Mad Bastards
2010 · 94 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 567 VOTES · DIR. Brendan Fletcher
Overview
TJ is a mad bastard, and his estranged 13‐year‐old son Bullet is on the fast track to becoming one, too. After being turned away from his mother’s house, TJ sets off across the country to the Kimberly region of northwestern Australia to make things right with his son. Grandpa Tex has lived a tough life, and now, as a local cop in the outback town of Five Rivers, he wants to change things for the men in his community. Cutting between three generations, Mad Bastards is a raw look at the journey to becoming a man and the personal transformation one must make. Developed with local Aboriginal communities and fueled by a local cast, Mad Bastards draws from the rich tradition of storytelling inherent in Indigenous life. Using music from legendary Broome musicians the Pigram Brothers, writer/director Brendan Fletcher poetically fuses the harsh realities of violence, healing, and family.
Dialogue Timeline — 917 lines
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00:00:48 You've got to put the fuel in first, dickhead!
00:04:26 * Trying to haul me off to jail
00:08:28 Uh, just the infrastructure cost.
00:11:28 is to bring men together, sit down and have a talk.
00:14:30 - Come on, come on! - Hey, hey, hey! Let go!
00:17:06 Oh, TJ, you're such a mess. Listen to you.
00:22:00 ..I don't want you to go either, mate, but...you know...
00:25:21 - Jumbardu. Any tubacca? - Any smoke?
00:27:50 Your proper dad?
00:32:31 Look at this shit!
00:34:41 That's why you're here.
00:40:11 Pull up! Pull up!
00:43:06 ..you gonna straighten up?
00:47:37 and think they can hide away up this end of the world.
00:52:06 * Yeah, nothing really matters
00:56:00 - Cup of tea? - Ah. Thank you, sis.
01:01:34 All I'm saying is just have a little bit of patience.
01:04:35 TJ. How are you going?
01:08:12 No, it's not.
01:11:12 I know there's a bag of shit in your pocket. Hand it over!
01:17:47 Baby, come on.
01:23:18 * Got to find a place to hide my head
01:25:18 I've only just started to become a man
01:27:14 ..good name for that movie.