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The Proposition

The Proposition

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 6, 2005

Runtime

1h 44m

Genres

Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western

User Score

70%

Original Title

The Proposition

Production Companies

UK Film Council, Surefire Film Productions, Autonomous, Pictures in Paradise, Jackie O Productions, Pacific Film and Television Commission, Film Consortium, National Lottery

Director

John Hillcoat

Budget

$2,000,000

Revenue

$5,048,693

Description

In 1880s Australia, a lawman offers renegade Charlie Burns a difficult choice. In order to save his younger brother from the gallows, Charlie must hunt down and kill his older brother, who is wanted for rape and murder. Venturing into one of the Outback's most inhospitable regions, Charlie faces a terrible moral dilemma that can end only in violence.