Storm Boy (film)

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Storm Boy
Directed by	Henri Safran
Written by	Sonia Borg
Starring	Greg Rowe, Peter Cummins, David Gulpilil
Release date(s)	1976
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English

Storm Boy is a 1976 Australian film, based on the children's book by Colin Thiele about a boy and his pelican.

Storm Boy (Greg Rowe) likes to wander alone along the fierce deserted coast of South Australia's Coorong. He and his father live a reclusive life among the dunes that face out into the Southern Ocean. After a pelican mother is shot, Storm Boy rescues 3 chicks; he names them Mr Proud, Mr Ponder and Mr Percival, and nurses them back to health. His father, known to some as 'Hideaway Tom,' forces Storm Boy to release the birds, but Mr Percival returns. The story then concentrates on the conflict between Storm Boy's lifestyle and the externally imposed requirement for him to attend school, and the fate of the pelican.

Storm Boy's real name in the film is Mike -- the moniker 'Storm Boy' was given to him by Fingerbone Bill (David Gulpilil), an aboriginal man who becomes Mike's friend.

Contents 1 Awards 2 Cast 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Awards

• 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.
• It won the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Film in 1977.

[edit] Cast

• Greg Rowe
• Peter Cummins
• David Gulpilil
• Judy Dick
• Tony Allison
• Michael Moody
• Graham Dow
• Eric Mack
• Frank Foster-Brown
• Michael Caulfield
• Paul Smith
• Hedley Cullen

[edit] See also

• South Australian Film Corporation

[edit] External links

• Storm Boy at the Internet Movie Database
• Storm Boy at the National Film and Sound Archive
• Murdoch University reading Room
• Australian Film Commission
• Oz Reading School Activities for Senior
• Australian Screen
• Box Office Prophets
• film.org.au: the best of Australian Films

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