The Man from Snowy River: Arena Spectacular (2003)

Directed by

Ignatius Jones, David Atkins

Genre

comedy, drama, romance, western, music

Country

Australia

Runtime

1h 42m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a filmed stage musical based on Banjo Paterson's famous poem. It brings the story of a young man's wild ride through the Australian bush to the arena with live music and big production numbers.

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What happens

The Man from Snowy River: Arena Spectacular was a musical theatre production based on Banjo Paterson's poem The Man from Snowy River. The production was filmed at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, during October 2002, and was released on DVD and VHS in Australia on 26 January 2003 (Australia Day). The musical was presented by Jacobsen Entertainment and David Atkins Enterprises. The creative team for the show were David Atkins (co-creator, co-writer, director and executive producer), Ignatius Jones (co-writer and director) and Kevin Jacobsen (executive producer). Extra dialogue was written for the show by Jonathan Biggins and Phillip Scott. All poetry narrated in the musical was written by Banjo Paterson, including "Waltzing Matilda" (for which the music was written by Marie Cowan). Bruce Rowland, who composed the instrumental music for both the 1982 film The Man from Snowy River and its 1988 sequel The Man from Snowy River II (American title: Return to Snowy River), composed special arrangements of some of his music for the musical. He also conducted the orchestra. Lee Kernaghan and Garth Porter wrote the music and lyrics for the country songs. During the concert scene, Lee Kernaghan also sang some country songs which he had already recorded on some of his albums. The screen images, photographed by Ross Dunstan, were provided by Australian Geographic and are featured in their book The Snowy Mountains. The "crack riders" (expert riders) in the musical wore Akubra hats and Driza-Bone riding coats. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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