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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rextasy — 15 years ago(February 12, 2011 01:44 PM)

In the novel, Doc tells Grant the pill contains benzedrine.

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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".
I took it to be a mild pain killer with an opiate - today's equivalent of Tylenol + codeine or something of that nature.

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willjohn — 12 years ago(January 27, 2014 03:31 PM)

Methadone was commonly prescribed as a tonic in the 1960s in Australia.

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stevebrouk — 12 years ago(March 15, 2014 06:55 PM)

The book says benzedrine and in the film he acts like he has taken benzedrine, which is a form of speed/amphetamine.

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somf — 9 years ago(April 30, 2016 12:18 PM)

I am much more curious about what Pill the critics took that watched this dreck and gave it glowing reviews.

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Avuncular — 9 years ago(June 26, 2016 01:57 AM)

I agree. Just watched this for the first time after seeing so much praise for it and I didn't think it was particularly good.

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yan-trussart — 9 years ago(July 18, 2016 09:09 AM)

Maybe you should stick to benign mush such as "Selma" or "Imitation Game"

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arahman — 1 year ago(July 01, 2024 06:03 AM)

So automatically someone who doesn't like this movie must be interested in insipid dreck? What a foolish statement on your part.
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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.

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versace14 — 9 years ago(August 07, 2016 12:19 AM)

100% on RT is insanely highand Doc gave him benzies

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WarpedRecord — 9 years ago(October 26, 2016 11:19 PM)

Critics have to endure so many painfully mediocre films that when they see something fresh and original, they can't deny the high. I don't blame them.