Released
The Proposition
October 6 2005 (about 19 years ago)Rating
70
Based on
622 reviews
This land will be civilized.
- Director: John Hillcoat
- Writer: Nick Cave
- Genres: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western
- Runtime: 1 h 44 m
- Budget: $2,000,000
- Box office: $5,048,693
- Countries: Australia, United Kingdom
- Companies: UK Film Council, Surefire Film Productions, Autonomous, Pictures in Paradise, Jackie O Productions, Pacific Film and Television Commission, Film Consortium, National Lottery
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.
