The Proposition
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Directed by	John Hillcoat
Produced by	Chris Brown Chiara Menage Jackie O'Sullivan Cat Villiers
Written by	Nick Cave
Starring	Guy Pearce Ray Winstone Emily Watson Danny Huston
Music by	Nick Cave Warren Ellis
Cinematography	Benoit Delhomme
Editing by	Jon Gregory
Distributed by	First Look Pictures
Release date(s)	May 5, 2006 (USA)
Running time	104 min. John Hillcoat is an Australian film writer and director He has repeatedly worked with Nick Cave and also the band Depeche Mode. Nicholas Edward Cave (born 22 September 1957 in Warracknabeal, Victoria) is an Australian Musician, Songwriter, Author Guy Edward Pearce (born October 5, 1967) is a Screen Actors Guild Award -nominated English -born Australian raised actor perhaps Raymond Andrew "Ray" Winstone Jr (born 19 February 1957) is an Emmy Award -winning English film and television actor Emily Margaret Watson (born 14 January 1967) is a two-time Academy Award -nominated Screen Actors Guild Award -winning English Danny Huston (born 14 May 1962) is an American actor and director Nicholas Edward Cave (born 22 September 1957 in Warracknabeal, Victoria) is an Australian Musician, Songwriter, Author Warren Ellis (born 1965 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian Multi-instrumentalist and composer most famous for his work Benoît Delhomme is a Film Cinematographer whose credits include The Proposition. First Look Studios is an independent American Film studio that specializes in home video releases of films and TV series Events 553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins 1215 - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
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The Proposition is a movie directed by John Hillcoat and written by Nick Cave. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States John Hillcoat is an Australian film writer and director He has repeatedly worked with Nick Cave and also the band Depeche Mode. Nicholas Edward Cave (born 22 September 1957 in Warracknabeal, Victoria) is an Australian Musician, Songwriter, Author It stars Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Emily Watson, John Hurt and Danny Huston. Guy Edward Pearce (born October 5, 1967) is a Screen Actors Guild Award -nominated English -born Australian raised actor perhaps Raymond Andrew "Ray" Winstone Jr (born 19 February 1957) is an Emmy Award -winning English film and television actor Emily Margaret Watson (born 14 January 1967) is a two-time Academy Award -nominated Screen Actors Guild Award -winning English John Vincent Hurt, CBE (born 22 January 1940 is an English Actor. Danny Huston (born 14 May 1962) is an American actor and director The film's production completed in 2004, and was followed by a wide 2005 release in Australia and a 2006 theatrical run in the U.S. through First Look Pictures. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the First Look Studios is an independent American Film studio that specializes in home video releases of films and TV series The movie was Rated R by the MPAA for strong grisly violence and for language. The Motion Picture Association of America's film-rating system is used in the U

Contents 1 Cast 2 Plot 3 Soundtrack 4 Critical Response 5 The Proposition and Indigenous culture 6 DVD 7 Awards 8 References 9 See also 10 External links

Cast

Guy Pearce as Charlie Burns
Ray Winstone as Captain Morris Stanley
Emily Watson as Martha Stanley
Danny Huston as Arthur Burns
David Wenham as Eden Fletcher
Richard Wilson as Mike Burns
John Hurt as Jellon Lamb
Tom E. Lewis as Two Bob
Leah Purcell as Queenie
Tom Budge as Samuel Stoat
David Gulpillil as Jacko
Noah Taylor as Brian O'Leary
Mick Roughan as Mad Jack Bradshaw
Shane Watt as John Gordon
Rodney Boschman as Toby

Plot

Set in the Australian Outback in the 1880s, the movie follows the series of events following the horrific rape and murder of the Hopkins family, allegedly committed by the infamous Burns brothers gang. Guy Edward Pearce (born October 5, 1967) is a Screen Actors Guild Award -nominated English -born Australian raised actor perhaps Raymond Andrew "Ray" Winstone Jr (born 19 February 1957) is an Emmy Award -winning English film and television actor Emily Margaret Watson (born 14 January 1967) is a two-time Academy Award -nominated Screen Actors Guild Award -winning English Danny Huston (born 14 May 1962) is an American actor and director David Wenham (born 21 September 1965 is an Australian actor who has appeared in movies Television series and Theatre productions Richard Wilson (born 23 October 1984 in Leicester, England) is a British -born John Vincent Hurt, CBE (born 22 January 1940 is an English Actor. Tom E Lewis is an Australian actor and musician He was born and grew up at Ngukurr ( Roper River) in South Eastern Arnhem Land. Leah Purcell (born 14 August 1970) is an Australian actress from Murgon in the Kingaroy district of Queensland. David Gulpilil (Gurlpiril is linguistically correct though he is sometimes credited as David Gumpilil) (born 1 July 1953 is an Indigenous Australian Noah George Taylor (born September 4, 1969) is a British-born Australian Actor. Outback or the Outback refers to remote arid areas of Australia, although the term colloquially can refer to any lands outside of the main Urban areas Events and Trends Technology Development and commercial production of Electric lighting Development and commercial production of gasoline-powered

The film opens with a violent gunfight between the police and Charlie Burns's (Guy Pearce) gang, which ends with the deaths of all of the gang except for Charlie and his younger, mentally slow brother, Mikey (Richard Wilson), who is wounded. Guy Edward Pearce (born October 5, 1967) is a Screen Actors Guild Award -nominated English -born Australian raised actor perhaps Richard Wilson (born 23 October 1984 in Leicester, England) is a British -born Captain Stanley (Ray Winstone) offers Charlie a proposition whereby he and Mikey can go free of the crimes they have committed if Charlie kills his older brother, Arthur (Danny Huston). Raymond Andrew "Ray" Winstone Jr (born 19 February 1957) is an Emmy Award -winning English film and television actor Danny Huston (born 14 May 1962) is an American actor and director Arthur is a mercurial psychopath who has become something of a legend and is so vicious that the aboriginal tribes refer to him as "The Dog Man" and both the police and the aboriginals refuse to go near his camp. Captain Stanley muses that perhaps the bounty hunters will kill Arthur in time and then states his intention to civilize the harsh wilderness he has been forced to live in by bringing Arthur to justice and uses Mikey as leverage. Charlie has nine days to find and kill Arthur, or else Mikey will be hanged from the gallows on Christmas Day. Hanging is the lethal suspension of a person by a ligature The Oxford English Dictionary states that hanging in this sense is "specifically to put to death

We discover why Captain Stanley is intent on taming Australia: he has been forced to move there with his delicate wife, Martha Stanley (Emily Watson), and wants to make it an appropriate place for them to live. Emily Margaret Watson (born 14 January 1967) is a two-time Academy Award -nominated Screen Actors Guild Award -winning English The Stanleys were also friends of the Hopkins family, leading Martha to have nightmares about her dead friends and the unborn child one of them is revealed to have carried. Word spreads of Stanley's deal with Charlie, primarily from Stanley's corrupt subordinate, Sergeant Lawrence (Robert Morgan), causing disgust among the townspeople.

Shortly thereafter, Eden Fletcher (David Wenham), for whom Captain Stanley works, orders that Mikey be given one hundred lashes as punishment for the rape and murder of the Hopkins family. David Wenham (born 21 September 1965 is an Australian actor who has appeared in movies Television series and Theatre productions Flagellation is the act of whipping (Latin flagellum, "whip" the human body Stanley is aghast at this, since that would surely kill him and he believes that Mikey is innocent of the crimes committed. This would also break his proposition with Charlie. Stanley sends Sergeant Lawrence away with a group to "investigate" the reported slaying of a family by a group of Aborigines. Captain Stanley attempts to defend Mikey by gunpoint from the bloodthristy townspeople, but is overruled once Martha arrives, insisting on revenge for her dead friends. Mikey is then brutally flogged, and horrifically wounded. The formerly excited townspeople slowly become disgusted and Martha faints at the ghastly display. After 40 lashes, Mikey has collapsed and the whip is soaked with blood. Captain Stanley grabs the whip and throws it at Fletcher (staining his face and suit with blood), who in turn fires Stanley.

Meanwhile, Charlie rides a great distance in search of Arthur, drinking and apparently reflecting on what he will do. Along the way, he encounters an inebriated old man named Jellon Lamb (John Hurt). John Vincent Hurt, CBE (born 22 January 1940 is an English Actor. In the course of conversation, Charlie realizes that Lamb is a bounty hunter in pursuit of the Burns brothers and knocks him out. Later on, after sleeping on a rock bed, Charlie awakes and, before he can gather what's going on, is speared through the shoulder by a group of aborigines standing over him. Seconds later a gunshot is heard and the head of the aboriginal man who threw the spear explodes. Charlie then passes out.

Charlie wakes up in the camp of his brother Arthur, which is located in caves among desolate mountains. Arthur's gang consists of Samuel Stoat (Tom Budge), who shot the aboriginal man who had speared Charlie; a woman named Queenie (Leah Purcell) who tends to Charlie's wound; and a muscular aboriginal man called Two-Bob (Tom E. Lewis). Leah Purcell (born 14 August 1970) is an Australian actress from Murgon in the Kingaroy district of Queensland. Tom E Lewis is an Australian actor and musician He was born and grew up at Ngukurr ( Roper River) in South Eastern Arnhem Land. As he recovers from his wounds, Charlie has many opportunities to kill his brother, but doesn't. Not too far away from Arthur's camp, Sergeant Lawrence and his men have found and butchered a group of aborigines. Arthur and Two-Bob find Lawrence's group while they sleep, ostensibly to get a horse for Charlie, but proceed to swiftly kill Sergeant Lawrence and all of his men. Before Arthur stomps Lawrence to death with his boot, Lawrence tells Arthur that Charlie has been sent to kill him. A stomp (also referred to as a stamp) is a downwards strike with the Heel of the Foot from the stand-up position, and is usually directed While this occurs, Jellon Lamb enters Arthur's camp and ties up Samuel and Charlie, both of whom are sleeping. Without his realizing it, Lamb is shot from behind by the returning Arthur. Arthur then proceeds to begin torturing the still-living Lamb with a knife, but Charlie instead performs a mercy-killing.

Charlie decides that he wants to break out Mikey and informs Arthur. Arthur, Samuel and Charlie ride into town dressed in the clothes taken from the officers Arthur and Two-Bob had killed, pulling behind them Two-Bob, posing as an aborigine that they've captured. Once at the jail, the men ambush and kill all the policemen there. Charlie and Two-Bob ride off with the badly injured Mikey, who has never recovered from the flogging and dies shortly thereafter. As they bury Mikey, Two-Bob tells Charlie that all of this is Charlie's fault since he and Mikey left Arthur's gang.

Captain Stanley and Martha, who had become increasingly paranoid as they were ostracized by the townspeople after the flogging, let their guard down to have a peaceful, civilized Christmas dinner. Just then, Arthur and Samuel shoot open the door and invade their home. Home Invasion is the fifth solo album by Ice T. Released in 1993, the album was Ice T's first release on Rhyme Syndicate Records. Arthur pulls Captain Stanley into the other room and brutally beats him, while Samuel taunts his wife. Arthur then shoots Captain Stanley in the shoulder. Charlie walks in and informs Arthur of Mikey's death; Arthur ignores the news and encourages Charlie to listen to Samuel sing as he attempts to rape Martha. Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with Speech. Charlie then walks up to the unsuspecting Samuel and shoots him point blank in the head, then shoots Arthur twice, after saying simply, "No more. In External ballistics, point-blank range is the distance between a Firearm and a target of a given size such that the bullet in flight is expected to strike the target " After this Arthur walks out of the house. Charlie looks at a gun on the table and then tells Captain Stanley "I'm gone to be with my brother. " Charlie leaves the house and follows a trail of blood to find Arthur hunched over on a hill nearby and sits down next to him. Arthur asks Charlie what he will do now, and then slowly dies.

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack, titled The Proposition, was released shortly after the film in October 2005. The Proposition is a soundtrack recorded by Nick Cave in collaboration with Warren Ellis, and was produced for the film The Proposition, The music was composed and performed by Nick Cave and violinist Warren Ellis. Nicholas Edward Cave (born 22 September 1957 in Warracknabeal, Victoria) is an Australian Musician, Songwriter, Author Warren Ellis (born 1965 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian Multi-instrumentalist and composer most famous for his work

Critical Response

The Proposition has received largely positive reviews from professional film critics, earning an 86% "Certified Fresh" rating at Rotten Tomatoes. Rotten Tomatoes is a Website devoted to reviews information and news of Movies. ^[1] Roger Ebert, AM New York, Austin Chronicle and Entertainment Insider gave the film 4/4 stars. Roger Joseph Ebert (iːbɝt born June 18, 1942) is an American film critic and Screenwriter. See also List of New York City newspapers and magazines AM New York is a free daily New York City (The Friday edition is combined The Austin Chronicle is an Alternative weekly, Tabloid -style Newspaper published every Thursday in Austin Texas, United ^{[2] [3]}

The Proposition and Indigenous culture

Two acclaimed Indigenous Australian actors (David Gulpilil and Tom E. Lewis) have supporting roles in the film. Indigenous Australians are descendants of the first known human inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands. David Gulpilil (Gurlpiril is linguistically correct though he is sometimes credited as David Gumpilil) (born 1 July 1953 is an Indigenous Australian Tom E Lewis is an Australian actor and musician He was born and grew up at Ngukurr ( Roper River) in South Eastern Arnhem Land.

As noted in behind-the-scenes features included on The Proposition DVD, the film is regarded as uncommonly accurate in depicting indigenous Australian culture of the late 1800s, and when filming in the Outback, the cast and crew took great pains to follow the advice of indigenous consultants. In an interview included on the DVD, Lewis even compares the depiction of indigenous cultures in The Proposition to the landmark film The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978). The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith is a 1978 Australian film directed by Fred Schepisi and based on the Booker Prize -nominated novel of the same name In addition, there is a warning before the film which states that it contains photographs of deceased Indigenous Australians, which is a taboo in their culture. ^[4]

DVD

The DVD was officially released in the United States by First Look Pictures on September 19th, 2006.

Tartan Video's Region 2 DVD release in the UK was a two-disc release and contains these special features:

(Disc 1)

• Audio commentary by Nick Cave and John Hillcoat. DVD video discs may be encoded with a region code restricting the area of the world in which they can be played

(Disc 2)

• Exclusive Interviews with Guy Pearce and Danny Huston (25 mins)
• Meet the cast and crew (35 mins)
• Making of (118 mins)
• Theatrical Trailer

Awards

• Australian Film Institute:
  • Best Cinematography
  • Best Costume Design
  • Best Original Music Score
  • Best Production Design
• Australia Film Critics:
  • Best Cinematography
  • Best Musical Score
• Chlotrudis Awards:
  • Best Screenplay - Original (Nick Cave)
• Inside Film Awards (IF Awards):
  • Best Cinematography
  • Best Film
  • Best Music
  • Best Production Design
• San Diego Film Critics:
  • Best Supporting Actor (Ray Winstone)
• Venice Film Festival:
  • Gucci Prize

References

See also

• List of Australian films

External links

• The Proposition at the Internet Movie Database
• InFilm Australia review
• The Proposition at the National Film and Sound Archive

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