Grievous Bodily Harm

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

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

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 (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]

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
• Sandy Gore as Barbara Helmsley
• Deborah Kennedy as Madeleine Kovitch

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

• Cinema of Australia

References

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.

Further reading

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

External links

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