![]() ![]() However it struggled to find distribution overseas. ![]() Monkey Grip grossed $451,000 at the box office in Australia, which is equivalent to $1,312,410 in 2009 dollars. Scriptwriter/ producer Briann Kearney was Production Co-ordinator. The iconic Deep Water Aqua Profonda sign, at the Fitzroy public swimming pool, was economically reused as the album cover in the film. The Fitzroy Pool was recreated in Sydney's Ryde pool. The story is set in Melbourne but only one week of filming took place there, with Sydney standing in for the location. However, by then costs had risen so much the film had to be made for $1 million. Shooting was postponed until Patricia Lovell managed to get the money under 10BA tax regulations. Ken Cameron tried to get up a film version of Helen Garner's novel in early 1979 but could not raise the budget of $553,000. The further their relationship progresses, the harder they find it to let go. Nora, a single-mother in her thirties living in Melbourne is engaged in an on-again off-again relationship with the heroin addict Javo, who can never quite decide whether he wants his freedom, or romantic commitment. 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. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section the 1982 Cannes Film Festival. It is based on the novel, also titled Monkey Grip (1977), by Helen Garner. Monkey Grip is a 1982 Australian drama film directed by Ken Cameron. ![]()
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