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The Movie (2019) Rated PG
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- Ambience Entertainment. (no date). Storm Boy. Retrieved from https://stormboythefilm.com/#storm-boy-homeThe official website of the 2019 film.
- Buckmaster, Luke. (2019). Storm Boy review – not even a beloved pelican can save this epic downer. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jan/14/storm-boy-review-not-even-a-beloved-pelican-can-save-this-epic-downerShawn Seet’s remake of the Australian film, which stars Geoffrey Rush, makes jarring missteps in its final act.
- Bugbee, Teo. (2019). ‘Storm Boy’ Review: Raising Pelicans in a Film That Never Fully Takes Flight. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/04/movies/storm-boy-review.html“Storm Boy” tries to present itself as a modern fable, where the lessons learned relate directly to present-day concerns over the environment, industrialization and the marginalization of indigenous cultures. But these themes come across as didactic rather than moving.
- Curtis, Jordan. (2016). Storm Boy remake planned 40 years after original award-winning film. Retrieved from https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-18/storm-boy-remake-40th-anniversary/8038216Four decades after the Australian movie Storm Boy premiered in Adelaide and led what was later considered by many to have been a renaissance for the nation's film industry, a remake is in the planning.
- Dayman, Isabel. (2017). Storm Boy remake with actor Geoffrey Rush about to start filming in SA Coorong. Retrieved from https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-26/storm-boy-remake-with-geoffrey-rush-to-start-coorong-filming/8746236A remake of a classic Australian film that put South Australia's Coorong wetlands region on the global stage is about to start, at a time when debate is again raging about protecting the Murray-Darling river system. The 1976 classic Storm Boy will be retold by its central character, Mike, now as an older man.
- Hill, Kate. (2017). Search for South Australian 'Storm Boy' to star in remake of film classic. Retrieved from https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-03/search-for-sa-storm-boy-to-star-in-film-classic-remake/8489010A young animal lover is about to get the chance of a lifetime as a casting company scours South Australia for a fresh new face to star in a remake of the classic Australian film Storm Boy. Heesom Casting director Angela Heesom said they are hoping to find a boy aged between 10 and 13 who evokes a certain wild spirit and they believe their ultimate 'storm boy' may be discovered in regional South Australia.
- IMDB. (2020). Storm Boy (2019). Retrieved from https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3340446/IMDB provides information about award wins and nominations, cast, related movies, trivia and technical details.
- Ward, Sarah. (2019). 'Storm Boy': review. Retrieved from https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/storm-boy-review/5135434.articleThe tale of a boy and his pelican best friend remains as tender and touching as ever in Storm Boy, the second adaptation of Colin Thiele’s Australian children’s book of the same name.
- Ziln Film Festival. (2019). Director Shawn Seet about STORM BOY. Retrieved from https://www.zlinfest.cz/en/26555n-director-shawn-seet-about-storm-boyColin Thiele’s novella Storm Boy, telling the story of a young boy’s extraordinary friendship with a pelican, has enchanted Australians for over half a century. Australian children still study the book at school, and in 2013 a stage adaptation was sold out for the entire season. That’s when producer Matthew Street got the idea that maybe it was time for a cinematic re-adaptation.
- New Storm Boy movie trailer and poster released. (n.d.). ABC Premium News.It is a movie that holds a special place in the hearts of many children of the 70s and 80s, but another generation is soon to be introduced to the wondrous world of Storm Boy and Mr Percival the pelican.
- Marriner, Katy. (2018). Storm Boy: Atom Study Guide. Retrieved from https://go.aws/3cKkohWThe activities within this study guide provide opportunities for students to engage critically and imaginatively with a text to expand the scope of their experience; analyse the structure of a text and how the features of a text infuence audience response; analyse the key ideas and issues explored in a text; consider how language can be used for aesthetic ends; develop and justify their own and other interpretations of a text; create a wide range of texts, make presentations and contribute actively to class and group discussions.