Clip description
Mike (Greg Rowe) is overjoyed when Mr Percival, his pet pelican, returns after being set free.
Curator’s notes
Some of the most charming scenes in the film as boy and bird become inseparable.
Original classification rating: G. This clip chosen to be G
Mike (Greg Rowe) is overjoyed when Mr Percival, his pet pelican, returns after being set free.
by Paul Byrnes
Some of the most charming scenes in the film as boy and bird become inseparable.
This clip shows 'Hideaway’ Tom Kingsley (Peter Cummins) trying to comfort a despondent 'Storm Boy’ (Greg Rowe) after he has released the pelican Mr Percival into the wild. As Tom gruffly explains to his son that wild things should be free, Mr Percival’s call is heard. Storm Boy rushes up the beach toward the bird, while his father looks on. This is followed by a sequence showing Storm Boy and Mr Percival together, which demonstrates the bond between the two but also underscores how important Mr Percival is as a companion to Storm Boy.
Mike is walking along the beach with a sad face.
Mike’s father There’s no use fretting, son. Didn’t know you’d be upset that much. Anyway, wild things should be free.
Mike looks up and sees his pet pelican standing on a pole.
Mike He’s come back! Dad, he’s come back! Mr Percival’s come back!
Mike runs towards Mr Percival and the pelican flies off the pole to greet Mike.
Mike pulls out the sail on his boat and the pelican joins him out at sea.
Mike is on the beach with Fringerbone Bill and Mr Percival. Fingerbone Bill is twining grass into a cat’s cradle-like formation which he shows to Mike.
Fingerbone Bill This is where Mr Percival appear. See? What’s that, Storm Boy?
Mike It’s a pelican’s nest.
Fingerbone Bill Right.
In a succession of short scenes, we see Mike and Mr Percival playing and sharing each other’s company on the beach and in the water.
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