Chopper /

"I'm just a bloody normal bloke. A normal bloke who likes a bit of torture," says Mark "Chopper" Read. Read is one of Australia's best-selling authors, in part because before he became an author, he was one of Australia's most brutal stand-over men. "Chopper&q...

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Main Author:	Harvey, Mick (Composer)
Other Authors:	Dominik, Andrew (Screenwriter), Bana, Eric (Actor), Lyndon, Simon (Actor), Field, David (Actor) (Actor), Wyllie, Dan (Actor), Young, Bill, 1950- (Actor), Colosimo, Vince, 1966- (Actor), Graham, Kenny (Actor), Beahan, Kate (Actor), Hall, G. (Geoffrey) (director of photography.), Hayward, Kevin (director of photography.), Ryan, Terry (Costume designer) (Costume designer)
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Closed-captioned.
Published:	©2001
Subjects:	Prisons > Drama. Prisons > Australia > Drama. Extortion > Drama. Murderers > Drama. Male friendship > Drama. Melbourne (Vic.) Extortion. Male friendship. Murderers. Prisons. Australia. Victoria > Melbourne. Action and adventure films. Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Film adaptations. Prison films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Crime films. Biographical films.

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Summary:	"I'm just a bloody normal bloke. A normal bloke who likes a bit of torture," says Mark "Chopper" Read. Read is one of Australia's best-selling authors, in part because before he became an author, he was one of Australia's most brutal stand-over men. "Chopper" tells his story with a kind of fascinated horror, a study of the mystique of criminal notoriety, and portrait of a cunning, ruthless killer who is a legend in his own mind. In prison, Chopper is a composed, dynamic, lean survival machine. Out in the real world, Chopper is a going-to-seed paranoiac prone to uncontrollable rages. But this enigmatic criminal exudes charismatic bravado as he plays the raconteur, and the larger-than-life anti-hero he imagines himself to be. If it seems like the universe of "Chopper" Read is the wrong way round, it may be because the film does not designate a point of view from which to observe him. Celebrity, killer, or maniac--it's your call
Item Description:	Adapted from the books by Mark Brandon Read. Special features: Original theatrical trailer (2 min.); Audio commentary by director Andrew Dominik and Mark "Chopper" Read [audio feature]; Deleted scenes (12 min.); Weekend with Chopper [featurette] (16 min.).
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0, DTS 5.1; widescreen presentation, preserving the 1.78:1 aspect ratio of the original theatrical presentation, enhanced for 16x9 televisions.
Audience:	MPAA rating: Rated R.
Production Credits:	Directors of photography, Geoffrey Hall, Kevin Hayward ; editor, Ken Sallows ; original music, Mick Harvey ; production designer, Paddy Reardon ; costume designer, Terry Ryan.