This role requires the curly-haired 11-year-old to suffer tragic loss, exhilarating joy, confusion, determination and heartbreaking anger. We learn what tragedy drove his father, locally known as “Hideaway Tom”, to isolate from life and its cruelty and live with his son, as loners on the beach.įinn Little who plays young Kingley is phenomenal. We see young Kingley's life play out before us. He doesn't have the power to halt the project but just maybe he can come up with something. Her dedication to her cause and rage against her father awaken important childhood memories in Kingley and in recalling them for his granddaughter, he appreciates even more, her impassioned plea and the need to do the right thing. His 17-year-old granddaughter informs him the project would be disastrous for the environment and begs him to put a stop to it. Geoffrey Rush plays retired businessman, Michael Kingley, who is called back to his former company by his son-in-law, for a very important vote on an expansive new project. Set in Australia, this little film has it all gorgeous scenery, a charming child, family drama, wild animals, scary local rednecks, gunfire, passion about the environment and a happy ending. Watch “Storm Boy” and you'll know what I mean. Never in a million years would I have guessed I'd sob multiple times through 'a boy and his pelican' story. Other than crying over “Old Yeller” when I was a kid, I don't get overly emotional at animal films. To the north, the population disperses throughout rolling hills and pastures, as a mix of rural living and large broadacre farming and vineyards.Based on a classic 1964 Australian children's book of the same name “Storm Boy” will be adored by every member of the family. Our population also extends to the south alongside stunning coastline, acting as an annual nursery for Southern-Right Whales and a popular holiday and visitor destination. The area is renowned for its environment, heritage and lifestyle. The Alexandrina community encompasses many townships, villages and rural areas, with two major hubs of Strathalbyn to the north-east (edge of the Adelaide Hills) and Goolwa (to the south at the end of the River Murray). The Alexandrina vision is about ‘connecting communities’ through regional innovation, a thriving environment, quality of life and wellbeing for all, increasing cultural vitality and activating vibrant spaces.
It extends along the south coast to Port Elliot and inland to Mount Compass and Strathalbyn. It extends from the north-western side of Lake Alexandrina to the Murray Mouth and the western end of the Coorong - taking in river communities of Langhorne Creek, Milang, Clayton Bay, Goolwa and Hindmarsh Island. It is within an easy drive from metropolitan Adelaide – about an hour and a quarter or 85 kms south from Adelaide Airport.
The Alexandrina region is uniquely positioned in the picturesque Southern Fleurieu Peninsula at the end of the River Murray and as a gateway to the iconic Coorong. Towns in the Alexandrina region including Goolwa and Port Elliot feature in the film, along with the Coorong National Park and 90 Mile Beach on the Sir Richard Peninsula. In 2017, a re-make of Storm Boy was created in various locations around the Fleurieu Peninsula and Alexandrina District including Goolwa, The Coorong and Port Elliot. The film, starring Geoffrey Rush, Trevor Jamieson and Jai Courtney was released on 17 January 2019.ĭownload the Discovery Trail - Take a step back in time and visit locations from the original Storm Boy film. The book concentrates on the boy's relationship with his father, the pelican and an Aboriginal man called Fingerbone Bill and is based right here in the Alexandrina region. The original Storm Boy film was released in 1976 and based on a children's book, written by Australian Author Colin Thiele, about a boy and his pelican.