Trivia

This movie's title 'Stork' was a shortened version of this film's source stage play title 'The Coming of Stork'.

This movie was filmed with a crew of only twelve people.

Director Tim Burstall once said of this film: "Stork was the first of the so-called "ocker" comedies...Its social milieu is the Carlton counter-culture of the 60s. The targets of its humor are the social goals and values of the middle-classes - conformity, ambition, marriage, the pretensions of the corporate world or the academic and art establishments. To everyone's amazement, Stork turned out to be the first Australian commercial feature success since the 50s."

Bruce Spence once requested to this film's director Tim Burstall to re-cast his lead role in this movie because Spence thought he couldn't do the role and wasn't right for the part. Burstall refuted this and told Spence to persevere with it. Spence ended up winning the Australian Film Institute (AFI) Best Actor Award for his performance in this film as Stork.

First starring role in a theatrical feature film for actor Bruce Spence.

Alan Finney: The future head of Roadshow Film Distributors as a Tailor.

David Bilcock: The co-head of Bilcock & Copping Film Productions (one of this picture's production companies) as an Explorer. Bilcock appears together with Robin Copping for the one scene cameo.

Robin Copping: This movie's cinematographer and co-head of Bilcock & Copping Film Productions (one of this picture's production companies) as an Explorer. Copping appears together with David Bilcock for the one scene cameo.

Max Gillies: The Australian comedian as Anna's Uncle.

Terry Norris: The star of Cop Shop (1977) as Anna's Father.