Log-in to add movie to favourites

Movie added to favourites

Movie removed from favourites

Acute Misfortune

The Film adaptation of Erik Jensen's award-winning biography of Adam Cullen is the story of the biographer and his subject, as it descends into a dependent and abusive relationship.

Director

Thomas M. Wright

Year

Genre

biography, drama

Box Office

N/A

Production

Arenamedia,Plot Media,Blackheath Film,Screen Australia,Film Victoria,Soundfirm

Awards

1 win & 7 nominations

Homepage

http://screen.nsw.gov.au/project/acute-misfortune

Cast information not available.

No reviews yet

Be the first to share your thoughts on this movie

Explore 218 Clips

Uh, which knife is this again? - Acute Misfortune

Uh, which knife is this again?

Oh, that's the fucking
work of art, that is. - Acute Misfortune

Oh, that's the fucking work of art, that is.

Talk to me about it.
Tell me what you like about it. - Acute Misfortune

Talk to me about it. Tell me what you like about it.

Don't do that, mate.
You'll cut your fingers. - Acute Misfortune

Don't do that, mate. You'll cut your fingers.

Oh, you know what you need?
You need a hat. - Acute Misfortune

Oh, you know what you need? You need a hat.

Just give... Just fucking look
at me like you're some animal. - Acute Misfortune

Just give... Just fucking look at me like you're some a...

(ERIK CHUCKLES) - Acute Misfortune

(ERIK CHUCKLES)

I'm not an animal, Adam.
I'm a...I'm a journalist. - Acute Misfortune

I'm not an animal, Adam. I'm a...I'm a journa...

This guy does Christopher
Walken impressions at parties, - Acute Misfortune

This guy does Christopher Walken impressions at parties,

(MAN LAUGHS DERISIVELY) - Acute Misfortune

(MAN LAUGHS DERISIVELY)

This one's, uh, 52 years old,
a former Grafton beauty queen. - Acute Misfortune

This one's, uh, 52 years old, a former Grafton beauty q...

(MAN LAUGHS) - Acute Misfortune

Unfortunately manners
aren't worth much - Acute Misfortune

Unfortunately manners aren't worth much

- WOMAN: Oh, shit.
- (MAN LAUGHS) - Acute Misfortune

- WOMAN: Oh, shit. - (MAN LAUGHS)

..hasn't told his wife or his
mistress that he's in fact gay. - Acute Misfortune

..hasn't told his wife or his mistress that he's i...

- MAN: No!
- (WOMAN LAUGHS) - Acute Misfortune

- MAN: No! - (WOMAN LAUGHS)

..that Judas is actually
the patron saint of journalism? - Acute Misfortune

..that Judas is actually the patron saint of journalism?

(ERIK SIGHS) - Acute Misfortune

He's just been shot, - Acute Misfortune

He's just been shot,

"He was his mother's son." - Acute Misfortune

"He was his mother's son."

It was an accident, stop.
Rose Cerraro. C-E-R-R-A-R-O. - Acute Misfortune

It was an accident, stop. Rose Cerraro. C-E-R-R-A-R-O.

Rose Cerraro's son
was playing with a friend - Acute Misfortune

Rose Cerraro's son was playing with a friend

That article that you wrote
on the woman with the dead kid - Acute Misfortune

That article that you wrote on the woman with the dead kid

(BEEP) - Acute Misfortune

And this is the only profession
in the world - Acute Misfortune

And this is the only profession in the world

Count the art dealers
at my fucking funeral. - Acute Misfortune

Count the art dealers at my fucking funeral.

There's nothing
in human history - Acute Misfortune

There's nothing in human history

You look around you and you see
all these quiet streets, mate. - Acute Misfortune

You look around you and you see all these quiet streets, mat...

Sat in the room
the entire fucking day - Acute Misfortune

Sat in the room the entire fucking day

Now...I take a work like that, - Acute Misfortune

Now...I take a work like that,

Put that over there
and sit over there. - Acute Misfortune

Put that over there and sit over there.

You really don't have to...
paint me, Adam. - Acute Misfortune

You really don't have to... paint me, Adam.

ADAM: Well, you'll be
the only fucking 19-year-old - Acute Misfortune

ADAM: Well, you'll be the only fucking 19-year-old

ERIK: "Adam Cullen hitches his
sleeve over a swastika tattoo - Acute Misfortune

ERIK: "Adam Cullen hitches his sleeve over a swastika t...

"He pulls the body of an animal - Acute Misfortune

"He pulls the body of an animal

"It has the same
tortured aesthetic - Acute Misfortune

"It has the same tortured aesthetic

"But its real connection
is with his wish - Acute Misfortune

"But its real connection is with his wish

"He unbuttons his shirt
to show me a scar - Acute Misfortune

"He unbuttons his shirt to show me a scar

"'Acute misfortune,' he says.
'The art world caused this.' - Acute Misfortune

"'Acute misfortune,' he says. 'The art w...

"At 42, he is the youngest ever
to have a retrospective - Acute Misfortune

"At 42, he is the youngest ever to have a retrospective

"His subject is the precipice - Acute Misfortune

"His subject is the precipice

"He paints violent men - Acute Misfortune

"He paints violent men

"Several times, he ends a
thought with the same phrase - - Acute Misfortune

"Several times, he ends a thought with the same phrase ...

"On one side is a missive
he says - Acute Misfortune

"On one side is a missive he says

"'I am a great painter.' - Acute Misfortune

"'I am a great painter.'

"These are the two parts
of his anxiety, - Acute Misfortune

"These are the two parts of his anxiety,

"The room is mostly empty,
nervous with spilt paint, - Acute Misfortune

"The room is mostly empty, nervous with spilt paint,

Thames & Hudson
want a biography. - Acute Misfortune

Thames & Hudson want a biography.

No. I want you to write it. - Acute Misfortune

No. I want you to write it.

- Everything I want said.
- (CHUCKLES) Thank you. - Acute Misfortune

- Everything I want said. - (CHUCKLES) Thank you.

Adam Cullen is not difficult.
Neither is he one-dimensional. - Acute Misfortune

Adam Cullen is not difficult. Neither is he one-dimensional.

It should have been there
forever. - Acute Misfortune

It should have been there forever.

(GASPS) - Acute Misfortune

Alright, mate. There you are. - Acute Misfortune

Alright, mate. There you are.

A nice high-powered,
pump-action 12-gauge shotgun. - Acute Misfortune

A nice high-powered, pump-action 12-gauge shotgun.

Keep your chicken wings in.
There you go. - Acute Misfortune

Keep your chicken wings in. There you go.

(SHOT RINGS OUT) - Acute Misfortune

(SHOT RINGS OUT)

- (CHUCKLES) Hey?
- (ERIK CHUCKLES) - Acute Misfortune

- (CHUCKLES) Hey? - (ERIK CHUCKLES)

- It was good.
- (LAUGHS) - Acute Misfortune

- It was good. - (LAUGHS)

(FRONT DOOR OPENS, CLOSES) - Acute Misfortune

(FRONT DOOR OPENS, CLOSES)

(COCKS GUN)
What the fuck are you doing? - Acute Misfortune

(COCKS GUN) What the fuck are you doing?

- ¿Dónde está el helicópter?
- Helicopter? - Acute Misfortune

- ¿Dónde está el helicópter? - Helicopter?

No. Nada on the helicopter.
Hora. Next time. Next time. - Acute Misfortune

No. Nada on the helicopter. Hora. Next time. Next time.

Unfortunately, um,
the bloke who owns it, right, - Acute Misfortune

Unfortunately, um, the bloke who owns it, right,

(MEN LAUGH) - Acute Misfortune

Met them out in
the Barcelona mountains - Acute Misfortune

Met them out in the Barcelona mountains

That's what art is.
It's pain relief. - Acute Misfortune

That's what art is. It's pain relief.

It's palliative care. - Acute Misfortune

It's palliative care.

We're just making the world
a little more comfortable - Acute Misfortune

We're just making the world a little more comfortable

(GUNSHOT RINGS OUT) - Acute Misfortune

(GUNSHOT RINGS OUT)

♪ With words like
'blood' and 'soldier'... ♪ - Acute Misfortune

♪ With words like 'blood' and 'soldier'....

♪ 'Soldier' and 'mother' and... - Acute Misfortune

♪ 'Soldier' and 'mother' and...

♪ 'Blood' and 'soldier' and - Acute Misfortune

♪ 'Blood' and 'soldier' and

♪ OK, OK... ♪ - Acute Misfortune

♪ OK, OK... ♪

(PELLET CLACKS ON FLOOR) - Acute Misfortune

(PELLET CLACKS ON FLOOR)

I just couldn't stomach
the love of a mother. - Acute Misfortune

I just couldn't stomach the love of a mother.

(PEN SCRIBBLES) - Acute Misfortune

(PEN SCRIBBLES)

It's only because I have to see
if they can...endure. - Acute Misfortune

It's only because I have to see if they can...endure.

I did take a cattle prod
to an ex-girlfriend...once. - Acute Misfortune

I did take a cattle prod to an ex-girlfriend...once.

"People try to elevate
themselves and transcend..." - Acute Misfortune

"People try to elevate themselves and transcend..."...

"'Cause you don't know shit
until you live it." - Acute Misfortune

"'Cause you don't know shit until you live it...

(CLICK!) - Acute Misfortune

I never said, "Mum? I'm bored." - Acute Misfortune

I never said, "Mum? I'm bored."

"Do you want me
to help you with that?" - Acute Misfortune

"Do you want me to help you with that?"

"Fizz Wizz. Fags. Gollywogs. - Acute Misfortune

"Fizz Wizz. Fags. Gollywogs.

"Fuckin' P-P-P-Polly Waffle." - Acute Misfortune

"Fuckin' P-P-P-Polly Waffle."

(CHUCKLES) Well, that's
your fuckin' job, isn't it? - Acute Misfortune

(CHUCKLES) Well, that's your fuckin' job, isn'...

Oh, mate, don't touch the back - Acute Misfortune

Oh, mate, don't touch the back

Hey, Adam. I didn't think
you were coming. - Acute Misfortune

Hey, Adam. I didn't think you were coming.

MAN: Sorry about the oil, mate.
It's from Guam. - Acute Misfortune

MAN: Sorry about the oil, mate. It's from Guam.

Acute Misfortune poster

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

The Film adaptation of Erik Jensen's award-winning biography of Adam Cullen is the story of the biographer and his subject, as it descends into a dependent and abusive relationship.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Thomas M. Wright

Writer: Erik Jensen, Thomas M. Wright

Production: Arenamedia,Plot Media,Blackheath Film,Screen Australia,Film Victoria,Soundfirm

Genre: biography, drama

Year: 2018

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.6

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 04 Aug 2018

Awards: 1 win & 7 nominations

Homepage: http://screen.nsw.gov.au/project/acute-misfortune