Storm Boy
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The Red Dirt Film Club and The Silver City Cinema present:
Storm Boy (1976)
Wednesday, 4 November, 2026.
Doors open at 6:30pm, film starts at 7 pm.
*Note - date change from 2 Dec to 4 Nov*
Can you believe it has been 50 years since the release of this classic Australian Film?!
A screen adaptation of Colin Thiele’s book, filmed in the Coorong, and Fleurieu Penninsula in South Australia.
Produced by The South Australian Film Corporation.
Storm Boy (1976)
Mike Kingsley (Greg Rowe), a sheltered young boy, lives in a remote coastal region of Australia with his reclusive fisherman father, Tom (Peter Cummins). When a group of hunters kills a majestic pelican and orphans its young on the beach, Mike convinces his father to let him raise the chicks to adulthood. Soon after, Mike befriends Fingerbone Bill (David Gulpilil), a wise and mysterious Aboriginal Australian who dubs the young bird-lover "Storm Boy" and offers him a few life lessons.
Directed by Henry Safran and Ian Goddard.
Written by Colin Thiele and Sonia Borg
Starring Greg Rowe, David Gulpilil, and Peter Cummins.
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Thinking about joining Red Dirt Film Club
— or ready to renew your membership?
We’d love to have you with us to share great films, lively conversations, and a friendly community that loves cinema
as much as you do.
Whether you’re becoming a member for the first time or continuing your membership, all the details are on the Membership page of our website: reddirtfilmclub.org
Storm Boy (1976)
Wednesday, 4 November, 2026.
Doors open at 6:30pm, film starts at 7 pm.
*Note - date change from 2 Dec to 4 Nov*
Can you believe it has been 50 years since the release of this classic Australian Film?!
A screen adaptation of Colin Thiele’s book, filmed in the Coorong, and Fleurieu Penninsula in South Australia.
Produced by The South Australian Film Corporation.
Storm Boy (1976)
Mike Kingsley (Greg Rowe), a sheltered young boy, lives in a remote coastal region of Australia with his reclusive fisherman father, Tom (Peter Cummins). When a group of hunters kills a majestic pelican and orphans its young on the beach, Mike convinces his father to let him raise the chicks to adulthood. Soon after, Mike befriends Fingerbone Bill (David Gulpilil), a wise and mysterious Aboriginal Australian who dubs the young bird-lover "Storm Boy" and offers him a few life lessons.
Directed by Henry Safran and Ian Goddard.
Written by Colin Thiele and Sonia Borg
Starring Greg Rowe, David Gulpilil, and Peter Cummins.
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Thinking about joining Red Dirt Film Club
— or ready to renew your membership?
We’d love to have you with us to share great films, lively conversations, and a friendly community that loves cinema
as much as you do.
Whether you’re becoming a member for the first time or continuing your membership, all the details are on the Membership page of our website: reddirtfilmclub.org
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Silver City Cinema, 41 Oxide St, Broken Hill NSW 2880, Australia, Broken Hill
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