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A lawman apprehends a notorious outlaw and gives him nine days to kill his older brother, or else they'll execute his younger brother.

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Mike Burns
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Brian O'Leary
Jeremy Madrona ...
Asian Prostitute
Jae Mamuyac ...
Asian Prostitute
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Charlie Burns
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Mad Jack Bradshaw
Shane Watt ...
John Gordon
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Captain Stanley
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Sergeant Lawrence
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Jacko
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Officer Dunn
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Patrick Hopkins
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Arthur Burns
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Tom Cox
Daniel Parker ...
Henry Clark
Carl Rush ...
Robert Borland
Gary Waddell ...
Officer Davenport
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Officer Matthews
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Martha Stanley
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Paul Broussard
Sue Dwyer ...
Mrs. Broussard
Lance Medlin ...
Dan O'Reilly
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Jellon Lamb
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Eden Fletcher
Rodney Boschman ...
Tobey
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Officer Halloway
Ned Rose ...
Old Aboriginal
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Queenie
Tom Budge ...
Samuel Stoat
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Two Bob (as Tom E Lewis)
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Dr. Bantrey
Max Age ...
Thommo
Jerry Solomon ...
Blinky

Directed by

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John Hillcoat

Written by

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Nick Cave ... (screenplay)

Produced by

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James Atherton ... executive producer
Chris Auty ... executive producer
Gina Black ... line producer
Chris Brown ... producer
Pam Collis ... associate producer: Australia
Sara Giles ... executive producer
Michael Hamlyn ... executive producer
Michael Henry ... executive producer
Norman Humphrey ... executive producer
Robert Jones ... executive producer
Chiara Menage ... producer
Jackie O'Sullivan ... producer (as Jackie O Sullivan)
Christopher Simon ... associate producer: UK
Cat Villiers ... producer

Music by

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Nick Cave
Warren Ellis

Cinematography by

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Benoît Delhomme ... director of photography

Editing by

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Jon Gregory

Editorial Department

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Bill Collis ... editorial assistant: Australia
Adam Glasman ... colorist: Framestore CFC
Brian Krijgsman ... digital grading assistant: Framestore CFC
Tom Lindsay ... first assistant editor
Ian Seymour ... associate editor

Casting By

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Nikki Barrett
Gary Davy

Production Design by

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Chris Kennedy

Art Direction by

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Bill Booth
Marita Mussett

Set Decoration by

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Jill Eden

Costume Design by

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Margot Wilson

Makeup Department

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Lea Dixon ... hair stylist / makeup artist
Bronwyn Fitzgerald ... hair stylist / makeup artist
Sally Gordon ... key makeup artist
Anita Lowe ... key hairdresser
Kym Sainsbury ... special effects prosthetics
Zeljka Stanin ... hair stylist: Guy Pearce / makeup artist: Guy Pearce

Production Management

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Libby Mourant ... production manager: UK
Louise Seymour ... post-production supervisor
Graeme Suhr ... unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Vera Biffone ... second assistant director
Darren Mallett ... first assistant director
Peter McLennan ... second second assistant director
Chris Sheen ... third assistant director (as Christopher Sheen)
Peter McLennan ... first assistant director: additional photography (uncredited)

Art Department

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Glenn Antill ... leading hand
Martin Ash ... set designer
Dianne Bennett ... greens supervisor
Andrew Bishop ... construction carpenter
Hayley Booth ... art department assistant
Scott Booth ... art department assistant
Geoff Bradley ... set carpenter
Mitchell Britton ... casual construction trade assistant
Wendy Buick ... graphic designer
Derek Burgess ... leading hand
Darren Carter ... labourer
Dave Catton ... set finisher / signwriter
T.J. Chan ... brush hand (as T J Chan)
Blue Chapman ... leading hand
Raymond Chapman ... brush hand / labourer
Bernie Childs ... construction coordinator
Kevin Childs ... casual construction buyer
Alexis Christenson ... construction runner
Temple Clark ... storyboard artist: UK
Jason Clee ... set carpenter / steel worker
Mark Corcoran ... art department casual
Paul Corner ... brush hand / labourer
Scott Davy ... trade assistant
Fredrick Dempsey ... art department assistant
Maxine Dennett ... art department assistant
John A. Finn ... carpenter
David John Franks ... props maker
Kevin Green ... construction casual
Andrew Grose ... set dresser
Nick Hartigan ... set dresser
Michael Hayward ... carpenter (as Mick Hayward)
Greg Hillcoat ... set carpenter
Lenny Holmdahl ... assistant set decorator
Brad Howard ... casual construction buyer
Dan Howard ... brush hand / labourer
James Howard ... casual construction buyer
Kim Howard ... construction manager
Fred Hughes ... set carpenter
Luke Hughes ... labourer
Pinky Johnson ... construction kitchen hand
Robert Keene ... trade assistant
Owen Kingsford-Bean ... scenic artist
Kane Lowe ... set carpenter
Terry Lowe ... set carpenter
Josh Madrers ... set designer
Noel McCartney ... set carpenter
Richard McDonald ... labourer
Tricia McInally ... art department coordinator
Michael Meehan ... set carpenter
Richard Meldrum ... carpenter
Justin Nance ... greens assistant
Glenn 'Buddy' Neal ... stand-by props
Richard Nitz ... leading hand / standby carpenter
David Passlow ... carpenter
Kim Prentice ... art department assistant
Lester Prentice ... carpenter
Anthony Short ... storyboard artist: Australia
Dennis Snow ... construction casual
Robert Steedman ... greens assistant
Dean Sullivan ... construction assistant
Kris Swales ... art department runner
Craig Tarbox ... construction casual
Steve Taylor ... props master
Trina Thomson ... painter
Hans Verbeek ... set carpenter
Sylvia Vossen ... greens art
Geoffrey Watson ... art department casual
Chris Weir ... set carpenter
Allan Wessling ... carpenter
Paula Whiteway ... set designer
Chris Williams ... scenic artist
Wayne Williams ... plasterer
Harry Zettel ... stand-by props (as Harry A Zettel)
Marko Anttonen ... set designer (uncredited)
Hugh Marchant ... sketch artist (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Tim Alban ... foley recordist
Mark Appleby ... assistant re-recording mixer
Anna Bertmark ... assistant sound editor
Alison Bown ... dialogue editor
Richard Davey ... re-recording mixer (as Richard Davy)
Paul Davies ... supervising sound editor
Anthony Faust ... adr recordist
Jack Gillies ... sound effects editor
Chris Goodes ... adr recordist: Australia
James Hamilton ... foley artist
Melissa Lee ... adr coordinator: Australia
Ian Morgan ... adr supervisor
Andy Neil ... adr recordist: Australia (as Andrew Neil)
Anne Pamphilon ... sound post-production coordinator
Stacey Parish ... sound assistant
Jenny Sutcliffe ... boom operator
Jessie Taylor ... assistant dubbing mixer
Craig Walmsley ... sound recordist
Andy Wright ... adr recordist: Australia (as Andrew Wright)
Nick Foley ... adr recordist (uncredited)
Richard Stockdale ... dolby sound consultant (uncredited)
Ted Swanscott ... adr mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Joe Amalfi ... special effects technician
Steve Courtney ... special effects supervisor
Jeff Gribble ... special effects armourer construction (as Jeffrey Gribble)
Debbie Jackson ... special effects administrator
Neil Lorenz ... special effects technician
Owen Pawsey ... special effects technician
Rhiannon Porter ... special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by

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Jason Burnett ... scanning and recording & digital cleanup: Framestore CFC
Andy Burrow ... scanning and recording manager: Framestore CFC
James Clarke ... scanning and recording & digital cleanup: Framestore CFC
Kate Cuffin ... visual effects compositor: Framestore CFC
Oliver Deen ... digital lab editorial: Framestore CFC
Paul Doogan ... scanning and recording & digital cleanup: Framestore CFC
Jonathan Dredge ... scanning and recording & digital cleanup: Framestore CFC (as Jonathan Dregde)
Robert Duncan ... visual effects supervisor: Framestore CFC (as Rob Duncan)
Joe Godfrey ... scanning and recording & digital cleanup: Framestore CFC
Dianne Gordon ... data operator: Framestore CFC
Sarah Gower ... visual effects coordinator: Framestore CFC (as Sarah Micallef)
Charlie Habanananda ... data operator: Framestore CFC
Alistair Hamer ... film mastering engineer: Framestore CFC
Piers Hampton ... visual effects producer: Framestore CFC
Jan Hogevold ... production executive: Framestore CFC
Jason Horley ... matte painter: Framestore CFC
Dan Lavender ... technical director: Framestore CFC
Kevin Lowery ... scanning and recording & digital cleanup: Framestore CFC
Roz Lowrie ... head of visual effects editorial: Framestore CFC
Claire McGrane ... senior producer: Framestore CFC
Dan McRae ... scanning and recording & digital cleanup: Framestore CFC (as Dan Mcrae)
Maria Michalopoulou ... data operator: Framestore CFC
Stuart Nippard ... data operator: Framestore CFC
Dan Perry ... scanning and recording & digital cleanup: Framestore CFC
Cal Sawyer ... head of data operation: Framestore CFC
John Sharp ... visual effects compositor: Framestore CFC
Matina Skouteri ... scanning and recording & digital cleanup: Framestore CFC
Donna Smith ... editorial assistant: Framestore CFC
Paul Stamp ... technical assistant: Framestore CFC
Maria Stroka ... producer: Framestore CFC
Paola Varvaro ... scanning and recording & digital cleanup: Framestore CFC
Annabel Wright ... scanning and recording & digital cleanup: Framestore CFC
Oliver Deen ... editorial assistant: Framestore CFC (uncredited)
Jerome Dewhurst ... di engineer (uncredited)
Benedict Gillingham-Sutton ... digital cleanup artist (uncredited)
Adam Hawkes ... retouch and restoration (uncredited)
Nathan Hughes ... digital matte painter (uncredited)
Stephen Willey ... systems engineer (uncredited)

Stunts

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Ric Anderson ... stunt coordinator
Angela Moore ... stunt assistant
Mick Roughan ... safety assistant
Darko Tuscan ... safety supervisor (as Darko Tuskan)
Angela Moore ... stunt double (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Polly Borland ... special still photographer
Kerry Brown ... epk camera operator / stills photographer
Graham Dunn ... assistant grip / grip
Simon Finney ... director of photography: second unit
Gobbler Gillespie ... dingle person
Steve Gordon ... electrician
Brenton Barry Grant ... electrics lugger
Adam Grice ... genny operator
Stephen Head ... best boy
Beau Heslin ... electrics lugger
Brad Holm ... electrics lugger
Michael Larcombe ... grip (as Mike Larcombe)
David 'Rusty' Leckonby ... best boy grip (as David Rusty Leckonby)
Lee Mariano ... clapper loader: "b" camera (as Lee Jake Mariano)
Brett Marks ... key grip
Brett Matthews ... focus puller: "b" camera
Margie McClymont ... focus puller: "a" camera
Rowena Mollica ... truck loader
Jesse Moyes ... electrician
Paul Murphy ... assistant grip
Troy Reichman ... clapper loader
Joel Russell ... assistant grip (as Joel Russel)
Graham Rutherford ... gaffer
Michael 'Wildman' Rutherford ... lighting technician
Carmel Shelley ... video split operator
Joe Stick ... genny operator
Justin Sykes ... assistant grip
Mark Watson ... lighting technician
Bradley Patrick ... marketing & publicity stills (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Vanessa Baker ... adr voice casting
Nikki Barrett ... casting: Australia
Judith Cruden ... extras casting director
Gary Davy ... casting: UK
Brendan Donnison ... adr voice casting
Danny Long ... casting assistant (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Wendy Asher ... costume buyer
Lyn Askew ... costume supervisor
Alex Barton ... costume stand-by assistant
Mirka Bimr ... costume cutter
Susie Booth ... costume construction
Janine Bray ... costume construction
Tom Collins ... costume props master
Saffron Firkins ... costume cutter
Blossom Flint ... costume buyer: Australia
Irene 'Pida' Gleeson ... milliner (as Pida Gleeson)
Amy Haviland ... costume stand-by assistant
Nicole Leary ... costume construction
Marcia Lidden ... costumer
Arlie McGill ... costume cutter
Alison O'Brien ... costume buyer: UK
Cheryl Pike ... costumer
Steven Starkey ... costume finisher
Heidi Tuchscherer ... costume runner
Candice Weiler ... costume coordinator
Flip Wootten ... key costume stand-by
Gloria Bava ... costume cutter: men (uncredited) / tailor: men (uncredited)
Cheryl Rounsefell ... milliner: police caps with leather peaks (uncredited)

Location Management

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Jessica J. Ball ... assistant location manager (as Jessica J Ball)
Mick Braddock ... location security
Tony Cant ... location security
Tony Clarke ... location manager
Rohan Dooley ... location security
Cash Ellis ... location security
Kenneth O'Connell ... location security
Rhonda O'Connell ... location security
Peter Russell ... location security
Glenn Sorensen ... location security
Justin Stokes ... location security
George Vinall ... location security

Music Department

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Martha Murphy Badger ... vocalist
Marty Casey ... musician
Nick Cave ... vocalist
Warren Ellis ... musician
Jake Jackson ... engineer
Doug Leitch ... musician
Gerard McCann ... music supervisor
George Vjestica ... musician
Jim White ... musician
Gerard McCann ... music editor (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Geoffrey Cox ... script editor
Joanne McLennan ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Jason Anderson ... unit driver
Erich Bailey ... transport assistant
Gavin Baskett ... driver: rushes, Winton
Nathan Brotherton ... unit driver
Dion M. Casey ... unit driver (as Dion Casey)
Margaret Davies ... bus driver
Sheril Dooley ... unit driver
Col Duff ... transport assistant
Lindsay Harmer ... unit driver
Cameron Holm ... unit driver
Nicholas Howard ... unit driver
Kieran Kervin ... unit driver
Leonard Lane ... unit driver
Kevan Lind ... unit driver
Shane Liston ... unit driver
Joe Luke ... unit driver
David Mason ... transport assistant
Maegan Freyja Mason ... driver: cast (as Maegan-Freyja Mason)
Neville Mason ... transport manager
Kylie Mitchell ... transport assistant
Tim 'Pommy' Obank ... transport assistant (as Tim O Bank)
Shaun Rose ... unit driver
Steve Rungwerth ... transport assistant (as Steven Rungwerth)
Karen Schell ... unit driver
James Fredrick Smith ... unit driver
Michael John Stenning ... unit driver
Kenneth Timmins ... unit driver
Big Al Ward ... transport coordinator
Kyle Warren ... unit driver
David Keith Window ... unit driver

Additional Crew

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Melissa Agnew ... dialogue coach: Australia
Ric Anderson ... horse master
Erich Bailey ... unit assistant
Charmaine Beetson ... catering assistant
Jack Bennett ... fencer
Sarah Bing ... production legal services: UK, S J Berwin
Kirsten Bodenstedt ... production assistant
Jenny Borgars ... head of development: The UK Film Council
Stephen Boyle ... production accountant: Australia, Moneypenny Pty Ltd
Katie Brock ... animal wrangler
Laurence Brown ... legal services: Freewheel International
Sandra Butterworth ... dialogue coach: UK
Edward J.S. Clarke ... runner: pre-production: : UK (as Edward J S Clarke)
Megan Clarke ... travel coordinator
Jarid Clifford ... on-set armorer
Jane Corden ... production accountant: Australia, Moneypenny Pty Ltd
Chris Cosh ... head chef: Canadian Kitchen
Linda Cosh ... catering assistant
Steve Courtney ... armorer supervisor
Peter Dally ... production legal services: UK, Bird And Bird
Jill Davidson ... insurance: Australia, AON Risk Services
Annalise Davis ... research assistant: UK
Jennifer Des Champs ... production coordinator
Col Duff ... unit assistant
Pearl Eatts ... indigenous cordinator
Steven Elliott ... assistant to director
Nicki Ellis ... production coordinator
Will Evans ... head of business affairs: The UK Film Council
Denise Farrell ... production accountant: Australia, Moneypenny Pty Ltd
Ed Fellows ... production legal services: UK, S J Berwin
Rob Fisher ... completion guarantor: Cinefinance
Michael Gaskin ... medic
Wayne Glennie ... wrangler
Duncan Gordon ... production legal services: Nina Stevenson & Assoc, Australia
Andrew Hardwick ... assistant production coordinator
Stephen Hart ... production assistant
M.L. Hillcoat ... researcher: Australia (as M L Hillcoat)
Vince Holden ... head of production finance: The UK Film Council
Jane Hunter ... on-set nurse
Tony Jablonski ... horse coordinator
Rachel James ... post-production accountant
Steve Joberns ... production auditor: Agn Shipleys
Tim Johnson ... production legal services: UK, S J Berwin
Kylie Jones ... unit assistant
Kevin Kasper ... head wrangler
Lorraine Keenan ... production nurse
Vivian Kirk ... casual runner
Bogdan Koca ... rehearsal assistant
Michael Larcombe ... scorpio technician (as Mike Lacombe)
Mick Lath ... medic
Ian Lewis ... completion guarantor: Cinefinance
Michael Lowth ... production nurse
Davenport Lyons ... legal services: Freewheel International
Rupert Mahon ... production legal services: UK, Park Place Law
David Mason ... unit assistant
Charles McDonald ... publicist: Mcdonald & Rutter
Andrew McNiece ... freight coordinator
Mary McNiece ... casual production assistant
John Medland ... animal wrangler
Bryce Menzies ... production legal services: Australia, Marshalls & Dent Lawyers
Kate Meyers ... production accountant: Australia, Moneypenny Pty Ltd
Kylie Mitchell ... unit assistant
Fiona Morham ... head of physical production: The UK Film Council
Donna Morton ... assistant horse coordinator
Damon Murray ... title designer: Murray & Sorrell FUEL
Kami Naghdi ... production legal services: UK, Bird And Bird
Melissa Nipperess ... assistant chef: Canadian Kitchen
Brock Norman Brock ... production executive: The UK Film Council
Terry O'Neil ... insurance: UK, AON/Albert G Ruben (as Terry O'Neill)
Tim 'Pommy' Obank ... unit assistant (as Tim O Bank)
Andy Ordonez ... business affairs: The Film Consortium
Gregory Paix ... medic
Robert Parsons ... on-set armorer
Darren John Patterson ... casual unit assistant
Neil Peplow ... head of production: The Film Consortium
Rhiannon Porter ... armory technician
Nathalia Rayfield ... assistant to producer
Kelly Redmond ... assistant production accountant (as Kelly Head)
Bernadette Rey ... nurse: second unit
Don Ross Jr. ... wrangler (as Don Ross Jnr)
Don Ross ... wrangler
Steve Rungwerth ... unit assistant (as Steven Rungwerth)
Howard Ruwhiu ... rushes runner
Fiona Searson ... unit publicist
Sophie Siomos ... financial controller
Richard Smith ... production runner: UK
Corrie Soeterboek ... completion guarantor: Cinefinance (as Corrie Soederbeck)
Stephen Sorrell ... title designer: Murray & Sorrell FUEL
Emily Spence ... production legal services: UK, S J Berwin
Inge Stainlay ... second assistant accountant
Gai Steele ... production legal services: Australia, Marshalls & Dent Lawyers
Nina Stevenson ... production legal services: Nina Stevenson & Assoc, Australia
Teonie Stockham ... cleaner
Deborah Sutherland ... production accountant
Paul Swann ... laboratory contact: Technicolor
Polly Taylor ... pre-production coordinator: UK
Troy Thomson ... wrangler
Brett Thornquest ... production accountant: Australia, Moneypenny Pty Ltd (as Brett Thornquist)
Judy Toohey ... picture researcher
Georgina Tuwhangai ... nurse: second unit
Lucy Whitton ... researcher: UK
Rachel Willis ... assistant: Nick Cave
Julia Wilson Dickson ... dialogue coach: UK (as Julia Wilson Dixon)
Karen G. Winter ... unit assistant (as Karen G Winter)
Marcin Janowski ... international marketing and publicity executive (uncredited)

Thanks

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Charlie Age ... special thanks: performer
Emma Bain ... very special thanks
Kaylah Bansett ... special thanks: performer
Gavin Baskett ... special thanks
David Batt ... special thanks: performer
Michael Birt ... special thanks: performer
Robert Blacket ... special thanks: performer
Polly Borland ... very special thanks
Gary Brayley ... special thanks: Winton person
Tony Bright ... special thanks: performer
Mark Bronley ... special thanks: Winton person
Christine Burke ... special thanks: Winton person
Stanley B. Burns ... thanks: photo archive, The Burns Archive (as Stanley B Burns MD)
Tony Cant ... special thanks: Winton person
Carol Carn ... special thanks: performer
Robert Carn ... special thanks: performer
Al Clark ... very special thanks
Angus Clunies-Ross ... very special thanks
Bruce Collins ... special thanks: Winton Shire Council (as Mayor Bruce Collins)
Geoff Cox ... very special thanks
Peter Crombie ... special thanks: performer
Sue 'Dunky' Davies ... special thanks: Winton person
Laura De Casto ... very special thanks
Eric Denham ... special thanks: Winton person
Ian Dennis ... acknowledgement: for Pacific Film and Televisiom Commission
Mark Devereux ... very special thanks
Glen Dooley ... special thanks: performer
Wayne Doyle ... special thanks: performer
Col Duff ... special thanks: performer (as Colin Duff)
Warren Eagles ... very special thanks
Joslin Eatts ... special thanks: performer
Peta Eatts ... special thanks: performer
Timothy Edgar ... special thanks: performer
Mai Eguchi ... special thanks: performer
Anthony Elliott ... special thanks: performer
Tony Elliott ... special thanks: Winton person
Scott Ellis ... very special thanks
Ross Entwistle ... very special thanks: SPE
Peter Evert ... special thanks: Winton person
Elizabeth Feltham ... very special thanks
Piers Feltham ... very special thanks
John Finn ... special thanks: performer
Christopher Fitchett ... very special thanks (as Chris Fitchett)
Jack Ford ... very special thanks: SPE
Richard Frankland ... very special thanks
Margaret Gilley ... special thanks: Winton person
Graham Gould ... special thanks: performer
Kevin Green ... special thanks: performer
Peter Harrison ... special thanks: performer
Daniel Heslin ... special thanks: performer
Frederick Hill ... special thanks: performer
Greg Hillcoat ... special thanks: performer
Louie Hillcoat ... very special thanks
Bob Hoogland ... special thanks: Winton Shire Council
Natasha Howard ... special thanks: performer
Peter Hudson ... very special thanks: TV1
Keith Hughes ... very special thanks
Robin James ... acknowledgement: for Pacific Film and Televisiom Commission
Lionel Johnson ... special thanks: Winton person
Peter Johnson ... special thanks: Winton person
Sally Johnson ... very special thanks
Donald Johnston ... special thanks: performer
David Jones ... special thanks: performer
Jakk Jones ... special thanks: performer
Reg Kavanagh ... special thanks: Winton person
Robert Keene ... special thanks: performer
Vince Keinan ... special thanks: Winton person
John Kidd ... very special thanks
Andrew King ... very special thanks
Steven Kruger ... very special thanks
Aaron Lavell ... very special thanks
Diana Le Dean ... very special thanks
John Lee ... very special thanks
Tony Lenton ... special thanks: Winton person
Donald MacDonald ... special thanks: performer (as Donald McDonald)
Lucy Maclaren ... very special thanks
San Fu Maltha ... very special thanks
Hugh Marchant ... very special thanks
Miro Martinovic ... special thanks: performer
Hamish McAlpine ... very special thanks
Belinda McConville ... special thanks: performer
Richard McConville ... special thanks: performer
Steven McConville ... special thanks: performer
Nicholas McGaw ... special thanks: performer
Graham McKerrow ... special thanks: performer
Candace McMillan ... very special thanks
Angela Menage ... very special thanks
Daniel Miller ... very special thanks
Joseph Mullineaux ... special thanks: performer
James O'Connell ... special thanks: performer
Jean O'Connell ... special thanks: Winton person
Jim O'Connell ... special thanks: Winton person
Kenneth O'Connell ... special thanks: Winton person (as Ken O'Connell)
Rhonda O'Connell ... special thanks: Winton person
Paul O'Kane ... acknowledgement: for Pacific Film and Televisiom Commission (as Paul O Kane)
Margaret Oxley ... special thanks: Winton Shire Council
Dean Paris ... very special thanks
Daniel Parker ... special thanks: performer
Andy Paterson ... very special thanks
Emily Pearce ... special thanks: performer
Nell Perkins ... special thanks: performer
Richard Philipps ... very special thanks
Ann Philpot ... special thanks: Winton person
Charlie Philpot ... special thanks: Winton person
Damien Rankine ... special thanks: performer
Kylie Robinson ... very special thanks
Nicholas Robinson ... special thanks: performer
Edwige Rollin ... very special thanks (as Edwige Rolin)
David Rudduck ... very special thanks
Richard Searle Sr. ... special thanks: Winton person (as Richard 'Senior' Searle)
Bernie Searle ... special thanks: Winton person
Richard Searle ... special thanks: performer
Justin Stokes ... special thanks: Winton person (as Justin 'Stocko' Stokes)
Jenny Sutcliffe ... special thanks: performer
Kathy Taylor ... special thanks: Winton person
Peter Taylor ... very special thanks
Henry Tefay ... acknowledgement: for Pacific Film and Televisiom Commission
Cathy Thomas ... very special thanks
Kenneth Timmons ... special thanks: performer
David Timms ... special thanks: Winton Shire Council
George Vinall ... special thanks: Winton person
Catherine Waters ... very special thanks
Robert White ... special thanks: performer
Bindee Williams ... special thanks: performer
Douglas Williams ... special thanks: performer
Tim Willocks ... very special thanks
Conrad Wilson ... very special thanks
Jody Witt ... special thanks: performer
Bob Young ... special thanks: Winton person
Linda Young ... special thanks: Winton person
Melina Yung ... very special thanks
Crew believed to be complete

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Plot Summary

In the harsh outback of 1880s Australia, the brutal Burns brothers are wanted for a vicious crime. When Charlie Burns is captured, the officer arresting makes a startling proposition in order to end the cycle of violence: Charlie must hunt down and murder his violent older brother Arthur, in order to save his youngest brother from the noose.

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Taglines This land will be civilized. See more »
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Also Known As
  • The Proposition - Tödliches Angebot (Germany)
  • La propuesta (Spain)
  • 关键协议 (China, Mandarin title)
  • Az ajánlat (Hungary)
  • Предложението (Bulgaria, Bulgarian title)
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Runtime
  • 104 min
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Box Office

Budget $20,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend Australia $215,987, 14 Oct 2005

Did You Know?

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Trivia In a 2018 interview, Guy Pearce said that this is his favorite of all of the movies he's ever done. See more »
Goofs Although the story takes place in the 1880s, Jellon sings "Danny Boy" - which wasn't published until 1913. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The Black Dahlia/The Gridiron Gang/Everyone's Hero/Haven (2006). See more »
Soundtracks There Is a Happy Land See more »
Crazy Credits The very first credit: "Members of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities are advised that this film contains images which may be offensive to indigenous people. It includes historical photographs of people now deceased." See more »
Quotes Arthur Burns: Love. Love is the key. Love and family. For what are night and day, the sun, the moon, the stars without love, and those you love around you? What could be more hollow than to die alone, unloved?
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