The Proposition

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The Proposition
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R,1hr 44min
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May 5, 2006
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First Look Pictures
Synopsis: An outlaw is goaded into taking on justice at its most brutal in this hard-edged Western set in rural Australia in the 1880s. Charlie Burns (Guy Pearce) is a criminal living in the outback. He and his two brothers, Arthur (Danny Huston) and Mikey (Richard Wilson), are on the run from the law for rape and murder. Arthur is a violent and dangerous sociopath with a much longer rap sheet than his siblings and a reputation for hiding out in villages so lawless the police are afraid to visit them, while ... Full Synopsis
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A movie you cannot turn away from; it is so pitiless and uncompromising, so filled with pathos and disregarded innocence, that it is a record of those things we pray to be delivered from. Full Review
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73
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out of 100
Featured Cast
Charlie Burns
Captain Stanley
Martha Stanley
Arthur Burns
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Danny Huston in "The Proposition"
Emily Watson in "The Proposition"
Guy Pearce and Danny Huston in "The Proposition"
John Hurt and Danny Huston in "The Proposition"
Richard Wilson, Guy Pearce and Danny Huston in "The Proposition"
Guy Pearce in "The Proposition"
Guy Pearce in "The Proposition"
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