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The Proposition

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Release Date: Monday, 25 January 2010
Country of Release: United Kingdom
MSRP: £12.99

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Directed by: John Hillcoat

Featuring: Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, Emily Watson, John Hurt, Richard Wilson, Noah Taylor, David Gulpilil

Captain Stanley (Ray Winstone) captures fugitive Burns brothers Charley (Guy Pearce) and Mikey (Richard Wilson) at the scene of bloody rape and murder. Informing Charley that he must kill his older brother, Arthur (Danny Huston), in order to be set free, Stanley drags Mikey to a decrepit jailhouse while he waits for Charley to carry out the deed...

Director John Hillcoat's second collaboration with melancholic musician Nick Cave (here contributing the film's screenplay and soundtrack), is a taut character study of desperation amid the mesmerising backdrop of the 19th century Australian outback.

Year: 2005
Time: 104 min.