Storm Boy

Storm Boy is a 2019 Australian drama family film based on the 1964 novella by Colin Thiele of the same name. The adaptation was directed by Shawn Seet and stars Geoffrey Rush and Jai Courtney. Thiele's novel was previously adapted in 1976. Plot Based on the book, Storm Boy follows a young boy growing up on a largely uninhabited coastline of Southern Australia. He rescues three orphan pelicans and forms a close bond with them. Cast Geoffrey Rush as Michael "Storm Boy" Kingley Jai Courtney as Tom "Hideaway Tom" Finn Little as Storm Boy Trevor Jamieson as Bill "Fingerbone Bill" Morgan Davies as Madeline Erik Thomson as Malcom Downer David Gulpilil as The Father of Fingerbone Bill Simone Annan as Murujuga Lawyer Thibul Nettle as Police Officer (as Stinga-T) Luca Asta Sardelis as Smirking Schoolgirl #1 Georgina Giessauf as Smirking Schoolgirl #2 Amelie Rickman as Smirking Schoolgirl #3 David John Clark as Police Senior Constable Chantal Contouri as Julie Sims Martha Lott as Pearl Nick Launchbury as Reporter #1 Emma Bargery as Reporter #2 Miraede Bhatia-Williams as Mildew Brendan Cooney as Police Officer Edward Boehm as Young Storm Boy Caroline Mignone as Angela Anna Bampton as Jenny Rory Walker as Murray Lucy Cowan as Belle Niraj Pandya as Office Receptionist Brendan Rock as Hunter #1 James Smith as Hunter #2 Bradley Trent Williams as Jasper Davies Tim Whibley as Office Worker Paul Blackwell as Cal Evans Michelle Nightingale as Mrs. Marks Natasha Wanganeen as Susan Franklin Production Storm Boy, an Ambience Entertainment production, was shot along the Coorong and in Adelaide, South Australia in July–August 2017. The Hudson Hornet used in the filming was supplied by a local South Australian car collector.