Storm Boy (1976 film)

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Storm Boy (1976 film) is an Australian family drama based on Colin Thiele’s novel, following a lonely boy and his pelican in the Coorong wetlands and regarded as a classic of Australian cinema.

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instanceOf film ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Colin Thiele ⓘ
awardReceived AFI Award for Best Direction ⓘ
AFI Award for Best Film ⓘ
AFI Award for Best Screenplay ⓘ
basedOn Storm Boy (novel) ⓘ
linked to: Storm Boy
cinematographyBy Geoff Burton ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Australia ⓘ
director Henri Safran ⓘ
distributor Roadshow Film Distributors ⓘ
distributorRegion Australia ⓘ
editor G. Turney-Smith ⓘ
featuresAnimal pelican ⓘ
filmingLocation Coorong, South Australia ⓘ
linked to: Coorong region
genre coming-of-age film ⓘ
family drama ⓘ
hasRemake Storm Boy (2019 film) ⓘ
linked to: Storm Boy
hasTelevisionAdaptation Storm Boy (1976 TV series) ⓘ
linked to: Storm Boy
mainCharacter Fingerbone Bill ⓘ
Hide-Away Tom ⓘ
Mike "Storm Boy" Kingsley ⓘ
musicBy Michael Carlos ⓘ
narrativeFocus relationship between a lonely boy and a pelican ⓘ
notablePelicanCharacter Mr Percival ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Australian New Wave cinema ⓘ
portraysTheme Aboriginal culture ⓘ
environmental conservation ⓘ
friendship between boy and animal ⓘ
isolation ⓘ
producer Matt Carroll ⓘ
productionCompany South Australian Film Corporation ⓘ
recognizedAs classic of Australian cinema ⓘ
releaseDate 1976-07-01 ⓘ
releaseYear 1976 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 88 ⓘ
screenwriter Sonia Borg ⓘ
setInEnvironment coastal wetlands ⓘ
setInRegion South Australia ⓘ
setting Coorong, South Australia ⓘ
linked to: Coorong region
starredActor David Gulpilil ⓘ
Greg Rowe ⓘ
Judy Dick ⓘ
Peter Cummins ⓘ
targetAudience family ⓘ

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