| Grievous Bodily Harm | |
| Producer: | Richard Brennan |
| Director: | Mark Joffe |
| Starring: | Colin Friels John Waters Bruno Lawrence Shane Briant |
| Music: | Chris Neal |
| Cinematography: | Ellery Ryan |
| Editing: | Marc van Buuren |
| Runtime: | 96 minutes |
| Country: | Australia |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | AU $3.4 million[1] |
| Gross: | $82,267 (Australia) $1 million (US sale) |
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]