Release Date
May 5, 2006 (LA/NY)
DVD Release Date
September 19, 2006 (Buy on Amazon)
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Running Time
104 minutes
MPAA 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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