Chopper

Starring: Eric Bana, Mark Brandon Read Dvd Release: 30th January, 2002 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: PAL, Region 2 Encoding

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Chopper is a 2000 drama / crime thriller / black comedy motion picture, written & directed by Andrew Dominik based on the autobiographical books by Mark Brandon Chopper Read, an infamous Australian criminal, convicted for wounding a man, admitting to murder many. It was the film which caused worldwide recognition for Eric Bana who had earlier starred in & produced his own comedy shows on Australian national TV. The biggest obstruction in the way of the production was the using of the Pentridge Prison in Coburg, Victoria for the shooting. The prison was being closed down & while the negotiations were underway, the funding for production was delayed. This put off the starting of the shoot. To show the sterility of the prison & to contrast it with the world that Chopper encounters after leaving prison 16 years later, the production was split into two.

Eric Bana is an Australian actor. He was born Eric Banadinovich on to a German mother & a Croatian father. He originally dreamed of becoming a car mechanic & tried his hand in odd jobs, including tending bar, where he also did stand-up comedy. Eric Bana began his career as a comedian, first coming to national attention in the comedy sketch series Full Frontal. Later, he was the star and/or anchor for two short-running TV shows; the TV show Eric, a sketch comedy show that he wrote, coproduced & starred in & The Eric Bana Show Live, a variety show. His most enduring character from his early career is the typically aussie character of Poida. Aside from a small role in the Australian independent-hit The Castle in which he played a kickboxer, Bana disappeared from Australias entertainment screens for several years, only to make a re-appearance in the gritty black comedy Chopper in 2000, about the infamous Australian underworld figure, Mark Brandon Read. Chopper garnered world-wide attention & won three Australian Film Institute awards, including a Best Actor award for Bana. Posters Of Eric Bana

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Mark Brandon Chopper Read is one of Australia s most notorious underworld heavies & now best-selling author of twelve books & a painter. Famous for standing over drug dealers & other Melbourne criminals, he was convicted of wounding a man in 1987. From the Inside in 1991 from inside Pentridge prison, in Coburg, Victoria containing tales & anecdotes of his criminal & prison exploits. He married Mary-Ann Hodge, an Australian tax office employee, while serving time at Risdon Prison in Tasmania in 1995, only to divorce in 2001. Chopper is as witty & charismatic, as he is sadistic & frightening & employs a Robin Hood defence in explaining his previous criminal actions. He admits to 19 killings & 11 attempted murders.

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