The Man from Snowy River
1982 · Movie · PG · 104 min · ★ 7.0 · 74% critics
After losing his father, a young man leaves his remote mountain home and heads to the lowlands to earn money and keep the family farm going. Taking work on a cattle station, he’s tested by harsh conditions, rivalries, and a powerful landowner, while discovering love and proving himself through daring horsemanship.
Based on The Man from Snowy River
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Details
- Years
- 1982
- Release date
- 1982-03-25
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Critic score
- 74/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (162 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a classic, family-friendly frontier adventure with sweeping scenery, stirring music, and lots of horses; Not for you if you need fast pacing or a deeply complex plot like A River Runs Through It.
Pros: breathtaking Australian scenery; thrilling horse chases; strong dual performance | Cons: plain, meandering story; uneven romance chemistry; some stiff acting
Themes
- australia
- regret
- horseback riding
- river
- horse
- ranch
- based on song, poem or rhyme
- brumby
- brumbies
- colt
- stockman
- clancy of the overflow
- +5 more
Awards & recognition
- AACTA Award — Best Original Music Score · 1982
- AACTA Award — Best Sound · 1982 · nominated
- AACTA Award — Best Cinematography · 1982 · nominated
- AACTA Award — Best Original Music Score · 1982 · nominated
Cast & crew
Tom Burlinson
as Jim Craig
Sigrid Thornton
as Jessica Harrison
Terence Donovan
as Henry Craig
Kirk Douglas
as Harrison / Spur
Jack Thompson
as Clancy
Tommy Dysart
as Mountain Man
Tony Bonner
as Kane
Chris Haywood
as Curly
Gus Mercurio
as Frew
- JJ
June Jago
as Mrs. Bailey
Directed by George T. Miller