He brings a relaxed, comforting atmosphere to Storm Boy by shooting the film on location in the Coorong region and keeping the story brief. However, he has mostly worked on television programmes. At one point he tells Bill its better not to care about anything because he prefers to bury his emotions.ĭirector Shawn Seet made his feature debut filming the local boxing drama Two Fists, One Heart (2008). Tom himself is aching because his wife and daughter died in a freak car accident. However, he stresses that they will need to be freed.
Michael’s father, Hideaway Tom ( Suicide Squad’s Jai Courtney), reluctantly allows his son to care for the birds. He finds it impossible to detach himself from Mr. One day, Michael discovers three baby pelicans. Together, they discover that hunters in the area are mercilessly shooting pelicans on the beach.Īs Bill teaches him Indigenous values, Michael becomes more environmentally conscious. The sweet kid befriends Fingerbone Bill (Indigenous actor Trevor Jamieson who is charismatic and disarming). The young Michael is played by newcomer Finn Little. She implores Michael, her grandfather, to vote against the proposal.Īfter an argument, Michael tells Madeline the story of when he was a little boy living on the beach. She is a high school student who vehemently disapproves of her father’s decision to affect the land. Malcolm is regularly at war with his daughter, Madeline ( The Tree’s Morgana Davies). Geoffrey Rush stars as Michael, an elderly man who is bullied by his son-in-law, Malcolm (Erik Thomson), to partake in a corporate vote that will surrender a piece of land in the Pilbara region to his company, King Pastoral Holdings. Storm Boy is the novel’s second film adaption following the much-loved 1976 film version. It is about the gentle friendship between a boy and a pelican. The story only took four weeks to write and is set in the Coorong region. The idea for the iconic children’s book was conceptualised during a trip to the Coorong National Park. His environmental interests were pertinent in writing the novel ‘Storm Boy’ in 1964. Perhaps his linguistic isolation growing up prompted him to write about secluded areas since he enjoyed their peacefulness. They were often about rural Australia, particularly the Australia’s Coorong region, which is located south-east of Adelaide. The body of his written work included over one hundred published books. Poor schooling resources prompted him to write his first book, which was about geography. Thiele served in the Royal Australian Air Force in World War II and was also a high school and university teacher. He was born in a German family and only spoke German until he attended school. Before his death in 2006, Thiele was regarded as one of South Australia’s best writers. Storm Boy preserves the thematic core of Australian author Colin Thiele’s original work. Starring Geoffrey Rush, Jai Courtney, Finn Little, Trevor Jamieson, Morgana Davies and Erik Thomson Written by Justin Monjo based on ‘Storm Boy’ by Colin Thiele Produced by Matthew Street, Michael Boughen Reviewed by Damien Straker on the 14th of January 2019 By Damien Straker Storm Boy – Film Review
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