Monkey Grip (film)

Monkey Grip
Directed byKen Cameron
Written byKen Cameron
Helen Garner
Produced byDanny Collins
Treisha Ghent
Patricia Lovell
StarringNoni Hazlehurst
CinematographyDavid Gribble
Edited byDavid Huggett
Music byBruce Smeaton
Distributed byRoadshow
Release date
  • 17 June 1982 (1982-06-17)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetA$1 million[1]

Monkey Grip is a 1982 Australian drama film directed by Ken Cameron. It is based on the novel, also titled Monkey Grip (1977), by Helen Garner.[2] It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section the 1982 Cannes Film Festival.[3] The film was produced by Patricia Lovell and stars Noni Hazelhurst and Colin Friels, and featured an original soundtrack by Australian rock band the Divinyls.

  1. ^ David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p139-141
  2. ^ Maslin, Janet (2007). "NY Times: Monkey Grip". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 21 November 2007. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
  3. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Monkey Grip". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 13 June 2009.