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Screen cap from promotional trailer
Adaptation of
Monkey Grip
1977
single work
novel
Issue Details:
First known date:
1982...
1982
Monkey Grip
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Set in inner Melbourne over two summers, Monkey Grip is a frank portrayal of a divorced mother who is attempting to cope with both her thirteen-year-old daughter and her own relationship with a drug addict, while also trying to get into the music business. As she battles to regain control of her life, we meet an array of talented and reckless musicians, actors, and writers, all of whom play a part in her world and most of whom refuse to live by society's rules.
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The promotional trailer for this film is available to view via YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u34bMeWCzgA (Sighted: 31/8/2012)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Monkey Grip
2022
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essay
— Appears in: Melbourne on Film : Cinema That Defines Our City 2022; -
Friday Essay : Sex, Swimming and Smudgy Louvres – Watching Monkey Grip 40 Years On
2022
single work
column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 12 August 2022;'The woman’s name is Nora, and she’s getting out of the pool when she goes to look at the guy she’s seeing and sees something better: a sexy stranger, Javo, who radiates a type of bruisy depth. He hangs back near the famous sign, AQUA PROFONDA, while Nora and the guy she’s seeing, Martin, do their thing. He looks like he’ll be trouble, but not the bad kind of trouble; the kind it might be interesting to catch.' (Introduction)
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Introduction : Screening Melbourne
2017
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essay
— Appears in: Senses of Cinema , December no. 85 2017; -
The Classic Movie
2016
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review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 9 October 2016; (p. 10)
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Friels Making a Play for Adelaide
2015
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 15 October 2015; (p. 30)
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The Classic Movie
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 9 October 2016; (p. 10)
— Review of Monkey Grip 1982 single work film/TV -
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No Picnic : An Autobiography
Sydney
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Pan Macmillan Australia
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1995
Z1224962
1995
single work
autobiography
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Bach to the Future
2008
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column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 15 June 2008; (p. 19) -
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'Monkey Grip'
Perth
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Centre for Research in Culture and Communication (Murdoch University)
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2007
Z1670631
2007
single work
criticism
Research undertaken by a student of the Centre for Culture and Communication (Murdoch University) into Monkey Grip (1982). Includes aspects relating to the production phase, critical reception, principal performers and production crew, references and a synopsis.
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Cinematic and Televisual Cities
2012-2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Studies in Australasian Cinema , March vol. 5 no. 3 2012; (p. 215-221) 'This article introduces the nine articles that comprise the 'Cities' issue of Studies in Australasian Cities. Established and emerging scholars explore cities in Australian and New Zealand film and television. Articles cover aspects of media production, reception and exhibition in particular cities, studies of various city characters and spaces, and analyses of the relationship between representations of a city on-screen and the 'real' city.' (Editor's abstract)
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Dual Occupancy : Melbourne and the Feminist Drama of Dwelling in Monkey Grip
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Studies in Australasian Cinema , March vol. 5 no. 3 2012; (p. 333-342) 'Monkey Grip is viewed as a film that evokes the sexual politics of feminism and of city life, and can thus be seen as both a feminist film and a 'Melbourne film', a convergence that emerges in other films made and set in Melbourne, including Love and Other Catastrophes. The city appears as a centre of dwelling and habitation, with attention drawn to the spectacle of the interiors of the residences, in which much of the action occurs, and with reflection on the conditions and values of production. Bachelard's notion of the house image is applied to distinguish the performances of gender from those in films in non-urban settings.' (Editor's abstract)
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