#STORM BOY TRAILER TV#

As one can see with Garth Davis' transition from the small to big screen with Lion, TV is not an ideal preparation for would-be directors of feature films. Like Safran, director Shawn Seet has spent most of his career in television, as has scriptwriter, Justin Monjo. Given the popularity of the earlier film it's a daunting task to make a new Storm Boy. It was a lyrical, atmospheric, coming-of-age story in an era when Australian filmmakers were probing the edges of the national psyche, pitting sensitivity against vulgarity, innocence against experience. (He has a small cameo in the new film.) There was also an unusual soundtrack by Michael Carlos, which created mood with a discreet use of strings. The star of the show was a pelican called Mr Percival, but all the main actors put in memorable performances, especially David Gulpilil, who was already a cult figure in Australian cinema. Directed by Henri Safran, who made only a handful of feature films but numerous TV programs, Storm Boy is one of those movies everyone seems to remember. The first screen adaptation came along in 1976, and has proven to be no less enduring than the book. Colin Thiele's Storm Boy is a slender novella that has plucked Australian heartstrings ever since it was released in 1964.

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