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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

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None of the easy veins
for Adam. - Acute Misfortune

None of the easy veins for Adam.

I started taking heroin - Acute Misfortune

I started taking heroin

But you need to look after
your own pain relief. - Acute Misfortune

But you need to look after your own pain relief.

The Kelly gang were a pack
of junkies and trannies. - Acute Misfortune

The Kelly gang were a pack of junkies and trannies.

I own a gun. I take drugs. - Acute Misfortune

I own a gun. I take drugs.

I'm just free.
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY) - Acute Misfortune

I'm just free. (CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

(KNOCKS) - Acute Misfortune

White coffee, three sugars.
Every time. - Acute Misfortune

White coffee, three sugars. Every time.

Have you, uh...have you, um,
driven Adam before? - Acute Misfortune

Have you, uh...have you, um, driven Adam before?

- S...
- (DOOR OPENS) - Acute Misfortune

- S... - (DOOR OPENS)

ERIK: Um...well, I guess
just your everyday life. - Acute Misfortune

ERIK: Um...well, I guess just your everyday life.

Where you go, where
you're comfortable, and... - Acute Misfortune

Where you go, where you're comfortable, and...

..yeah, where you feel good,
where you feel at home. - Acute Misfortune

..yeah, where you feel good, where you feel at home.

(GROANS) - Acute Misfortune

Give me a hand
and make yourself useful - Acute Misfortune

Give me a hand and make yourself useful

They're gonna need a warrant,
I think, aren't they? - Acute Misfortune

They're gonna need a warrant, I think, aren't they...

She thinks she's
a really good person, - Acute Misfortune

She thinks she's a really good person,

But I've had to deal with
this sort of shit before - Acute Misfortune

But I've had to deal with this sort of shit before

He was this real
criminal-class gent - Acute Misfortune

He was this real criminal-class gent

Usually it was to pick up
a crate of Scotch off the docks - Acute Misfortune

Usually it was to pick up a crate of Scotch off the docks

..it would have been...
March 1987, I think. - Acute Misfortune

..it would have been... March 1987, I think.

I picked up this bald
negro cunt in a brown suit - Acute Misfortune

I picked up this bald negro cunt in a brown suit

And I drove out
this bald negro cunt to do it. - Acute Misfortune

And I drove out this bald negro cunt to do it.

You can't get rid of it.
It'll always be there. - Acute Misfortune

You can't get rid of it. It'll always be there.

- (BABY CRIES)
- It's alright. It's alright. - Acute Misfortune

- (BABY CRIES) - It's alright. It's alright.

(MEN ARGUE INDISTINCTLY) - Acute Misfortune

(MEN ARGUE INDISTINCTLY)

(KNOCK AT DOOR) - Acute Misfortune

(KNOCK AT DOOR)

I'm still cooking! (CHUCKLES) - Acute Misfortune

I'm still cooking! (CHUCKLES)

Oh, he's always late, isn't he?
You know Adam. - Acute Misfortune

Oh, he's always late, isn't he? You know Adam.

(ALL LAUGH) - Acute Misfortune

You too.
Adam is very fond of you. - Acute Misfortune

You too. Adam is very fond of you.

He used to tell people
he had leukaemia - Acute Misfortune

He used to tell people he had leukaemia

I think he gave it to me.
(CHUCKLES) - Acute Misfortune

I think he gave it to me. (CHUCKLES)

KEVIN: We used to always
go to his exhibitions - Acute Misfortune

KEVIN: We used to always go to his exhibitions

And I said to him,
"Mate, who buys this shit?" - Acute Misfortune

And I said to him, "Mate, who buys this shit?"

And he looked at me and says, - Acute Misfortune

And he looked at me and says,

(CARMEL LAUGHS) - Acute Misfortune

(CARMEL LAUGHS)

I met Carmel
at a book launch in Sydney. - Acute Misfortune

I met Carmel at a book launch in Sydney.

Uh...she was...
a sales girl from Farmers. - Acute Misfortune

Uh...she was... a sales girl from Farmers.

I had had a few beers before
I was able to talk to her, - Acute Misfortune

I had had a few beers before I was able to talk to her,

And she was there in...chiffon, - Acute Misfortune

And she was there in...chiffon,

Anyway, we got home,
we got inside her place. - Acute Misfortune

Anyway, we got home, we got inside her place.

And she's taking the atomiser, - Acute Misfortune

And she's taking the atomiser,

And she's not a small woman, - Acute Misfortune

And she's not a small woman,

I just can't help it. - Acute Misfortune

I just can't help it.

Adam...he couldn't get a root
unaided. - Acute Misfortune

Adam...he couldn't get a root unaided.

There's a lot
we don't want to know. - Acute Misfortune

There's a lot we don't want to know.

I don't know what he's
told you. (CHUCKLES) - Acute Misfortune

I don't know what he's told you. (CHUCKLES)

(LAUGHS) - Acute Misfortune

And, uh, I couldn't put
any make-up on, - Acute Misfortune

And, uh, I couldn't put any make-up on,

He started preschool,
lasted one day. - Acute Misfortune

He started preschool, lasted one day.

He almost died. - Acute Misfortune

He almost died.

- Did he tell you that?
- (DOOR OPENS) - Acute Misfortune

- Did he tell you that? - (DOOR OPENS)

Hey, has she told you yet,
mate, - Acute Misfortune

Hey, has she told you yet, mate,

She's...she's got...
she's having treatment... - Acute Misfortune

She's...she's got... she's having treatment.....

(DOOR OPENS, CLOSES) - Acute Misfortune

(DOOR OPENS, CLOSES)

He's writing a book
for Thames & Hudson - Acute Misfortune

He's writing a book for Thames & Hudson

"Fatty rolled over.
Now Skinny is dead. - Acute Misfortune

"Fatty rolled over. Now Skinny is dead.

"Fatty came out
with a plug up his arse." - Acute Misfortune

"Fatty came out with a plug up his arse."

"Skinny got cancer - Acute Misfortune

"Skinny got cancer

"Skinny fucked him. Fucked him
right up his little bum hole. - Acute Misfortune

"Skinny fucked him. Fucked him right up his little bum ...

"Just...fucked him." - Acute Misfortune

"Just...fucked him."

(DOOR OPENS) - Acute Misfortune

(MAN 3 LAUGHS) - Acute Misfortune

- We're all gods.
- ADAM: "We're all gods." - Acute Misfortune

- We're all gods. - ADAM: "We're all gods.&qu...

- Fuckin'...
- ADAM: "Fuckin'..." - Acute Misfortune

- Fuckin'... - ADAM: "Fuckin'..."

I suppose, uh, most of us
will try and keep in touch - Acute Misfortune

I suppose, uh, most of us will try and keep in touch

Well, from all of us
in management, - Acute Misfortune

Well, from all of us in management,

And we, uh...we will be
back here on Friday - Acute Misfortune

And we, uh...we will be back here on Friday

I've been working on this thing
for two weeks - Acute Misfortune

I've been working on this thing for two weeks

Maybe I should just call
all the women I interviewed - Acute Misfortune

Maybe I should just call all the women I interviewed

(ERIK SIGHS) - Acute Misfortune

The recent paintings, the last
few years, even, are shit. - Acute Misfortune

The recent paintings, the last few years, even, are shit.

Well, what are you
writing about, then? - Acute Misfortune

Well, what are you writing about, then?

Well, then you read
all the pieces through - Acute Misfortune

Well, then you read all the pieces through

I'm sorry,
from what I have here, - Acute Misfortune

I'm sorry, from what I have here,

ADAM: I was in the middle
of the fucking desert... - Acute Misfortune

ADAM: I was in the middle of the fucking desert...

In this lonely motel,
painting for this fucking show, - Acute Misfortune

In this lonely motel, painting for this fucking show,

I'm just concerned
about my old man. - Acute Misfortune

I'm just concerned about my old man.

You know, he was in
fucking tears when he told me. - Acute Misfortune

You know, he was in fucking tears when he told me.

(CHUCKLES)
He just said..."She's gone." - Acute Misfortune

(CHUCKLES) He just said..."She's gone."

Her corpse had the fucking
strangest smile on its face. - Acute Misfortune

Her corpse had the fucking strangest smile on its face.

(CLEARS THROAT)
It's hard...to, um... - Acute Misfortune

(CLEARS THROAT) It's hard...to, um...

Th-this is a quote. "It's hard
to find a good hard girl." - Acute Misfortune

Th-this is a quote. "It's hard to find a good hard...

I stuck a .357
inside her mouth... - Acute Misfortune

I stuck a .357 inside her mouth...

..and I just went
click, click, click. - Acute Misfortune

..and I just went click, click, click.

- Right. Now, hold it.
- (ADAM GAGS) - Acute Misfortune

- Right. Now, hold it. - (ADAM GAGS)

(GAGS, COUGHS) - Acute Misfortune

I don't mind them
taking out foreign bodies, - Acute Misfortune

I don't mind them taking out foreign bodies,

I've got pancreatic cancer,
mate. - Acute Misfortune

I've got pancreatic cancer, mate.

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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.

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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