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Harvie Krumpet
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CastGeoffrey Rush, Kamahl, John Flaus, Julie Forsyth
Year released2003
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Narrator, referring to mine worker Liliana Krumpetzki: "... She was obsessed with counting her fingers..." (0:01)
Narrator, referring to Liliana’s son Harvek: "... The doctor said he had Tourette syndrome, a brain disorder that meant he couldn’t control his impulses..." (0:02)
Narrator, referring to Harvek’s friend, "... Bogus stuttered and had problems with his mucus..."
A stone hits Bogus on the head. (0:02)
Narrator: "... his mother grew shorter and madder, slowly fizzling into insanity..." (0:03)
Narrator: "... Harvek found his parents nearby, frozen..."
Gravestone for Liliana and Harvek’s father Mazek (0:04)
Narrator, referring to Harvek, now Harvie, "He... found it a mesmerizing source of fakts..." (0:05)
A coworker punches Harvie in the head.
Harvie’s skull had split in half... He was left with a scar that looked like he’d had a lobotomy... (0:05)
Newspaper headline: "RETARDED MIGRANT SURVIVES LIGHTNING STRIKE" (0:07)
Harvey’s doctor’s gravestone in a cemetery
Narrator: ”Years later, Harvey’s doctor died of emphysema...” (0:08)
Newspaper headline: "RETARDED MIGRANT BECOMES HUMAN MAGNET!" (0:08)
Narrator: "Harvie’s optimism began to crumble." (0:08)
Narrator, referring to Harvie and his nurse wife Valerie Birstall: "They decided to adopt and came across a little thalidomide girl..." (0:11)
Narrator, referring to Harvie’s adopted daughter Ruby: "She... came out a lawyer and moved to America and started her own practice, championing the rights of the disabled. Harvie and Val were extremely proud." (0:13)
Narrator: "... Valerie’s brain clotted, and she died. It was such a shock..." (0:13)
Harvie at Valerie’s grave (0:13)
Narrator, referring to Harvie: "... His mind wandered slowly into senility... they took him away when a neighbor found him trying to withdraw money from the microwave." (0:14)
Narrator, referring to Harvie’s roommate Hamis McGrumble: "... He also had Alzheimer’s and had recently burnt his ear trying to answer the iron..."
”Sometimes they’d sneak alcohol into the home and put on drunken shows...” (0:14)
Title: "... aLcohoL can cauSe DRunkeneSS anD NUDiTY." (0:15)
Narrator: "... Escaping Alzheimer’s patients were a particular problem at Pleasant Paddocks. The staff would find them at bus stops waiting to go and see relatives long dead... the Alzheimer’s could sit for hours... " (0:16)
Narrator: "... Harvie’s Alzheimer’s began to worsen as he slipped in and out of dream worlds... After these magical episodes, Harvie would get extremely depressed and put on an amazing new drug."
Bottled labeled “PROZLAC” (0:16)
Sign: "MEDICAL SUPPLIES"
Narrator: ”... One night he decided to end things.”
Bottles labeled ”MORPHINE” (0:18)
Empty bottle labeled "MORPHINE" (0:18)
Title: "LiFe iS LiKe a cigarette. Smoke it to THe butt." (0:19)