Stork (film)

Stork
Directed byTim Burstall
Written byDavid Williamson
Based onThe Coming of Stork by David Williamson
Produced byTim Burstall
StarringBruce Spence
Jacki Weaver
Graeme Blundell
CinematographyRobin Copping
Edited byEdward McQueen-Mason
Music byHans Poulsen
Production
companies
Tim Burstall and Associates
Bilcock and Copping Film Productions
Distributed byTim Burstall and Associates (initial release)
Roadshow Films
Umbrella Entertainment
Release date
  • 27 December 1971 (1971-12-27)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetA$60,000[1]
Box officeA$224,000 (Australia)[1]

Stork is a 1971 Australian comedy film directed by Tim Burstall. Stork is based on the play The Coming of Stork by David Williamson. Bruce Spence and Jacki Weaver make their feature film debuts in Stork, being honoured at the 1972 Australian Film Institute Awards, where they shared the acting prize. Stork won the prize for best narrative feature and Tim Burstall won for best direction.[2] Stork was one of the first ocker comedies.[3] Stork was the first commercial success of the Australian cinema revival called the Australian New Wave.[4][5]

  1. ^ a b Scott Murray, 'Tim Burstall', Cinema Papers Sept-Oct 1979 p493-494
  2. ^ Stork (at IMDb), retrieved 12 January 2018
  3. ^ Murray, Scott, ed. (1994). Australian Cinema. St.Leonards, NSW.: Allen & Unwin/AFC. pp. 76, 295. ISBN 1-86373-311-6.
  4. ^ McFarlane, Brian; Mayer, Geoff (1992). New Australian cinema: sources and parallels in American and British film. Cambridge University Press. p. 149. ISBN 978-0-521-38363-9.
  5. ^ Reade, Eric (1979). History and heartburn: the saga of Australian film, 1896-1978. Harper & Row. pp. 175–176. ISBN 978-0-8386-3082-2.