The Proposition

The Proposition (2005)

7.0

Overview

Set in the Australian outback in the 1880s, the movie follows the series of events following the horrific rape and murder of the Hopkins family, allegedly committed by the infamous Burns brothers gang. Captain Morris Stanley captures Charlie Burns and gives him 9 days to kill his older dangerous psychopathic brother, or else they'll hang his younger mentally slow brother on Christmas Day.

Featured Crew

Nick Cave

Screenplay
John Hillcoat

Director

Top Billed Cast

Guy Pearce

Charlie Burns
Ray Winstone

Captain Morris Stanley
Emily Watson

Martha Stanley
Danny Huston

Arthur Burns
David Wenham

Eden Fletcher
John Hurt

Jellon Lamb

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Status Released

Original Language English

Runtime 1h 44m

Budget $2,000,000.00

Revenue $5,048,693.00

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December 16, 2009
Theatrical

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Featured Review

A review by Per Gunnar Jonsson

4.0

By Per Gunnar Jonsson

Well, no matter how I rate this movie a lot of people are going to say that my rating is wrong. That is something that you probably can say about any rating for any movie. I feel it is especially true as far as this movie goes though. As you can see from my rating I was not exactly thrilled by the movie. That does not mean that it is a bad movie. Again, this you can say about a lot of ratings, especially my ratings.

Okay, I guess I have confused everyone enough now so let me try to explain. As a piece of cinematic art this movie is excellent. The acting is quite good. I especially liked John... read the rest.

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