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Special Features and Technical Specs:
NEW 4K REMASTER OF THE FILM
DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
Audio commentary by John Hillcoat and Nick Cave
Audio commentary by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Josh Nelson
Making of documentary
Archive interviews with the cast and crew
Trailer
Fully illustrated perfect-bound book featuring new and archive writing on the film, rare production documents, original reviews and full film credits
And More...
4K BLU-RAY/BLU-RAY COMBO RELEASE

colinr0380 wrote: Sun Feb 20, 2022 2:19 pm Along with the UHD upgrade this (as with Liv Ullmann's Faithless and a number of the Bergmans) is another example of the BFI picking up a title that was previously released in the mid 2000s on DVD by the now defunct Tartan Video label and getting it out there again.

colinr0380 wrote: Sun Feb 20, 2022 2:51 pm I'm trying to find one myself. There is this list but it has a number of omissions. Notably The Proposition! Out of that list though I would really like to see some UK label pick up Alejandro Amenábar's debut feature, the pre-Abre los ojos film Tesis some time, which came out in the early days of Tartan's DVD label (so early it got a simultaneous VHS release, as with the Ring films!) and suffered even at the time from being non-anamorphic and with burnt-in theatrical subtitles that really means it desperately needs a better, in print, edition, let alone a Blu-ray or UHD upgrade!

And Catherine Breillat's Anatomy of Hell is arguably her best film, so I would love to see that get rediscovered again at some point.

The Proposition
A film by John Hillcoat
Written by Nick Cave

Starring Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, John Hurt, David Wenham, Emily Watson

New 4K restoration released on both UHD & Blu-ray and on iTunes and Amazon Prime on 28 March 2022

See/share the new trailer here

Newly restored in 4K, director John Hillcoat (The Road, Triple 9) and writer Nick Cave’s Australian Western, a modern classic, is released by the BFI in a new 4K UHD presentation with an additional Blu-ray disc featuring archival extras and also on double-disc Blu-ray.

Out on 28 March 2022, these presentations have been produced in close collaboration with John Hillcoat and cinematographer Benoit Delhomme. Among an array of special features on both is a newly recorded conversation between John Hillcoat and Nick Cave and an 80-page book.

In the unforgiving landscape of the Outback, Charlie Burns (Guy Pearce) is presented with an impossible proposition by local lawman Captain Stanley (Ray Winstone): to save his younger brother Mikey from the noose, he must track down and kill Arthur (Danny Huston), his increasingly unhinged older sibling. A palpable sense of foreboding builds in the oppressive heat, as each character takes on their punishing moral dilemmas and the cycle of violence appears unstoppable.

Special features
• 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
NB. Blu-ray only release is presented in High Definition
• John Hillcoat and Nick Cave in Conversation (2021, 53 mins, audio only): newly recorded conversation between the film’s director and its screenwriter
• Audio commentary with John Hillcoat and Nick Cave (2006)
• Audio commentary by critics Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Josh Nelson (2021)
• The Making of The Proposition (2005, 27 mins): behind-the-scenes documentary
• Inside the Proposition (2005, 43 mins): a series of featurettes looking at the film’s pre-production
• Shooting the Proposition (2005, 24 mins): featurettes on the production and the challenges faced during filming
• B-roll footage (2005, 20 mins): behind-the-scenes footage shot during the making of the film
• Interview With Guy Pearce (2006, 14 mins): the actor on his approach to the role of Charlie
• Interview With Danny Huston (2006, 8 mins): the actor recalls his work on the film
• Stills galleries
• Original theatrical and teaser trailers
• 2022 UHD/Blu-ray trailer
• 80-page book featuring new writing and recollections by John Hillcoat, Cat Villiers, Leah Purcell and Warren Ellis, plus essays by Andrew Graves, Professor Catriona Elder, Dr Stephen Morgan and Adrian Martin

Product details
UHD: RRP: £29.99 / Cat. no. BFIU0001 / 18
UK, Australia | 2005 | colour | 104 minutes | English language, with optional subtitles for the Deaf and partial hearing | original aspect ratio 2.35:1 Disc 1: UHD, 2160p, 24fps, 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio (48kHz/24-bit), PCM 2.0 stereo audio │ Disc 2: BD50, 1080p/576i, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo audio

Blu-ray: RRP: £24.99 / Cat. No. BFIB1429 / 18
UK, Australia | 2005 | colour | 104 minutes | English language, with optional subtitles for the Deaf and partial hearing | original aspect ratio 2.35:1 Disc 1: BD50: 1080p 24fps, 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio (48kHz/24-bit), PCM 2.0 stereo audio | Disc 2: BD50, 1080p/576i, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo audio

PfR73 wrote: Mon Apr 11, 2022 2:37 am So the 4K release doesn't include the film itself on Blu-ray?

denti alligator wrote: Tue Apr 12, 2022 2:37 am Cave the fiction writer is a strange one.

denti alligator wrote: Tue Apr 12, 2022 2:37 am You might have convinced me. Cave the fiction writer is a strange one. When I was 14 (which is now over 30 years ago) I read his first novel And the Ass Saw the Angel and absolutely loved it. I had no context for it. Hadn‘t read Faulkner or McCarthy or whatever else he was channeling. But it was one of the great reading experiences of my life. I doubt it would hold up now.