Guy Pearce as Charlie Burns

The Proposition

Director: John Hillcoat

Cast: Ray Winstone, Guy Pearce, Danny Huston, Emily Watson, John Hurt, Richard Wilson

(First Look, 2005) Rated: R

US theatrical release date: 5 May 2006 (Limited release)

[26 May 2006]

by Matt Mazur

Murder Ballad

Nick Cave's The Proposition blends equal parts Walkabout and Sergio Leone's grim atmospherics to illustrate the brutality of imperialism.

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