Chopper (2000)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Andrew Dominik

Writers:

Mark Brandon Read (books)
Andrew Dominik (written by)

Release Date:

3 August 2000 (Australia)

Genre:

Biography | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Never let the truth get in the way of a good yarn.

Plot:

Chopper tells the intense story of Mark "Chopper" Read, a legendary criminal who wrote his autobiography while serving a jail sentence in prison. His book, "From the Inside", upon which the film is based, was a best-seller.

Plot Keywords:

Prison | Criminal | Murder | Jail | Paranoia

Awards:

12 wins & 14 nominations

Cast

Eric Bana	...	Mark Brandon 'Chopper' Read
Simon Lyndon	...	Jimmy Loughnan
David Field	...	Keithy George
Daniel Wyllie	...	Bluey (as Dan Wyllie)
Bill Young	...	Detective Downie
Vince Colosimo	...	Neville Bartos
Kenny Graham	...	Keith Read
Kate Beahan	...	Tanya
Serge Liistro	...	Sammy the Turk
Pam Western	...	Tanya's Mother
Garry Waddell	...	Kevin Darcy
Brian Mannix	...	Ian James
Skye Wansey	...	Mandy
Annalise Emtsis	...	Shazzy
Johnnie Targhan	...	Paul the Bouncer (as Johnnie Targan)

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Cinevex)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:16 | South Korea:18 | Australia:MA (Cable TV rating) | Argentina:18 | Australia:R | Finland:K-18 | France:-16 | Germany:18 | Mexico:C | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:15 | Singapore:R21 | Spain:18 | UK:18 | USA:R (video rating) (cut) | USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Company:

Australian Film Finance Corporation (AFFC)

Trivia:

Eric Bana admitted to eating junk food for four weeks to put on the extra weight needed to play the 1986 Chopper.

Goofs:

Continuity: At Tanya's house you see the car lights are on as Chopper goes to her front door. When he comes back and beats the car in frustration - they are off.

Quotes:

Chopper: You don't much like me, do you Keithy?

Movie Connections:

Featured in "20 to 1: Adults Only 20 to 01: World's Most Daring Movies (#8.1)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

Sweet Love

Chop, chop, chop, little Chopper chops

Thruth and fiction blend in a fun and in some places gross story about the most known criminal of Australia, Mark "Chopper" Reed. Now, I am not Australian, nor have I read Choppers books, so I really can't say how accurate this movie is to towards it's sources but what I can say it does work quite well as a movie.

And as it is stated in the film, the story isn't a salute towards crime, so it doesn't try to be truthful to the max

Chopper (Eric Bana) is a man with a dream: to become most notorious man of Australia. This he tries to achieve by doing crimes, looting and murders but not drugs. He also exaggerates his stories, so no-one actually knows what he has done and in what extent. This give possibilities to tell same stuff from the point of view of other occupants.

Good film, mostly because of brilliant acting by Bana. Defintly his best movie (as an actor) to date.