Grievous Bodily Harm

Grievous Bodily Harm
Grievous Bodily Harm
Directed by	Mark Joffe
Written by	Warwick Hind
Produced by	Richard Brennan
Starring	Colin Friels; John Waters; Bruno Lawrence; Shane Briant
Cinematography	Ellery Ryan
Edited by	Marc van Buuren
Music by	Chris Neal
Release date	1988;
Running time	96 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English
Budget	AU $3.4 million[1]
Box office	$82,267 (Australia); $1 million (US sale)[1]

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

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]

References

David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 pp. 238–240
"Film Victoria – Australian Films at the Australian Box Office" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2010.

External links

Grievous Bodily Harm at IMDb
Grievous Bodily Harm at the Australian screen
Grievous Bodily Harm at Oz Movies

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[stratton2-1] David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 pp. 238–240

[2] "Film Victoria – Australian Films at the Australian Box Office" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2010.