oliver Ackland - Patrick Hopkins
- David Wenham - Eden Fletcher
- Noah Taylor - Brian O'Leary
- David Gulpilil - Jacko
- Leah Purcell - Queenie
- Richard Wilson - Mike Burns
- Tom E. Lewis - Two Bob
- John Hillcoat - Director
- Michael Hamlyn - Executive Producer
- Robert Jones - Executive Producer
- Norman Humphrey - Executive Producer
- Sara Giles - Executive Producer
- Chris Auty - Executive Producer
- James Atherton - Executive Producer
- Michael Henry - Executive Producer
- Chris Brown - Producer
- Jackie O'Sullivan - Producer
- Chiara Menage - Producer
- Cat Villiers - Producer
- Nick Cave - Screenwriter
- Bill Booth - Art Director
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