Grievous Bodily Harm

Grievous Bodily Harm is a 1988 Australian crime film directed by Mark Joffe starring Colin Friels and John Waters.

For other uses, see Grievous Bodily Harm (disambiguation).

Grievous Bodily Harm
Directed byMark Joffe
Produced byRichard Brennan
Written byWarwick Hind
StarringColin Friels
John Waters
Bruno Lawrence
Music byChris Neal
CinematographyEllery Ryan
Edited byMarc van Buuren
Release date
  • 1988 (1988)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetAU $3.4 million[1]
Box office$82,267 (Australia)
$1 million (US sale) [1]

Plot

Crime reporter Tom Stewart (Colin Friels) and a cop (Bruno Lawrence) look for a deranged schoolteacher (John Waters) who goes on a murder spree while looking for the lover he thought to be dead.

Cast
  • John Waters as Morris Martin
  • Colin Friels as Tom Stewart
  • Bruno Lawrence as Det. Sgt. Ray Birch
  • Kim Gyngell as Mick
  • Gary Stalker as Derek Allen
  • Joy Bell as Claudine
  • Shane Briant as Stephen Enderby
  • Caz Lederman as Vivian Enderby
  • John Flaus as Neil Bradshaw

Production

The script was written by Warwick Hind, a former executive at Greater Union. Errol Sullivan showed the script to Richard Brennan, who raised up to around a $1 million of the budget; the remainder was raised through Antony I. Ginnane. Richard Brennan says the actual cost of the film was $3 million but various fees put it up to $3.4 million.[1]

Awards

The film was nominated for 4 AFI Awards in 1988, including best picture.

Box office

Grievous Bodily Harm grossed $82,267 at the box office in Australia.[2] However it did sell to American company Fries Entertainment for over $1 million.[1]

See also

References
  1. David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p238-240
  2. "Film Victoria - Australian Films at the Australian Box Office" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2010.

Further reading
  • Murray, Scott, ed. (1994). Australian Cinema. St.Leonards, NSW.: Allen & Unwin/AFC. p. 258. ISBN 1-86373-311-6.
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