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.
- Sophi ThornhillOctober 17, 2025I was blown away with Bana’s performance as Mark Chopper Read. It’s immediately easy to forget that Bana doesn’t quite look like the real life Chopper because his portrayal is just uncanny. He was able to capture his personality, twisted humor, mannerisms and chilling darkness incredibly well. It’s unsurprising that Read himself suggested Bana for the role after seeing him on a sketch comedy show and that Bana spent several days with Read and extensively interviewed people who had known him to prepare for the part. Bana plays quite the convincing villain.
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Chopper was released on August 3, 2000.
Chopper was directed by Andrew Dominik.
Chopper has a runtime of 89m.
Chopper was produced by Michele Bennett.
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.
The key characters in Chopper are Mark Brandon 'Chopper' Read (Eric Bana), Neville Bartos (Vince Colosimo), Jimmy Loughnan (Simon Lyndon).
Chopper is rated R.
Chopper is a Drama, Biography, Crime film.
Chopper has an audience rating of 8.9 out of 10.
Chopper has made $236K at the box office.