Movie
Chopper
Overview
The true and infamous story of Australia's notorious criminal Mark 'Chopper' Read and his years of crime, interest in violence, drugs and prostitutes.
Details
- Release date
- 2000-06-21
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Mushroom Pictures, Australian Film Finance Corporation, Pariah Films
- Country
- Australia
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Eric Bana as Mark Brandon 'Chopper' Read
- Vince Colosimo as Neville Bartos
- Simon Lyndon as Jimmy Loughnan
- David Field as Keithy George
- Dan Wyllie as Bluey
- Bill Young as Detective Downie
- Kate Beahan as Tanya
- Gary Waddell as Kevin Darcy
- Renée Brack as Television Interviewer
- Richard Sutherland as Prison Officer
- Fred Barker as Gov. Beasley
- Carl Price as Brunswick Court Judge
Crew
- Andrew Dominik - Director
- Andrew Dominik - Screenplay
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