The Man from Snowy River (1982 movie)

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.

The Man from Snowy River
Directed by	George T. Miller
Written by	Screenplay: John Dixon Story: Fred Cul Cullen Poem: Banjo Paterson
Produced by	Geoff Burrowes Michael Edgley Simon Wincer
Starring	Tom Burlinson Sigrid Thornton Kirk Douglas
Cinematography	Keith Wagstaff
Edited by	Adrian Carr
Music by	Bruce Rowland
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	25 March 1982 (1982-03-25)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English

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

• Won 1982 AFI Award for Best Original Music Score — (awarded to Bruce Rowland)
• Won 1982 Montreal World Film Festival Award for Most Popular Film — (awarded to George T. Miller)
• Nominated for 1982 AFI Award for Best Achievement in Sound
• Nominated for 1983 Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Film Australia