Some extras were hired from former inmates and tattoo parlours. The prison was being closed down and while the negotiations were underway, the funding for production was delayed. The biggest production difficulty was being allowed to use the Pentridge Prison in Coburg, Victoria for the shooting. Several of Bana's meetings with Read can be viewed in the DVD Special Features. Bana spent two days living with Read to help him practice for the role, and many of Read's friends, enemies, and old associates were interviewed.
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Read himself suggested that Bana play him, after seeing the actor in the sketch comedy series Full Frontal. Mark beats the murder charge but is convicted of malicious wounding of Neville Bartos, and is sentenced to 5 years. It’s revealed that Sammy took Mark out to the car park for Jimmy to cash in on the contract against Mark, but unknowingly took him to the wrong car park.
Mandy turns crown witness against Mark for the murder of Sammy the Turk. Mandy witnesses the murder from behind a parked car and tells Jimmy. Mark produces a Sawed-off 410 Shotgun and after a brief argument, Mark shoots him in the eye. In a parking lot at the Bojangles, Sammy the Turk, another affiliate, states that he wants to show Mark something. Eventually Mark apologizes and gives money to Jimmy. Mark tells Jimmy that he heard about the contracts out on his life and that Jimmy was meant to do them, and then holds a gun to Jimmy’s head. Mark reveals that he’s working for the police, stating that he has a green light to shoot criminals and that he shot Neville.
Mark goes to Jimmy Loughnan’s apartment that he shares with his pregnant fiancée, Mandy, and their young daughter. When Neville refuses to give Mark money, Mark shoots him in the abdomen. Mark goes to Neville’s house and learns that Neville supplies most of the cocaine to the western suburbs of Melbourne and is very wealthy.
He physically abuses both Tanya and her mother. Back at Tanya’s house, Mark finds her on the phone with Neville Bartos ( Vince Colosimo). While out at a club, Mark flies into a jealous rage and fires several shots with a handgun. When Mark is released from prison, he reunites with his old girlfriend Tanya. The board declines, so Mark has his ears cut off so that he can relocate to a mental health wing where he serves the remainder of his sentence. Mark meets with the Prison Board to negotiate a change of prisons for security. It is revealed that Mark is serving a 16 ½ year sentence for the attempted abduction of a judge in order to give Jimmy Loughnan freedom. Mark recovers and is returned to a separate cell from Bluey and Jimmy. Jimmy slashes his own arm so that he can claim self-defense. Wanting out of the suicide mission, Jimmy shanks Mark. Mark conscripts Bluey Barnes and Jimmy Loughnan to help him lead a siege on the Painters and Dockers. The Painters and Dockers put out a $10,000 contract on Mark. The next day, Mark rushes across the line and stabs Keithy multiple times. Keithy George, another inmate, points to a line in the yard and tells Mark not to cross the line as it marks the Painters and Dockers territory. In 1978 Victoria, Australia, Mark "Chopper" Read is an inmate at Pentridge Prison. The film grossed $3.9 million worldwide and received positive reviews. The film follows Read's life and time in prison. The film stars Eric Bana as the title character and co-stars Vince Colosimo, Simon Lyndon, Kate Beahan and David Field. Chopper is a 2000 Australian crime drama film written and directed by Andrew Dominik, in his feature directorial debut, based on the autobiographical books by criminal turned author Mark "Chopper" Read.
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