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Storm Boy is a 1976 Australian drama film based on the 1964 book of the same name by Colin Thiele, about a lonely boy and his pet pelicans living in a coastal wilderness with his reclusive father. It was the third feature film made by the South Australian Film Corporation , and is a highlight of the New Wave of Australian Cinema from the 1970s.
Storm Boy is a 1964 Australian children's novel written by Colin Thiele, about a boy and his pelican. [1] The story, set in the Coorong region of South Australia, [2] focuses on the relationships the boy has with his father Hide-Away Tom, the pelican, and an outcast Australian Aboriginal man called Fingerbone.
Storm Boy may refer to: Storm Boy, a 1966 children's book by Colin Thiele Storm Boy, a 1976 film based on the book; Storm Boy, a play based on the book, staged in 2013 and 2015 by Sydney and Barking Gecko Theatre Companies; Storm Boy: The Game, children's video game based on the book, released in 2018; Storm Boy, a 2019 film based on the book
Colin Thiele’s 1963 children’s novel about a boy and his beloved pelican receives tender and touching treatment in its second film adaptation. Adding a contemporary wrap-around story to the ...
The site's critics consensus reads, "Storm Boy can't quite live up to the original, but this retelling of a beloved story retains enough of its classic source material's heart to remain worth a watch." [7] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 67 out of 100 based on 7 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [8]
Colin Milton Thiele AC (/ ˈ t iː l i /; [1] 16 November 1920 – 4 September 2006) was an Australian author and educator. He was renowned for his award-winning children's fiction, most notably the novels Storm Boy, Blue Fin, the Sun on the Stubble series, and February Dragon.
A Winter Storm Warning remained in effect there until 6 a.m. Wednesday. Cities such as Louisville , Kentucky , and Cincinnati , Ohio , were expecting a few inches of snow and the potential for a ...
Mr Percival (1976 – 2 September 2009) was an Australian pelican, noted for his appearance in the 1976 Australian film Storm Boy. He was one of three trained pelicans used in the film, based on the 1964 novel of the same name. He lived at the Marineland aquarium at West Beach until it closed in 1988, then at the Adelaide Zoo. [1]