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Issue Details: First known date: 1976... 1976 Storm Boy
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Film Details - South Australian Film Corporation , 1976

Producers:

Matt Carroll (producer).
Jane Scott (associate producer).

Production Companies:

The South Australian Film Corporation.

Director of Photography:

Geoff Burton.

Editors:

G. Turney-Smith.

Production Designers:

David Copping.

Music:

Michael Carlos.

Cast:

Including Greg Rowe (Mike 'Storm Boy' Kingsley), Peter Cummins (Tom 'Hide-Away Tom' Kingsley), David Gulpilil (Fingerbone), Judy Dick (Miss Walker), Tony Allison (Ranger), Michael Moody (Boat Master), Graham Dow (Edwards), Eric Mack (Jones), Frank Foster-Brown (Lynch), Michael Caulfield (Hunter), Paul Smith (Hunter), and Hedley Cullen (Marina Manager).

Release Dates:

18 November 1976 (premiere).

Location:

  • Filmed on location in South Australia.

Post Production:

United Sound (sound post-production).

Awards:

  • Cinematographer of the Year, Australian Cinematographers Society, 1978.
  • AFI Award, Best Achievement in Costume Design (nominated), 1977.
  • AFI Award, Best Achievement in Sound (nominated), 1977.
  • AFI Award, Best Director (nominated), 1977.
  • AFI Award, Best Achievement in Production Design (nominated), 1977.
Subjects:
Settings:
  • Coorong, Meningie - Coorong area, South East South Australia, South Australia,
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