The Proposition
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
John Hillcoat
Guy Pearce
Emily Watson
John Hurt
Ray Winstone
David Wenham
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Charlie Burns is a renegade living in the lawless frontier who, along with his two brothers Mikey and Arthur, is wanted for rape and murder. When local law enforcer Captain Stanley captures Charlie and Mikey, he offers Charlie a bleak choice in an attempt to end the brutality that surrounds them: the only way to save his younger brother Mikey from the gallows is to track down and kill Arthur, his psychotic older brother, who Captain Stanley believes to be the ringleader in the violence. Both men face an impossible moral dilemma that leads to a murderous climax.
Director
John Hillcoat
Cast
Guy Pearce
Emily Watson
John Hurt
Ray Winstone
David Wenham
Danny Huston
Richard Wilson
Noah Taylor
David Gulpilil
Leah Purcell
Tom E Lewis
Jeremy Madrona
Jae Mamuyac
Mick Roughan
Shane Watt
Robert Morgan
Bryan Probets
Oliver Ackland
David Vallon
Carl Rush
Gary Waddell
Iain Gardiner
Bogdan Koca
Sue Dwyer
Lance Medlin
Rodney Boschman
Boris Brkic
Ned Rose
Tom Budge
Ralph Cotterill
Max Age
Jerry Solomon
Daniel T Parker
Nick Cave
Martha Murphy Badger
Tommy Lewis
Crew
Tim Alban
Ric Anderson
Ric Anderson
Martin Ash
Lyn Askew
James Atherton
Chris Auty
Nikki Barrett
Vera Biffone
Gina Black
Bill Booth
Polly Borland
Alison Brown
Chris Brown
Kerry Brown
Kerry Brown
Wendy Buick
Martyn Casey
Nick Cave
Nick Cave
Tony Clarke
Pam Collis
Jane Corden
Steve Courtney
Steve Courtney
Geoff Cox
Geoff Cox
Judith Cruden
Richard Davey
Paul Davies
Gary Davy
Benoît Delhomme
Jennifer Des Champs
Robert Duncan
Pearl Eatts
Jill Eden
Nicki Ellis
Warren Ellis
Anthony Faust
Simon Finney
David Franks
Sara Giles
Jack Gillies
Sally Gordon
Sally Gordon
Steven Gordon
Jon Gregory
Alistair Hamer
James Hamilton
Michael Hamlyn
Piers Hampton
Stephen Head
Michael Henry
Norman Humphrey
Jake Jackson
Rachel James
Robert Jones
Chris Kennedy
Michael Larcombe
Michael Larcombe
David Leckonby
Doug Leitch
Tom Lindsay
Anita Lowe
Roz Lowrie
Joshua Madrers
Darren Mallett
Brett Marks
Brett Matthews
Gerard Mccann
Margie Mcclymont
Charles Mcdonald
Joanne Mclennan
Chiara Menage
Sarah Micallef
Ian Morgan
Libby Mourant
Jesse Moyes
Damon Murray
Marita Mussett
Jackie O'sullivan
Anne Pamphilon
Graham Rutherford
Kym Sainsbury
Fiona Searson
Ian Seymour
Louise Seymour
Anthony Short
Anthony Short
Christopher Simon
Sophie Siomos
Stephen Sorrell
Jenny Sutcliffe
Deborah Sutherland
Polly Taylor
Steve Taylor
Cat Villers
George Vjestica
Craig Walmsley
Jim White
Paula Whiteway
Margot Wilson
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Spring May 5, 2006
Released in United States on Video September 19, 2006
Released in United States 2005
Released in United States 2006
Released in United States January 2006
Released in United States February 2006
Shown at London Film Festival (Special Screening) October 19-November 3, 2005.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) May 25-June 18, 2006.
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Panorama) February 9-19, 2006.
Garnered financing ($307,000) from The Film Council (British goverment-backed film financing body).
Released in United States Spring May 5, 2006
Released in United States on Video September 19, 2006
Released in United States 2005 (Shown at London Film Festival (Special Screening) October 19-November 3, 2005.)
Released in United States 2006 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) May 25-June 18, 2006.)
Released in United States January 2006 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Spectrum) January 19-29, 2006.)
Released in United States February 2006 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Panorama) February 9-19, 2006.)
