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form y separately published work icon Storm Boy single work   film/TV  
Adaptation of Storm Boy Colin Thiele , 1963 single work children's fiction
Issue Details: First known date: 1976... 1976 Storm Boy
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'A young boy befriends an Aboriginal man and a pelican. One day he is forced to choose between his beloved companions and the often cruel outside world.'

Source: Screen Australia.

Exhibitions

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Works about this Work

Screening the Australian Novel, 1971-2020 Imelda Whelehan , Claire McCarthy , 2023 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Cambridge History of the Australian Novel 2023;
How the World Spins Mark Baker , 2021 single work essay
— Appears in: Inside Story , March 2021;

'Mark Baker recalls an encounter with David Gulpilil in 1998'

David Dalaithngu's Screen Presence Changed Australia's Film Industry Forever. Here's a Look at Some of His Major Roles Alice Dempster , 2021 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , November 2021;
The Perfect Storm : Revisiting a Classic Alexis Buxton-Collins , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , January no. 467 2019; (p. 21)

'Since its release in 1976, Storm Boy has delighted generations of South Australians while introducing them to the wild landscape of the Coorong.'

Rhiannon Bannenberg : 6 Favourite Family Films Rhiannon Bannenberg , 2017 single work column
— Appears in: FilmInk , 23 September 2017;
Guardian Australia Film Club: Storm Boy Screening and Panel Debate, Adelaide Margaret Pomeranz , Michael Loebenstein , Luke Buckmaster , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 19 October 2015;

— Review of Storm Boy Sonia Borg , 1976 single work film/TV
Five Great Australian Children's Movies : from Babe to BMX Bandits Luke Buckmaster , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 31 October 2015;

— Review of Babe George Miller , Chris Noonan , 1995 single work film/TV ; BMX Bandits Russell Hagg , Patrick Edgeworth , 1983 single work film/TV ; Dot and the Kangaroo Yoram Gross , John Palmer , 1977 single work film/TV ; Storm Boy Sonia Borg , 1976 single work film/TV ; Red Dog Daniel Taplitz , 2011 single work film/TV
First Impressions : The Critical Archives : Storm Boy a Thundering Success Paul Heinricks , 1977 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 1 August 1977; The Age , 18 October 2003; (p. 2)
Shared Dreamings Waiting to be Filmed Mark Byrne , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 31 May 2005; (p. 15)
Tracking Gulpilil on Screen: Changing Representations of Indigenous Identity Jane Steinhaeuser , 2004 single work criticism
— Appears in: Credits Rolling: Film & History Conference, Canberra Australia 2-5 December 2004 : Selected Papers 2004; (p. 43-48)
The Pelican Grief Scott Hicks , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 11 November 2006; (p. 8)
Hicks recalls his experience as production runner while working on the film adaptation of Storm Boy.
[Review] Storm Boy Stephany Steggall , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 11 November 2006; (p. 9)

Awards

1977 winner AWGIE Awards Film Award
1977 nominated Australian Film Institute Awards Best Screenplay (Original or Adapted)
1977 winner Australian Film Institute Awards Best Film
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