Chopper (2001)


Eric Bana               Mark 'Chopper' Read
Simon Lyndon            Jimmy Loughnan
David Field             Keithy George
Daniel Wyllie           Bluey
Bill F. Young           Detective Downey
Vince Colosimo          Neville Bartos
Kenny Graham            Keith Read
Kate Beahan             Tanya
Renee Brack             TV Interviewer
Gregory Pitt            Prison Officer No 1
Richard Sutherland      Prison Officer No 2
Gary Waddell            Kevin Darcy
Caleb Cluff             Detective Creswell
Hilton Henderson        Detective Wyatt
Fred Barker             Governor Beasley

Directed by:            Andrew Dominik
Produced by:            Al Clark, Martin Fabinyi, Michele Bennett


Mark 'Chopper' Reed is a small time crook who dreams of becoming a legendary crime figure. During his second 
stint in jail he writes an exaggerated account of his life and crimes. When it becomes a bestseller, Chopper's 
big time dreams are finally realized: he gains a reputation as Australia's number one hit man. 

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Eric Bana throws more than a few body parts on the barbie -- figuratively speaking, at least -- in this shocking 
and humorous film about Australia's most notorious convict, Mark Read. Out to rule the cell block and make a name 
for himself, Read fused fact and fiction into the pulp of nine best-selling books. In the process, he became an 
iconoclastic antihero with a folkloric rep bigger than Billy the Kid's!