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Proposition, The

AUSTRALIA/UNITED KINGDOM & NORTHERN IRELAND CO-PRODUCTION

Year of completion: 2005
Content type: Narrative Content
Format: Feature
Genre: Drama
Duration: 110 minutes
Production Status: Completed

Set in the 1880s, the film opens in the middle of a frenzied gunfight between the police and a gang of outlaws. Charlie Burns and his brother Mikey are captured by Captain Stanley. Together with their psychopathic brother Arthur, 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.

Completion Year: 2005
Genres: Drama
Format: Feature
Production Status: Completed

Cast and Crew

Director

Writer

Producer

Chris Brown, Jackie O’Sullivan, Chiara Menage, Cat Villiers

Cast

Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, John Hurt, David Wenham, Emily Watson, Noah Taylor, Leah Purcell, Mr T Lewis

Awards

2005 — IF Productions Pty Ltd

2005 — IF Productions Pty Ltd

2005 — IF Productions Pty Ltd

2005 — IF Productions Pty Ltd

2005 — Film Critics' Circle of Australia

2005 — Film Critics' Circle of Australia

2005 — Australian Film Institute

2005 — Australian Film Institute

2005 — Australian Film Institute

2005 — Australian Film Institute

Screenings

2006 — Hawaii International Film Festival

2005 — Cork International Film Festival

2006 — Sundance Film Festival

2005 — Toronto International Film Festival

2006 — Berlin International Film Festival

2005 — BFI London Film Festival

Sales

Australian Sales

Becker Group Ltd

International Sales

The Works
First Look (New York, Los Angeles)

Production Company

Jackie O Productions (The Proposition) Pty Ltd

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