Given that Grant's 'descent into a personal hell' really took off after Doc gave him a 'cure' for his hangover, I'm wond
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didi-5 — 15 years ago(December 02, 2010 12:39 PM)
That's an interesting point (technically the film was made in early 1970 so even closer to LSD land). Next time I watch the film I'll look out for this - it is a film that gives so much back each time you view it.
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johnwills3 — 13 years ago(January 06, 2013 06:28 PM)
I was thinking it was speed of some kind
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marfrie56 — 12 years ago(January 02, 2014 09:06 PM)
I was thinking it was something benign - not LSD for sure. I don't think the plot hinged on it at all. Doc said "there's nothing in it that's going to hurt you". Not that you can take a statement like that all too seriously. He also said something like "it will give you a little buzz too".
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slim_musky — 7 months ago(August 27, 2025 03:02 AM)
No but if someone is unable to appreciate a film that objectively does a fantastic job of representing parts of Australian culture so prominent in reality, yet otherwise absent from the nation's filmography, they are automatically by definition, insipid.