Title The Proposition Overview 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. Captain Morris Stanley captures Charlie Burns and gives him 9 days to kill his older dangerous psychopathic brother, or else they'll hang his younger mentally slow brother on Christmas Day. Tagline This land will be civilized. Genres Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western Keywords gallows, australia, psychopath, outlaw, misanthrope, gang, shootout, sadist, brutality, violence, hideout, retribution, flogging, whipping, sunset, aborigine, savagery Production Companies Autonomous, UK Film Council, Surefire Film Productions, Pictures in Paradise, Pacific Film and Television Commission, Film Consortium, National Lottery through UK Film Council Production Countries Australia, United Kingdom Spoken Languages English Original Language en Runtime minutes 104 Release Year 2005
Worldwide box office revenue: approximately 5 million USD