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The Proposition(2005)
Status: Released
Date: 2005-10-06
70%
649 Votes
Time: 1h 44m
This land will be civilized.
Overview:
In 1880s Australia, a lawman offers renegade Charlie Burns a difficult choice. In order to save his younger brother from the gallows, Charlie must hunt down and kill his older brother, who is wanted for rape and murder. Venturing into one of the Outback's most inhospitable regions, Charlie faces a terrible moral dilemma that can end only in violence.
Languages: English.
Countries:
Australia,
United Kingdom
Budget: $2,000,000.00
Revenue: $5,048,693.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Surefire Film Productions
Autonomous
Pictures in Paradise
Jackie O Productions
Pacific Film and Television Commission
Movie: The Proposition
Top 10 Billed Cast
Guy Pearce
Charlie Burns
Ray Winstone
Captain Morris Stanley
Danny Huston
Arthur Burns
Emily Watson
Martha Stanley
David Wenham
Eden Fletcher
Richard Wilson
Mike Burns
John Hurt
Jellon Lamb
Noah Taylor
Brian O'Leary
Robert Morgan
Sergeant Lawrence
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