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form y The Man from Snowy River single work film/TV

Adaptation of The Man from Snowy River A. B. Paterson , 1890 single work poetry

Authors:agent Fred Cullen , John Dixon .

Issue Details: First known date: 1982... 1982 The Man from Snowy River

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Film Details - Cambridge Productions , 1982

Producers:

Geoff Burrowes (Producer)

Michael Edgley (Executive Producer)

Simon Wincer (Executive Producer)

Production Companies:

Cambridge Productions

Michael Edgley International

Snowy River Investment Pty Ltd

Director of Photography:

Keith Wagstaff

Editors:

Adrian Carr

Production Designers:

Leslie Binns

Composer:

Bruce Rowland

Cast:

Incl. Tom Burlinson (Jim Craig); Kirk Douglas (Harrison / Spur); Sigrid Thornton (Jessica Harrison); Jack Thompson (Clancy); Terence Donovan (Henry Craig); Lorraine Bayly (Rosemary Hume); Tommy Dysart (Mountain Man); Bruce Kerr (Man in Street); David Bradshaw (Banjo Paterson); Tony Bonner (Kane); June Jago (Mrs Bailey); Chris Haywood (Curly); Kristopher Steele (Moss); Gus Mercurio (Frew); Howard Eynon (Short Man); John Nash (Tall Man); Robert Lowe [uncredited]; Ian Zimmerman (Stable Boy - uncredited).

Mountain Horsemen: Jack Lovick, Charlie Lovick, John Lovick, Frank Hearn, Jack Purcell.

Crack Riders: Gerald Egan, Ken Connley, Mick Hulse, Max Scanlon, Peter McElroy, Dick Forrest, Chester Wallis, Brian Wallis, Peter Wallis, Bernie Wallis, Terry Walsh, Geoff Burrowes, Graeme Stoney, Lloyd Parkes, Bill Stacey, Brendan Purcell, Greg Purcell, Paul Purcell, Rob Purcell, Ron Purcell, Noel Egan, Basil Egan, Ricky Spottiswood, Bruce McCormack, John Coombes, Adrian Daniels, Gerard Comerford, Bill Willoughby.

Additional Riders: Rocky Black, Heath Harris, Jim James, Joe Jury, Peter Maher, Stan McKay, Tom Purcell, Kevin Stewart, Louis Trifunovic, Bob Vienna, Jim Walsh.

Release Dates:

1. 25 March 1982 (Australia). Also released in USA (5 November 1982), Sweden (25 March 1983), Finland (3 December 1983), West Germany (4 May 1984), Hungary (8 November 1984).

2. Released on videocassette format in 1982 by Cambridge Productions, Michael Edgely International and Snowy River Investment Pty Ltd (distributed by Roadshow Entertainment) and on DVD format in 2002. Released on DVD format in the USA by 20th Century Fox in 2002.

Location:

Filmed on location in Victoria around the Mansfield district and in Merrijig. Interior scenes filmed at studios in Melbourne.

Awards:

Australian Film Institute Awards (1982), Best Original Music Score - Bruce Rowland (winner)
Australian Film Institute Awards (1982), Best Achievement in Cinematography - Keith Wagstaff (nominated)
Australian Film Institute Awards (1982), Best Achievement in Sound - Terry Rodman, Gary Wilkins, and Robert J. Litt (nominated)
Golden Globes (1983), Golden Globe, Best Foreign Film (nominated)
Montréal World Film Festival (1982), Most Popular Film (winner)

Notes:

Also known as Czlowiek Znad Snieznej Rzeki (Poland); El Hombre del Río Nevado (Spain); L'homme de la Rivière d'Argent (Canada - French title); L'uomo del Fiume Nevoso (Italy); Lumisen Joen Mies (Finland); Mannen Från Snowy River (Sweden); O Anthropos apo to Hionismeno Potami (Greece); Snowy River (West Germany).

Subjects:

AustLit