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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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By David Germain, Associated Press
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"... makes for a dark and twisted time, a portrait of a bleak 1880s frontier which, like [screenwriter Nick] Cave's songs, offers an intriguing blend of the idyllic and the savage." Full Review
Derek Armstrong
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Much like another Western of singular vision, Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch, The Proposition starts with a bloody gun battle that's more typically seen in a third-act showdown. From this smoky carnage ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Charlie Burns
Captain Stanley
Martha Stanley
Arthur Burns
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