The Man from Snowy River (1982)

Directed by

George T. Miller

Genre

Western film, adventure film, Australian Western

Country

Australia

Runtime

1h 46m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 163 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man in the Australian high country sets out to prove his worth after his father's death. He wins the respect of a wealthy landowner and pursues a romance with his daughter.

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What happens

The Man from Snowy River is a 1982 Australian Western drama film based on the Banjo Paterson poem "The Man from Snowy River." The film stars Kirk Douglas in dual roles as brothers Harrison (a character who appeared frequently in Paterson's poems) and Spur, Jack Thompson as Clancy, Tom Burlinson as Jim Craig, Sigrid Thornton as Harrison's daughter Jessica, Terence Donovan as Jim's father, Henry Craig, and Chris Haywood as Curly. Both Burlinson and Thornton later reprised their roles in the 1988 sequel, The Man from Snowy River II, which was distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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