Grievous Bodily Harm | |
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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 |
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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.
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.
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]
The film was nominated for 4 AFI Awards in 1988, including best picture.
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]