THE PROPOSITION

July 17, 2013

SYNOPSIS: A visually stunning tale of loyalty, betrayal and retribution. 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.
DIRECTOR: John Hillcoat
Writer & Composer: Nick Cave
KEY CAST: Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Emily Watson, John Hurt, David Wenham, Danny Houston
SOURCE: The Works Ltd.
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