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The film entitled 'The Proposition' was filmed entirely on location in Winton Shire. 
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| The Proposition is a visually stunning story of loyalty, betrayal and retribution set in 1880s Australia. In the harsh, unforgiving landscape of the Outback, Charlie Burns (Guy Pearce) is presented with an impossible proposition by local law enforcer Captain Stanley (Ray Winstone): the only way to save younger brother Mickey from the gallows is to track down and kill Arthur (Danny Huston), his psychotic older brother. Meanwhile Captain Stanley has other problems to contend with. Having given up their comfortable life in England, he is desperate to shield his innocent wife Martha (Emily Watson) from the brutalities of their new surroundings. He also faces mounting pressure from renegade Aborigines and his superior Eden Fletcher to bring order to the region. An uneasy sense of foreboding grows as events close in and each character faces a punishing moral dilemma that leads inexorably to a devastating climax … |
View the Trailer. It has attracted a stellar international cast including Guy Pearce (LA Confidential; Memento); Ray Winstone (Sexy Beast; King Arthur; Ripley’s Game); Danny Huston (Birth; Silver City); John Hurt (Love and Death On Long Island; Hellboy); David Wenham (The Lord of The Rings Trilogy; Van Helsing) and Emily Watson (Life and Death of Peter Sellers; Punch Drunk Love; Breaking the Waves).
The original screenplay was written by music icon Nick Cave. It is directed by John Hillcoat (Ghosts of the Civil Dead; To Have and to Hold) and produced by Chiara Menage (Love Is the Devil) and Cat Villiers (Saving Grace, No Man’s Land), with Chris Brown (Blurred; Under the Radar) and Jackie O’Sullivan (Witch Hunt).
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