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Items are in original, unopened and undamaged packaging. Items are returned within thirty (30) days of the time of receipt of goods ģ. If you have changed your mind about a purchase, Peter’s of Kensington will offer a gift card, exchange, store credit or refund at our discretion, to the amount of the item(s) at the time of said purchase, provided that:ġ. Beautiful Illustrations by Andrew Davies.ĭimensions: 25.7cm (l) 25.7cm (h) x 1cm (w).A magical story, which teaches children about compassion and appreciating nature and its creatures.Classic Australian story as soon to become a major Australian film.Special gift hardback edition, 64 pages.Every child deserves to know the story of Storm Boy. The boy and the pelican prove friends to the end. In return the the bird helps Storm Boy's father with his fishing and joins in the rescue of a shipwrecked crew. The narrative follows Storm Boy who saves the life of Mr Percival – the pelican. With anticipation of the film’s release, this classic edition of the story first published over 50 years ago, this classic edition has new illustrations and is now in a hardback gift edition. 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.A moving story which became a magical film, Storm Boy is one of the classics of Australian writing for children.
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.
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