Hearing shots being fired, a pelican mother is killed and Michael rescues three orphaned pelican chicks. Michael's fisherman father ( Hideaway Tom) is haunted by a family tragedy and remains uncommunicative - as a result, his relationship with Michael suffers. Malcolm wants Michael's vote ,whilst Maddy is unable to join the board to cast her vote until she turns 18. The matter at hand is the leasing of Western Australian farmland to a mining company which Michael's granddaughter Maddy ( Morgana Davies) is opposed to. An idyllic stretch of pristine coastline, living in a simple wooden shack, wandering the deserted coast amongst the dunes that face out to the Southern Ocean this is the world of Storm boy.Ī weary Storm boy is all grown up as Michael Kingsley ( Geoffrey Rush) who is summoned to Adelaide for an important board vote for a company he founded, which is now run by his son in law Malcolm ( Erik Thomson).
It opens with dream-like sequences with views of the beautiful and reverent Australian landscape.
STORM BOY 2019 MOVIE UPDATE
Director Shawn Seet (whose credits include Two Fists, One Heart) and screenwriter Justin Monjo, update the story to modern times, which makes for a riveting family-friendly story with the addition of Geoffrey Rush who plays grown-up Storm boy and Jai Courtney as Storm boy's father. A grown-up Storm boy, Michael Kingley, tells the story of his childhood to his granddaughter, Maddy, in the hopes that she doesn't repeat his painful history by rebelling against her father.īased on the adaptation of Colin Thiele's Australian children's book, the new version isn't exactly the same as the 1976 predecessor but it hits the same tender and touching moments. He forms a friendship with an orphaned pelican, Mr Percival that changes his life forever.
Storm boy lives a lonely existence with his father Hideaway Tom, in an isolated remote area of Coorong, South Australia. The site's critics consensus reads, " Storm Boy can't quite live up to the original, but this retelling of a beloved story retains enough of its classic source material's heart to remain worth a watch." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 67 out of 100 based on 7 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".Storm Boy is the story of a boy, who forms an unlikely friendship with a pelican, which remains as mesmerising as ever with the recent remake. On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 68% based on 41 reviews, with an average rating of 6.2/10. The total box-office for Storm Boy was $4.2 million. The film was released in the United States & Territories on 5 April 2019 but only earned $71,000. The film also grossed just over $600,000 in Poland and New Zealand when it was released over 17–19 January 2019. By the end of its theatrical run in Australia, it had earned a total of $3.5 million. The film was released in 320 theatres in Australia on 17 January 2019 but it grossed only $874,000 (USD) on its opening weekend. The film opened in theatres in Australia and New Zealand on 17 January 2019, in Poland on 19 January 2019 and in the United States on 5 April 2019. The Hudson Hornet used in the filming was supplied by a local South Australian car collector. Storm Boy, an Ambience Entertainment production, was shot along the Coorong and in Adelaide, South Australia in July–August 2017.
Georgina Giessauf as Smirking Schoolgirl #2.Luca Asta Sardelis as Smirking Schoolgirl #1.Thibul Nettle as Police Officer (as Stinga-T).David Gulpilil as The Father of Fingerbone Bill.Trevor Jamieson as Bill "Fingerbone Bill".Geoffrey Rush as Michael "Storm Boy" Kingley.He rescues three orphan pelicans and forms a close bond with them. Based on the book, Storm Boy follows a young boy growing up on a largely uninhabited coastline of Southern Australia.
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