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Chopper (DVD, 2007)

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The film stars Eric Bana as the title character and co-stars Vince Colosimo, Simon Lyndon, Kate Beahan and David Field. In 1978 Victoria, Australia, Mark "Chopper" Read is an inmate at Pentridge Prison.

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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'.

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ProducerMichele Bennett, Michael Gudinski

EAN5055002530463

eBay Product ID (ePID)61597548

Product Key Features

ActorSimon Lyndon, David Field, Kate Beahan, Kenny Graham, Eric Bana, Vince Colosimo, Dan Wyllie, Bill Young

Film/TV TitleChopper

DirectorAndrew Dominik

Release Year2007

FormatDVD

LanguageEnglish

GenreDrama, General

Run Time90 Mins

Additional Product Features

Certificate18

Country/Region of ManufactureAustralia

Number of Discs1

Executive ProducerMartin Fabinyi, Al Clark

ReviewsLos Angeles Times - ...Bana has a ferocious wit, energy and tremendous physical presence....His dark, expressive eyes are crucial in expressing Choppers ever-changing, always-impassioned emotions..., New York Times - ...Mr. Bana turns in a star-making performance....Mr. Bana's Chopper is so scarily convincing that he makes you feel the eruptive force of each mood swing..., Movieline - ...[Bana] gives a terrific performance....At once funny, menacing and commanding, he seems poised to become the next rage from Down Under...

ScreenwriterAndrew Dominik

Sound sourceDolby Digital

Movie/TV TitleChopper