The Proposition
Synopsis
Set in Australia in the 1880s, the film opens in the middle of a frenzied gunfight between the police and a gang of outlaws. Charlie Burns (Guy Pearce) and his brother Mikey are captured by Captain Stanley (Ray Winstone). Together with their psychopathic brother Arthur (Danny Huston), they are wanted for a brutal crime. Stanley makes Charlie a seemingly impossible proposition in an attempt to bring an end to the cycle of bloody violence.
Emily Watson plays Stanley’s wife Martha Stanley; John Hurt plays the bounty hunter Jellon Lamb and David Wenham plays Eden Fletcher, the powerful local landowner.
Details
- Year
- 2005
- Type of film
- Features
- Format
- 35mm
- Director
- John Hillcoat
- Producer
- Cat Villiers, Chiara Menage, Chris Brown, Jackie O' Sullivan
- Editor
- Jon Gregory
- Screenwriter
- Nick Cave
- Director of Photography
- Benoit Delhomme
- Music
- Nick Cave and Warren Ellis
- Principal Cast
- Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, John Hurt, David Wenham and Emily Watson
- Sound Recordist
- Craig Walmsley
- Sound Supervisor
- Paul Davies
Genre
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 7th September 2006
