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The Man from Snowy River (1982 movie)

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The Man from Snowy River
Directed byGeorge T. Miller
Written byScreenplay:
John Dixon
Story:
Fred Cul Cullen
Poem:
Banjo Paterson
Produced byGeoff Burrowes
Michael Edgley
Simon Wincer
StarringTom Burlinson
Sigrid Thornton
Kirk Douglas
CinematographyKeith Wagstaff
Edited byAdrian Carr
Music byBruce Rowland
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • 25 March 1982 (1982-03-25)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

The Man from Snowy River is a 1982 Australian movie. It is based on the Banjo Paterson poem The Man from Snowy River. The cast included Kirk Douglas, Jack Thompson, Tom Burlinson, Sigrid Thornton, Terence Donovan, and Chris Haywood.

Both Burlinson and Thornton were in the 1988 sequel, The Man from Snowy River II.

The Man from Snowy River made $17,228,160 at the box office in Australia,.[1] This is the same as $50,132,946 in 2009 dollars.

Awards and nominations

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References

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  1. "Film Victoria - Australian Films at the Australian Box Office" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-02-18. Retrieved 2012-05-04.