TY - GEN AU - John Hillcoat AU - Richard Wilson AU - Noah Taylor AU - Jeremy Madrona AU - Jae Mamuyac AU - Guy Pearce AU - Mick Roughan AU - Shane Watt AU - Ray Winstone AU - Robert Morgan AU - David Gulpilil AU - Bryan Probets AU - Oliver Ackland AU - Danny Huston AU - David Vallon AU - Daniel Parker TI - The Proposition AV - DVD 004348 PY - 2005/// CY - Australia PB - Autonomous KW - Action KW - Crime KW - Drama KW - Western N2 - A lawman apprehends a notorious outlaw and gives him 9 days to kill his older brother, or else they'll execute his younger brother.; Rural Australia in the late nineteenth century: Capt. Stanley and his men capture two of the four Burns brothers, Charlie and Mike. Their gang is held responsible for attacking the Hopkins farm, raping pregnant Mrs. Hopkins and murdering the whole family. Arthur Burns, the eldest brother and the gang's mastermind, remains at large has and has retreated to a mountain hideout. Capt. Stanley's proposition to Charlie is to gain pardon and - more importantly - save his beloved younger brother Mike from the gallows by finding and killing Arthur within nine days UR - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0421238 ER -