Project Detail

The Proposition

Synopsis

Set in Australia in the 1880s, the film opens in the middle of a frenzied gunfight between the police and a gang of outlaws. Charlie Burns (Guy Pearce) and his brother Mikey are captured by Captain Stanley (Ray Winstone). Together with their psychopathic brother Arthur (Danny Huston), they are wanted for a brutal crime. Stanley makes Charlie a seemingly impossible proposition in an attempt to bring an end to the cycle of bloody violence.

Emily Watson plays Stanley’s wife Martha Stanley; John Hurt plays the bounty hunter Jellon Lamb and David Wenham plays Eden Fletcher, the powerful local landowner.

Details

Year: 2005
Type of project: Features
Format: 35mm
Director: John Hillcoat
Producer: Cat Villiers, Chiara Menage, Chris Brown, Jackie O' Sullivan
Editor: Jon Gregory
Screenwriter: Nick Cave
Director of Photography: Benoit Delhomme
Composer: Nick Cave and Warren Ellis
Principal cast: Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, John Hurt, David Wenham and Emily Watson
Sound Recordist: Craig Walmsley
Sound Supervisor: Paul Davies

Genre

Action Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Co-produced by Autonomous (UK) and Jackie O Productions (Australia) for SureFire Films

Sales Company

The Works

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Portland House
London W1W 8QJ
UK

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www.theworkslimited.com

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