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 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. The film was financed by SAFC, Seven Network and the Australian Film Commission. 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 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.
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