The Man From Snowy River

"The Man From Snowy River" is a poem by Australian bush poet Banjo Paterson. It was first published in The Bulletin, an Australian news magazine, in April 1890.

The Films

The poem inspired two films, a 1920 silent version and a well-known 1982 version, The Man From Snowy River, with a cast including Tom Burlinson as Jim Craig (The Man), Kirk Douglas as Harrison, the owner of the property, Jack Thompson as Clancy of the Overflow, and Sigrid Thornton as Jessica Harrison, the daughter of the owner of the property. The story fleshes out the story to identify the young hero as a worker on a nearby squatter's property and includes a romance with Jessica (Sigrid Thornton). Bruce Rowland composed the music for the 1982 version, a soundtrack that became one of the most critically acclaimed in the history of motion pictures. NBC Sports uses some of the exact music from the soundtrack for their coverage of The PLAYERS Championship.

Related Topics:
Film - 1920 - 1982 - Tom Burlinson - Kirk Douglas - Jack Thompson - Clancy of the Overflow - Sigrid Thornton - Squatter - Bruce Rowland - NBC Sports - The PLAYERS Championship

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A 1988 sequel, The Man From Snowy River II (Return to Snowy River), departed even further from the original poem.

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