| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (89 minutes) : .flv file, sound |
| Summary |
Storm Boy lives with his recluse father, Tom on the Coorong, a hundred kilometre stretch of beautiful windswept dunes where the Murray River meets the sea. Here his spirit roams with his pet pelican, Mr. Percival, and his Aboriginal friend, Fingerbone Bill. Suddenly there are intruders, the local teacher who wants him to attend school, a resentful wild-life ranger, duck hunters... Storm Boy, is forced to choose between a life of continued isolation and the challenges of the outside world. Winner of the Best Film Award and nominated for six others at by the **Australian Film Institute.** |
| Notes |
Title from title frames |
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Film |
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In Process Record |
| Performer |
David Gulpilil, Greg Rowe, Peter Cummins |
| Event |
Originally produced by Umbrella Entertainment in 1976 |
| Notes |
In English |
| Subject |
Pelicans -- Australia -- South Australia -- Juvenile drama
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Human-animal relationships -- Juvenile drama
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Human-animal relationships.
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Pelicans.
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| SUBJECT |
Coorong, The (S.A.) -- Juvenile drama
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| Subject |
South Australia.
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South Australia -- The Coorong.
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| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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Feature films.
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Juvenile works.
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Feature films.
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| Author |
Safran, Henri, film director
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Gulpilil, actor
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Rowe, Greg, actor
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Cummins, Peter, actor
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Umbrella Entertainment (Firm)
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Kanopy (Firm)
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