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Mystify: Michael Hutchence

They were hopingelegantly wasted would be the albumthat would turn things around

They were hoping
elegantly wasted would be the album
that would turn things around

Full Transcript

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They were hoping elegantly wasted
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would be the album that would turn things around.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
01:23:02
Uploaded
Jun 10, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, music
Production
BBC Music,Dogwoof,Australian Broadcasting Corporation,Screen Australia

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Movie Summary

A documentary feature about the troubled heart and soul of Michael Hutchence, lead singer and songwriter of INXS.
The nanny let this awful woman in, - Mystify: Michael Hutchence 00:06
The nanny let this awful woman in,
First call was very irrational, - Mystify: Michael Hutchence 00:06
First call was very irrational,
"Paula has to go back." - Mystify: Michael Hutchence 00:06
"Paula has to go back."
Reporter: Leaving the high court in London tonight, - Mystify: Michael Hutchence 00:09
Reporter: Leaving the high court in London tonight,
I've had to leave tiger behind in Australia with her dad - Mystify: Michael Hutchence 00:06
I've had to leave tiger behind in Australia with her da...
As for the so-called investigative reporting - Mystify: Michael Hutchence 00:09
As for the so-called investigative reporting
Martha: If it was proven true, - Mystify: Michael Hutchence 00:09
Martha: If it was proven true,
They were in the press every single day. - Mystify: Michael Hutchence 00:05
They were in the press every single day.
Nothing they could have done would have been ok. - Mystify: Michael Hutchence 00:04
Nothing they could have done would have been ok.
Michael: I'm basically pretty shy, - Mystify: Michael Hutchence 00:05
Michael: I'm basically pretty shy,
There's a bullying mentality in england, - Mystify: Michael Hutchence 00:06
There's a bullying mentality in england,
Belinda: The opium found in the house bollocks, - Mystify: Michael Hutchence 00:06
Belinda: The opium found in the house bollocks,
And then they just spiralled into taking more drugs, - Mystify: Michael Hutchence 00:05
And then they just spiralled into taking more drugs,
Prozac and valium and heroin. - Mystify: Michael Hutchence 00:04
Prozac and valium and heroin.
There were months that Michael would be totally clean, - Mystify: Michael Hutchence 00:12
There were months that Michael would be totally clean,
"Oh, let's try heroin." - Mystify: Michael Hutchence 00:07
"Oh, let's try heroin."
Martha: He felt he had no real friends, - Mystify: Michael Hutchence 00:06
Martha: He felt he had no real friends,
You just get shanghaied by these guys and exploited, - Mystify: Michael Hutchence 00:07
You just get shanghaied by these guys and exploited,
Try to be sort of naive about stuff - Mystify: Michael Hutchence 00:05
Try to be sort of naive about stuff
But, you know, I don't think you should live your life - Mystify: Michael Hutchence 00:06
But, you know, I don't think you should live your life