The proposition [videorecording] / UK Film Council presents a Surefire Films production of an Autonomous and Jackie O Productions co-production in association with Pictures in Paradise with the participation of the Pacific Film and Television Commission and the Film Consortium ; producers, Chris Brown and Jackie O Sullivan ; producers, Chiara Menage and Cat Villiers ; screenplay, Nick Cave ; director, John Hillcoat.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: FLP-11219 | First Look Home EntertainmentLanguage: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English, Spanish Publication details: [Los Angeles, Calif.] : First Look Home Entertainment, [2006]Edition: Anamorphic widescreen format (1.85:1)Description: 1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 1592416640
- 9781592416646
- Director of photography, Benoit Delhomme ; editor, Jon Gregory ; music, Nick Cave, Warren Ellis.
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Dr. James Carlson Library | DVD | WESTERN Proposit | Available | 33111007858257 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
An outlaw is goaded into taking on justice at its most brutal in this hard-edged Western set in rural Australia in the 1880s. Charlie Burns (Guy Pearce) is a criminal living in the outback. He and his two brothers, Arthur (Danny Huston) and Mikey (Richard Wilson), are on the run from the law for rape and murder. Arthur is a violent and dangerous sociopath with a much longer rap sheet than his siblings and a reputation for hiding out in villages so lawless the police are afraid to visit them, while Mikey is a much younger and more impressionable chap. The authorities capture Charlie and Mikey after a bloody shootout, and the brothers are handed over to Capt. Stanley (Ray Winstone), a British lawman sent to Australia to help bring order to the colonies. Stanley proposes a deal to Charlie, explaining that it's Arthur he really wants, and that he's willing to spare the childlike and terrified Mikey if Charlie can find Arthur and murder him. Charlie, realizing that this is his only hope to save his simpleton younger brother (who is scheduled to be hanged on Christmas Day), agrees and sets out to find and execute his other brother, who he believes has gone too far into the world of crime. As Charlie scours the backwaters of Australia, he encounters Jellon Lamb (John Hurt), an educated yet thoroughly menacing bounty hunter. In time, Charlie finds his brother, but isn't certain if he can carry out his mission. Meanwhile, Stanley struggles to bring a European sense of civility to the rough and tumble land he now calls home, while his wife Martha (Emily Watson) becomes the focus of the lustful appetites of the men in town. The Proposition was written by rock star and novelist Nick Cave; he previously collaborated with director John Hillcoat on the film Ghosts... of the Civil Dead. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
"Special features not rated or closed-captioned."--Container.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2005.
Special features include: optional commentary by director John Hillcoat and writer Nick Cave; deleted scenes (13 min.); behind-the-scenes featurettes including interviews with cast and crew (28 min.); photo gallery.
Director of photography, Benoit Delhomme ; editor, Jon Gregory ; music, Nick Cave, Warren Ellis.
Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, John Hurt, David Wenham, Emily Watson.
In the desolate Australian outback of the 1880s, newly-arrived Captain Stanley captures the wanted outlaw Charlie Burns. Seeking to civilize the violent outback frontier, Captain Stanley presents his prisoner with a stark choice: Burns can either watch his beloved younger brother Mikey die on the gallows, or find and betray his older and far more dangerous brother Arthur to the authorities.
MPAA rating: R; for strong grisly violence, and for language.
DVD, region 1; Dolby digital 5.1 surround; Dolby digital 2.0 stereo; DTS.
Closed-captioned in English for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
In English with optional Spanish subtitles.