He then forms a special attachment with the weakest of the pelicans, Mr Pervical. ![]() The boy finds some baby pelicans whose mother has been killed, and decides to raise them himself. At the time the film was set, the region wasn't a conservation park, which meant that hunters would go out and simply shoot the birds for no particular reason than to simply kill birds. There is literally nothing along that stretch of coast (though it does smell rather badly) and is a home to a huge number of birds. The story is about a boy that lives on a lonely stretch of coast in South Australia known as The Coorong. In a way it is good timing to bring another version out now to capture a much younger audience, particularly since the original film has probably been forgotten. But then again this is a classic Australian story by the late Colin Theile when as a child many of us read and watched the original movie. Actually, this is one of the things I like about Australian cinema, and that is that they will actually fund the production of films which basically means that money doesn't mean as much as opposed to the entertainment value. This is one of those stories that as a South Australian I basically grew up with. I'm not saying this is a bad movie ,it's worth seeing the cast is good ,especially Finn Little as Storm Boy and Geoffrey Rush is a fine actor but when I watched the original version I asked myself the question Does this new version add anything more to the story ? And my answer was the opposite I think it diminishes the indigenous spirit and atmosphere of the 1976 version and replaces it with a hard contemporary sub plot that intrudes on the integrity of Colin Thiele's original story and reminds me of the saying " if it ain't broke don't fix it. BUT! After we saw this new version of Storm Boy today I watched the Classic Award winning 1976 version ,which I much prefer because of its beauty and simplicity and David Gulpilill's ( he has a brief cameo as Fingerbones father in the newest version) superb portrayal of Fingerbone Bill, which to my mind is watered down in this new version and in its place we have Geoffrey Rush's new character the adult and aged Storm Boy Mike Kingsley and the new plot line of greedy Corporate land grabs, my other criticism is not directed at Jay Courtney 's acting in the role of Storm Boys father Hideaway Tom it's just that he's too clean cut and nice compared to Peter Cummins rough castaway personality in the same role in 1976. I rate it 7.5/10į you're going to remake an Australian classic it must be compared to the Original did anyone else get past the first episode of the recent dreadful television version of Picnic at Hanging Rock? Storm Boy is 1000% Superior to that awful insult. Overall, this is a fine retelling of the classic novel, if one were to ignore some of the contemporary modern changes. This is made even better by the great performance from relative newcomer Finn Little, whose natural playful banter with the pelicans was nice to watch. I particularly liked the scenes where the young Michael was feeding the baby pelicans and teaching them how to fly. However, the moments that occurred in the original story were handled quite well. Thankfully, the ever-reliable Geoffrey Rush playing the older Michael helped make them much more tolerable. ![]() The flashbacks to the modern day scenes didn't always work and did end up feeling out of place at times. Perhaps the best told version of Colin Thiele's classic novel, Storm Boy is an entertaining update that is respectful to its source material, even if it does take the occasional unnecessary liberty. Percival, the latter of which he becomes the closest with. Forming a close bond with the pelicans, Michael names them Mr. One day, Fingerbone Bill and the young Michael discover three orphaned baby pelicans which Michael rescues and cares for until they grow to full size. When he was young, Michael (Finn Little) lived with his father Tom (Jai Courtney) on the isolated coastline of Coorong, and was good friends with a local Aboriginal man named Fingerbone Bill (Trevor Jamieson). In South Australia, retired businessman Michael Kingley (Geoffrey Rush) recounts a story of his childhood to his grand-daughter Madeline (Morgana Davies). ![]() Starring Geoffrey Rush and Jai Courtney, it is a mostly well made modern adaptation of the classic Australian story that marginally improves upon the original 1976 film. Storm Boy is a drama film based on the 1964 novel of the same name by Colin Thiele.
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