The first teaser trailer for the feature film, Acute Misfortune, about Blue Mountains artist Adam Cullen was released this week.
Filmed in the Blue Mountains in late 2017 and early 2018, the film stars Daniel Henshall (Snowtown, The Babadook, The Beautiful Lie) as the infamous Archibald Prize-winning artist who died in 2012.
Acute Misfortune is the feature film directorial debut of actor Thomas M. Wright (Balibo,Top of the Lake). It is based on the book, Acute Misfortune: The Life and Death of Adam Cullen, by journalist Erik Jensen, played in the film by Toby Wallace.
Wright and Jensen co-scripted the movie.
Acute Misfortune was shot in various locations in the Blue Mountains including the Alexandra Hotel at Leura and The Edge Cinemas in Katoomba. It will have its world premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival in August.
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