I feel like I’ve come to the end of that chapter where I’ve learned a bunch of lessons and I’ve been shown a bunch of things spiritually.” “Life feels strong and solid for me now… and this record is in a different space. And if Spirit Bird signalled the beginning of his spiritual self-awakening, Storm Boy arrives at the conclusion. “It’s definitely a theme on the record,” agrees Rudd. Storm Boy tracks the last five or six years of his journey, his “awakening” and of all the things that “have made sense” along the way. Six years have passed since Rudd’s last solo release, Spirit Bird, and a lot of things have happened in that time. It’s a line where Rudd’s spirituality really comes to the fore: “Kookaburra calls just like he knows / And I call a ride back yes I’m home / He’s been with me he’s watched me grow / Through those rainy days and those rocky roads.” One specific moment seems to sum up the record for Rudd, an album which he describes as “pondering” and “more personal” than previous efforts. In the picture-perfect video for ‘Walk Away’, Rudd is captured swimming in lakes, catching the surf and strumming his guitar, while booming bass drums amp up the track’s near-transcendent quality. It’s just one of many highlights on a record that celebrates strength and stability at their most powerful and fundamental. Backed by the gentle strum of acoustic guitar, on ‘Storm Boy’, Rudd sends out a postcard of a sun-drenched life lived outdoors: “Freedom of the heart is what we crave / When we sit by the river with a cup of tea / Watch the movement of the tide in the gentle breeze,” he sings, in his comfort-blanket voice. The Australian multi-instrumentalist’s new album title track best encapsulates this idea. The result is a personal sound that strikes a universal note. Environmental work, activism, veganism, spiritualism, surfing, family camping trips in the bush and dog walks on the beach everything Rudd does, he pours into song. “I’m literally just singing about the things that are going on around me,” he says of his sublime and soaring indie-folk. It was a popular children's film both in Australia and Britain and won a medal at the Moscow Film Festival in 1977 for best children's film.For Xavier Rudd, writing music and living his life are one and the same. Storm Boy was a hit, grossing $2,645,000 at the box office in Australia, which is equivalent to $13,674,650 in 2009 dollars. The production team later reunited on Blue Fin (1978). In 2009 Mr Percival died at Royal Adelaide Zoo, aged 33 years old. Eleven-year-old Greg Rowe was an untrained actor, selected from over 70 applicants. Shooting began in May 1976, with exteriors shot near Goolwa and interiors in the SAFC's studio at Norwood. The budget came from the South Australian Film Corporation, the Australian Film Commission and the Seven television network. His only requirement was that his novel was not turned into a sex comedy. David Gulpilil (credited as Gulpilil) as Fingerbone BillĬolin Thiele had little involvement in the scripting of the film.With the wise guidance of Fingerbone Bill, Mike learns of the cycle of life and is eventually allowed by his father to attend school for the first time in a nearby village. The bird forms a deep bond with the boy until sadly, Mr Percival is shot by duck shooters. However one particular pelican, named ' Mr Percival' by Mike, returns. Fingerbone names Mike "Storm Boy" and enlists the child's help caring for three orphaned pelican chicks.Įventually, Mike's Dad insists that he release the grown birds back into the wild. In search of friendship, Mike encounters another recluse in the wilderness, Fingerbone Bill ( David Gulpilil), an Aboriginal man estranged from his tribal people. He and his reclusive father 'Hide Away' Tom ( Peter Cummins) live in the isolated sand dunes facing the Southern Ocean. Mike ( Greg Rowe) is a lonely young boy wandering through the fierce deserted coast of South Australia's Coorong, near the mouth of the Murray River.
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