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Australian comedian Eric Bana is Mark Chopper Read, a legendary criminal who wrote his best-selling autobiography, FROM THE INSIDE, while serving a murder sentence in prison. Beginning in the blue-washed light of a maximum security Melbourne prison, Chopper establishes his dominance with the impulsive knifing of a fellow .. Read more
| Starring | Eric Bana, Simon Lyndon, David Field, Kate Beahan |
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| Director | Andrew Dominik |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller |
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Australian comedian Eric Bana is Mark Chopper Read, a legendary criminal who wrote his best-selling autobiography, FROM THE INSIDE, while serving a murder sentence in prison. Beginning in the blue-washed light of a maximum security Melbourne prison, Chopper establishes his dominance with the impulsive knifing of a fellow prisoner. Vaccillating between violence and regret, Chopper apologises to his victim, but his good mate Jimmy (Simon Lyndon) later retaliates against Chopper in an excruciating contract stabbing, rife with sexual tension. Finally released from prison, the heavily-tattooed Chopper has lost the better part of both of his ears, as well as the ability to make any distinction between his own made-up stories and reality. At a nightclub with his prostitute girlfriend, Tanya (Kate Beahan), he runs into Neville (Vince Colosimo), an old victim who limps from the attack but glitters in drug-funded gold. In his paranoia, Chopper connects rumours of a new contract on his life to Neville, Tanya, and his old mate Jimmy, to whom he pays a visit and discovers a man rotting from drug abuse. Alternately wickedly funny and grotesque, CHOPPER gives no easy answer to the question of Chopper Read's motives, but his method is clear, 'Ya bash people for no reason, just to get a name for yourself'.
| Starring | Eric Bana, Simon Lyndon, David Field, Kate Beahan, Vince Colosimo, Kenny Graham, Dan Wyllie, Bill Young |
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| Director | Andrew Dominik |
| Studio | METRODOME |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 30 mins LOVEFiLM Instant: 1 hr 29 mins |
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| Genres | Drama, Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English LOVEFiLM Instant: English |
| Released | Production year: 2000 On LOVEFiLM Instant: LOVEFiLM Instant: 21 May 2009 To Rent: DVD: 14 Oct 2002 |
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Don't make him angry...
Andrew Dominik's film of the eponymous Australian mobster is a real experience. Eric Bana's performance is so realistic that you cannot help to be ... read more »
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Bana = good. Story = bad.
Bana is brilliant. An extremely believable performance as Mark 'Chopper' Reid. You end of believing it is Chopper in the movie. Bana as Reid is likeable... read more »
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Why has this movie got so many reviews
Why has this movie got so many good reviews, I really don't know. I only watched it because of the reviews - but this movie is disjointed, has no real story... read more »
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Well worth a watch.
Kind of an Ausi documentary style black comedy and defo worth a watch. Eric Bana has never been better and should have got an Oscar.
It sounds like the name of a painting. Or possibly the name of the theatrical sketch in which Ford reenacted his inglorious deed several hundred times for the benefit of eager Easterners. It suggests a pivotal moment, frozen in time. And that's what it's about. There are things you should know going in. This isn't an action-packed celebration of derring-do - not by a long chalk. In fact Andrew Dominick's movie concentrates exclusively on the tail end of Jesse James' career. We only see one... Read more