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