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Colin Thiele’s 1963 children’s novel about a boy and his beloved pelican receives tender and touching treatment in its second film adaptation. Adding a contemporary wrap-around story to the 1950s-set tale, and wringing well-judged changes to Henri Safran’s much-loved 1976 film, this version of “,” directed by excellent Aussie small-screen helmer, has the emotional heft and visual splendor to win the hearts of domestic and international family audiences. Sony will release the film Down Under on Jan. 17, during the summer school holiday season. Theatrical release via Good Deed Entertainment is scheduled for April.In purely cinematic terms “Storm Boy” has all the ingredients for commercial success. How well it performs will depend at least partly on public response to controversy surrounding top-billed star, also one of the film’s executive producers.

Australia’s Federal Court will soon deliver a decision on the defamation case brought by Rush against Nationwide News, a News Ltd. Subsidiary and publisher of Sydney newspaper The Daily Telegraph. The case involving allegations of inappropriate behavior during a theater production has attracted headlines for several months, and its outcome will doubtless influence the ticket-buying choices of some viewers. In present-day sequences set in downtown Adelaide and coastal surroundings, Rush plays Michael Kingley, a retired businessman whose family company is about to vote on a proposal to lease land in the remote Pilbara region of Western Australia to a mining company. Pushing hard for a yes is Kingley’s son-in-law, Malcolm Downer (Erik Thomsen). Opposing the move is Downer’s daughter, Maddy (Morgana Davies), a 17-year-old whose passionate concern for the environment will strike a winning chord with many young viewers.An unexpected delay in the voting procedure allows Kingley to spend time with granddaughter Maddy at her family’s fancy seaside mansion and tell her tales from his unusual and eventful childhood.

At this point the film flashes back to the 1950s, when pre-teen Michael Kingley was a motherless boy living with his reclusive, emotionally scarred fisherman father, “Hideaway” Tom (Jai Courtney). Home for the duo was an isolated beachside shack on the edge of Coorong National Park, 100 miles southeast of Adelaide.While the present-day sequences are fine, “Storm Boy” finds its glowing heart and soul in the lengthy flashbacks. Spending his days helping dad and exploring the Coorong’s magnificent environs, Michael is befriended by Fingerbone Bill (Trevor Jamieson, excellent), an aboriginal man forced to live apart from his community. In splendid sequences that illustrate important elements of aboriginal culture, Bill gives Michael the “Storm Boy” nickname and helps him rescue three pelican chicks whose mother was killed by nasty local hunters opposed to the proposed establishment of a local bird sanctuary.

Though not expected to survive, the birds named Mr Proud, Mr Ponder and Mr Percival thrive under Michael’s loving care.After all three have been returned to their breeding ground by a tearful Michael, Mr Percival returns. The boy’s renewed friendship with his loyal, funny and clever companion is delightful. Talented juvenile actor Little captures all the joy that comes with the special bond between a sensitive boy and his best animal pal. Though altered from how it unfolds in the novel and original film, Mr Percival’s participation in a dramatic sea rescue is exciting and streams nicely into grandfather Michael’s conversations with Maddy about child-parent relationships.Seet, a highly regarded TV and miniseries director whose previous feature was the underrated “Two Fists, One Heart” (2008), and writer Justin Monjo (“Jungle”), elegantly weave details of Storm Boy and Hideaway Tom’s tragic past into the tale.

Themes of loss, grief and separation are pitched at just the right level to resonate with children and adults alike. Seet brings everything to a moving and meaningful conclusion with a lovely piece of magic realism.Handsomely filmed in earthy tones by DP Bruce Young, and never once looking like a tourism promo reel, “Storm Boy” is crafted with care and class. Of special note is superbly detailed production design by Melinda Doring (“The Sapphires,” “Berlin Syndrome”), and costume design by Louise McCarthy that understands perfectly how 1930s and ‘40s fashions would still be in vogue in 1950s rural Australia.A very beautiful cameo by David Gulpilil, the great indigenous Australian actor who played Fingerbone Bill in 1976, is another of the film’s many pleasures. Film Review: ‘Storm Boy’Reviewed at Wallis Mitcham Cinemas, Adelaide, January 6, 2019.

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Production:(Australia) A Sony Pictures (in Australia/Good Deed Entertainment in U.S.) release of a Screen Australia, South Australian Film Corp., Piccadilly Pictures, Aurora Media Holdings, Salt Media & Entertainment presentation of an Ambience Entertainment production. (International sales: Kathy Morgan Intl., Los Angeles.) Producers: Michael Boughen, Matthew Street. Executive producers: Robert Slaviero, Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Figg, Robert Whitehouse, Justin Deimen, Sherman Ng.

Co-producer: Paul Ranford. Co–executive producers: Jeremy Sim, Terence Kong. Crew:Director: Shawn Seet. Screenplay: Justin Monjo, based on the novel by Colin Thiele. Camera (color, widescreen): Bruce Young.

Editor: Denise Haratzis. With:Geoffrey Rush, Jai Courtney, Finn Little. Trevor Jamieson, Morgana Davies, Erik Thomsen, David Gulpilil.

Music By:Alan John.

Michael, age 11, has a good, loving heart: He seeks to protect, save pelicans on island where he lives. He takes it upon himself to save three hatchlings whose mother was killed by hunters. He and his father become friends with a kind indigenous man who teaches Michael importance of taking care of wildlife, introduces him to native cultural rituals. A wealthy teen girl shows how one person can make a difference by standing up for preserving the land belonging to Australia's indigenous population. Parents need to know that Storm Boy is a drama based on a children's novella by Colin Thiele that's taught in Australian schools. It's a pro-ecological tale about a boy's love for an orphaned pelican and his awakening about the importance of defending wildlife and protecting nature. Everyone in the movie is in mourning - all of the main characters have lost parents, wives, and/or children - and the ending is a major heart-wrencher (worse than, but not as harsh as ). But beautiful relationships shine through, including that of the boy, his dad, and a lonely indigenous man who passes on his tribal customs to the boy.

That said, the way the boy and the indigenous man meet might be cause for a talk with your kids: The man approaches the boy in a remote area and assures him that he's friendly; the next thing you know, the boy brings the man back to his house, where ( phew) the man insists on waiting outside, since the boy's father isn't home. Expect to see guns in action (hunters shoot and kill birds, and bloody bird carcasses are seen) and adults drinking. Language is minimal, sex isn't an issue, and themes include compassion, empathy, and teamwork. For the Australians who grew up reading Thiele's treasured book, this drama will no doubt be a captivating, special tale; for those unfamiliar, it will be more of a challenge to stay engaged. Australian children are taught Storm Boy (the book) in elementary school: The story is full of exploration and adventure, love, loss, unexpected friendship, finding your voice, appreciating other cultures, and understanding the importance of protecting nature.

This adaptation brings those elements to life, but it wraps the child's story into an adult one - and, in doing so, it's likely to lose younger audiences within the first 10 minutes. From there, the story moseys along at a pace that might bore some kids.On the other hand, who knew pelicans could make such good friends? The antics featuring young Michael's (Finn Little) pet, Mr. Percival, are adorable, and a memorable game of hide-and-seek is downright precious. Kids almost always respond to seeing others their age playing with wild animals; it's a fantasy come true.

But the cheer comes to a devastating conclusion, and that defies the direction of most of today's family movies. The boy's hard work and protective measures don't pay off, in the cruelest of ways. Writer Justin Monjo has a cinematic fix for that, explaining that the tragedy wasn't in vain and allowing the teen girl in the modern story to succeed. But even the most thick-skinned kids may be shell-shocked by the film's conclusion.Families can talk about the messages of Storm Boy. What is it saying about hunting? About conservation?.What are the different ways the film shows individuals, including children, fighting for change?

How did Michael get others to think about the importance of giving birds and animals a sanctuary?.What do you think of how grief and loss are portrayed in Storm Boy? How do Michael as a boy, Michael as an old man, Hideaway Joe, and Madeline each work through their loss?.How does Michael demonstrate?

How does Madeline demonstrate? What's the difference? Why are these important?.How do Michael, Hideaway Joe, and Fingerbone Bill exemplify in saving the baby pelicans' lives? Why is this a crucial life skill?