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The Proposition
2005
· Movie
· 104 min
B
MEANRANK
72/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1965
- IMDb #1550
- Rotten Tomatoes #1039
- Metacritic #1300
- Letterboxd #1251
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1459
+6 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1113
- Metacritic Critics #1196
- Metacritic Audience #1623
- Kinopoisk #2718
- AlloCiné #1649
- Trakt #2799
Every rating
26–86
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 26, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 86.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →In the brutal Australian outback, a lawman captures two of the three Burns brothers. He offers the younger brother a proposition: he must track down and kill his older, psychopathic brother within nine days, or the lawman will execute their simple-minded younger brother. The man is sent into the wilderness on an impossible mission that tests his loyalty and his soul.
Details
- Director
- John Hillcoat
- Writer
- Nick Cave
- Released
- 6 October 2005
- Country
- Australia, United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $2.0M
- Box office
- $5.0M
- Awards
- 12 wins, 23 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 35 →1 major award won · 12 wins from 35 nominations across 11 ceremonies
| Venice Film Festival 2005 | Gucci Prize for Best Screenplay | Nick Cave | Winner |
| AACTA Awards ( 2005 AFI Awards ) 2005 | Best Actor | Guy Pearce | Nominee |
| AACTA Awards ( 2005 AFI Awards ) 2005 | Best Actor | Ray Winstone | Nominee |
| AACTA Awards ( 2005 AFI Awards ) 2005 | Best Supporting Actor | John Hurt | Nominee |
| AACTA Awards ( 2005 AFI Awards ) 2005 | Best Film | Chris Brown, Chiara Menage, Jackie O'Sullivan and Cat Villiers | Nominee |
| AACTA Awards ( 2005 AFI Awards ) 2005 | Best Cinematography | Benoît Delhomme | Winner |
| AACTA Awards ( 2005 AFI Awards ) 2005 | Best Editing | Jon Gregory | Nominee |
| AACTA Awards ( 2005 AFI Awards ) 2005 | Best Original Music Score | Nick Cave and Warren Ellis | Winner |
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Venice Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Gucci Prize for Best Screenplay | Nick Cave | Winner |
AACTA Awards ( 2005 AFI Awards )
12 nominations, 4 won
| Best Cinematography | Benoît Delhomme | Winner |
| Best Costume Design | Margot Wilson | Winner |
| Best Original Music Score | Nick Cave and Warren Ellis | Winner |
| Best Production Design | Chris Kennedy | Winner |
| Best Actor | Guy Pearce | Nominee |
| Best Actor | Ray Winstone | Nominee |
| Best Direction | John Hillcoat | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Jon Gregory | Nominee |
| Best Film | Chris Brown, Chiara Menage, Jackie O'Sullivan and Cat Villiers | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Nick Cave | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Richard Davey, Paul Davies, Ian Morgan and Craig Walmsley | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | John Hurt | Nominee |
Inside Film Awards
9 nominations, 4 won
| Best Cinematography | Benoît Delhomme | Winner |
| Best Feature Film | Chris Brown, Chiara Menage, Jackie O'Sullivan and Cat Villiers | Winner |
| Best Music | Nick Cave and Warren Ellis | Winner |
| Best Production Design | Chris Kennedy | Winner |
| Best Actor | Guy Pearce | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Emily Watson | Nominee |
| Best Direction | John Hillcoat | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Jon Gregory | Nominee |
| Best Script | Nick Cave | Nominee |
FCCA Awards
6 nominations, 2 won
| Best Cinematography | Benoît Delhomme | Winner |
| Best Musical Score | Nick Cave and Warren Ellis | Winner |
| Best Actor | Guy Pearce | Nominee |
| Best Director | John Hillcoat | Nominee |
| Best Film | Chris Brown, Chiara Menage, Jackie O'Sullivan and Cat Villiers | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Nick Cave | Nominee |
San Diego Film Critics Society Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Ray Winstone | Winner |
Golden Reel Award
1 nomination
| Best Sound Editing for Music in a Feature Film | Gerard McCann | Nominee |
Golden Trailer Award
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Dramatic Trailer | Nominee |
International Cinephile Society Award
1 nomination
| Best Picture | Chris Brown, Chiara Menage, Jackie O'Sullivan and Cat Villiers | Nominee |
London Film Critics' Circle Award
1 nomination
| British Supporting Actress of the Year | Emily Watson | Nominee |
Toronto Film Critics Association Award
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Performance, Male | Danny Huston | Nominee |
World Soundtrack Academy
1 nomination
| Discovery of the Year | Nick Cave and Warren Ellis | Nominee |