Storm Boy is based on a book by Colin Thiele, published in 1963. Jury Prize, AFI Awards 1977 Rating G - general Distributor Southern Star Soundtrack Michael Carlos Notes George OpenAir Cinema) Video/DVD release date 1991 (video), 2001 (DVD) Awards Golden Tripod, ACS Awards 1977 (Best Cinematography, feature film)Ģ awards, Moscow Children's Film Festival 1977ģ awards Tehran Children's Film Festival 1977Ģ awards for Films portraying living creatures, and protection of animals Hedley Cullen - Marina Manager Release dates 18 November 1976 - Australia (Fair Lady Theatre)ġ0 January 2019 - Australia (new version St. Judy Dick - Primary school teacher Miss Walker It is brilliant stuff.ĭavid Gulpilil - Aboriginal loner Fingerbone Bill The way the Aboriginal is portrayed remains modern even after a few decades. I saw it first as a child and then the other night as an adult and I just thought it was magnificent. She means well, but she is resented by the father - he doesn't want anything to change in their reclusive life. She is concerned about the boy's education, and pushes hard for him to be sent to school, or at least to do schoolwork by correspondence. Two are never seen again, but one, Mr Percival, keeps coming back.Īnother intruder is the new primary school teacher, brought by the park ranger. Three pelicans become a lot to feed when they reach maturity, so his father insists on releasing them. Mick's father resents any intrusion of their secluded life, be it a washed-up radio or a mob of idiot bird shooters who kill a number of birds before they are scared off by Fingerbone.Īmongst the dead are some pelicans whose chicks are still in the nest. He is not attending school he is illiterate and ignorant. He lives with his father, who supports them by fishing alone. This boy is growing up in an isolated corrugated iron shed next to a wildlife sanctuary. It was a popular children's film both in Australia and Britain and won a medal at the Moscow Film Festival in 1977 for best children's film.Storm Boy tells the story of a 10-year-old boy, called Mick by his father Tom, and Storm Boy by the Aboriginal loner Fingerbone he befriends. Storm Boy was a hit, grossing $2,645,000 at the box office in Australia, which is equivalent to $13,674,650 in 2009 dollars. The production team later reunited on Blue Fin (1978). In 2009 Mr Percival died at Royal Adelaide Zoo, aged 33 years old. Eleven-year-old Greg Rowe was an untrained actor, selected from over 70 applicants. Shooting began in May 1976, with exteriors shot near Goolwa and interiors in the SAFC's studio at Norwood. The budget came from the South Australian Film Corporation, the Australian Film Commission and the Seven television network. His only requirement was that his novel was not turned into a sex comedy. David Gulpilil (credited as Gulpilil) as Fingerbone BillĬolin Thiele had little involvement in the scripting of the film.With the wise guidance of Fingerbone Bill, Mike learns of the cycle of life and is eventually allowed by his father to attend school for the first time in a nearby village. The bird forms a deep bond with the boy until sadly, Mr Percival is shot by duck shooters. However one particular pelican, named ' Mr Percival' by Mike, returns. Fingerbone names Mike "Storm Boy" and enlists the child's help caring for three orphaned pelican chicks.Įventually, Mike's Dad insists that he release the grown birds back into the wild. In search of friendship, Mike encounters another recluse in the wilderness, Fingerbone Bill ( David Gulpilil), an Aboriginal man estranged from his tribal people. He and his reclusive father 'Hide Away' Tom ( Peter Cummins) live in the isolated sand dunes facing the Southern Ocean. Mike ( Greg Rowe) is a lonely young boy wandering through the fierce deserted coast of South Australia's Coorong, near the mouth of the Murray River.
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