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Issue Details: First known date: 1982... 1982 Monkey Grip
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Film Details - Pavilion Films , 1981

Producers:

Patricia Lovell (Producer)
Danny Collins (Executive Producer)
Treisha Ghent (Executive Producer)

Production Companies:

Pavillion Films

Director of Photography:

David Gribble

Editors:

David Huggett

Production Designers:

Clark Munro

Composer:

Bruce Smeaton (original music)

Music:

The film's music soundtrack also features songs from the rock band Divinyls. Four tracks ('Boys in Town,' 'Only Lonely,' 'Elsie,' and 'Only You') are also included on the Divinyls' first studio album, Desperate (1983). The Monkey Grip soundtrack also features two other songs by the band: 'Gonna Get You' and 'Girlfriends.'

Cast:

Noni Hazlehurst (Nora), Colin Friels (Javo), Alice Garner (Gracie), Harold Hopkins (Willie), Candy Raymond (Lillian), Michael Caton (Clive), Tim Burns (Martin), Christina Amphlett (Angela), Don Miller-Robinson (Gerald), Lisa Peers (Rita), Cathy Downes (Eve), Justin Ridley (Roaster), Pearl Christie (Juliet), Vera Plevnik (Jessie), Jamie Fonti (Ramondo), Esben Storm (Record Producer), Phil Motherwell, Dana Auzins, Garry Waddell, Bill Charleton, Carole Skinner, Vincent Lovegrove, Dick Clappin, Peter Cox, Alister Jones, Mark McEntee, Laurel McGowan, Jeremy Paul, Kate Reid, Rebecca Rigg.

Release Dates:

1. Released in Australia on 17 June 1982. The film also screened at the 1982 Toronto Film Festival.
2. Released on videocassette format by Roadshow Home Video (n. yr.). Re-released on DVD format in 2004 by Umbrella Entertainment. Also released by Umbrella Entertainment with Dimboola (2009) and in Australian Cinema Collection: Volume 1 (2009) and Australian Cinema Collection: Volume 2 (2009).

Location:

  • Filmed in both Melbourne (Victoria) and Sydney (NSW).

Post Production:

Spectrum Films International

Awards:

  • Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards (1982) Best Actress in a Lead Role - Noni Hazlehurst (winner)
  • Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards (1982) Best Achievement in Cinematography - David Gribble (nomination)
  • Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards (1982) Best Achievement in Editing - David Huggett (nomination)
  • Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards (1982) Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Alice Garner (nomination)
  • Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards (1982) Best Film - Patricia Lovell (nomination)
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