One of the BEST Westerns? | The Man From Snowy River REVIEW

[@dee-smart]

They made a sequel called RETURN TO SNOWY RIVER without Kirk. Brian Dennehy played Jessica's father in that one. Years later they made a TV series called in the US: Snowy River: The McGregor Saga and it was the last TV series in Australia for Guy Pearce before heading to the US and doing LA CONFIDENTIAL. Some of the guest stars included the late Olivia Newton John, and Tracy Nelson (the late Ricky Nelson's daughter).

[@HarshLanguagePodcast]

Thanks for the info!

[@GwenParker-if3go]

The reason Kirk Douglas didn’t do the soccer field was because he had a stroke two weeks before the filming was supposed to start

[@GwenParker-if3go]

The second film

[@dee-smart]

@@GwenParker-if3go Interesting, but I don't think the stroke had anything to do with this. I know he left after the 1st one in a huff and I think it was Sigrid that recalled in an interview that he said he'd never come back. I can't recall a lot as it was in 1983 or so that they did the 1st movie - too much time has elapsed. I think his issues were with the executive side of things, not the cast. You have to remember back then in Australia, having Hollywood actors working there was a rarity and I think he was a little too demanding in his ways for the laid back crew and bosses. That clash in personality type probably had a lot to do with it - but it is just a guess.

[@GwenParker-if3go]

It’s really too bad that you didn’t enjoy this film. There are thousands of people all over the world that love this movie and watch it over and over again for many many reasons so maybe you missed something and it was really a lot of the interesting things about it Tomlinson took him two weeks to be trained daughter ride a horse that was amazing and the cinematography at the score and the story was what we who watch it over and over again appreciate it. I’m sorry you missed that.

[@HarshLanguagePodcast]

yea you know sometimes things resonate with people differently, but i certainly can understand why people appreciate it so much! -Dan

[@BobarissGish]

Mate just because Aussie movies are different dosen't make them bad or Hollywood movies better than Aussie ones.

[@DustyRoberson]

australia has great cinema!

[@HarshLanguagePodcast]

That's fair

[@aussiekat6379]

It’s not a WESTERN!!!!! it’s Colonial we don’t do western here in Australia that’s an American thing.. we do our Colonial stories and do them bloody well.. And as far as the acting is concerned its ok.. It’s 40 years old and all the actors in this were and are great Australian actors and Tom Burlinson is a huge star may not do movies anymore but huge in the musical side of the theatre.. the cinematography and the music is amazing.. an heads up we don’t have cowboys we have stockmen. Plus its Slim Dusty not Dusty Slim!!! Us Aussie don’t care if you don’t like it because it’s a favourite here because it’s about our history of colonial times and our wild Brumby’s and that’s all that matters 🧐🙄😡🇦🇺

[@HarshLanguagePodcast]

That horse eye triple freeze frame zoom is legendary 🙏

[@afrolund80]

I'm going to have to play Devil's advocate here and point out that the movie does call itself an Australian style western, right on the cover.

[@aussiekat6379]

@@afrolund80 no thats because they put in that category mainly for the Americans to sell it. It’s is not on my DVD or on my old VHS tape as I brought it when it first came out it Classic as a period film..

[@afrolund80]

@@aussiekat6379 I figured it was just a product of American marketing. Which is why I specified that I was merely playing Devil's advocate. I believe the American trailer might have even called it an Australian western. But I know it says it on my blu ray case.

[@DustyRoberson]

this western is an underrated classic and nothing will change my mind.

[@dee-smart]

Why do Americans think we all live the same in Australia? No, it is not a 'western'. It is a country horse movie set in the bush with stockmen (not cowboys) and NO indians. It is set in the high country (state of Victoria) in Australia. Tom Burlinson was actually a Canadian that migrated to Australia. He ended up as a singer/crooner who got a name for singing Sinatra songs. Sinatra's daughter wanted him to sing for a biography movie on her father. He did. In this movie, he had never been on a horse before.

[@HarshLanguagePodcast]

We know its a different lifestyle, but again thanks for the great info!

[@jaymeswheeler]

Great western. Family movie

[@HarshLanguagePodcast]

it does have a pretty nice family vibe to it!

[@jaymeswheeler]

Thank you for taking a watch. 10 note.

[@HarshLanguagePodcast]

Thanks

[@Godsrocker1970]

This is one of my favorite western, my favorite is another Australian movie starring Tom Selleck Quigley down under. I was elementary age when star wars was released. It bored my young mind

[@HarshLanguagePodcast]

Cool to hear all the love Poole have for this movie

[@HarshLanguagePodcast]

Some of the audio in the clips used in this video are cut off for some reason. Anyway, let us know if you've seen The Man From Snowy River and what you think about this Aussie classic!

[@BobarissGish]

They deleted the music for copyright laws.

[@arconeagain]

'The horses are over there.' You must have missed the part where he practically rode down a cliff.

[@HarshLanguagePodcast]

Must have

[@afrolund80]

Not good cinematography? You're out of your mind. You've got to remember this is filmed in the 80s. With animals and mountain weather. With no option to preview what you've shot. So, I'm sure there are much more instances where you have to sacrifice the perfect steady or framed shot, for one with the animal doing what you need it to do, or the weather, etc. I just recently watched Francis Ford Coppola's beautiful movie, 1979's The Black Stallion. Which has much more shaky shots. Especially during the race at the end. Like when they're trying to zoom in on the Black's head as he's closing in. And I'm not a "horse movie" guy. These are the only 2 I like. As well as their sequels. My dude is just way off base here. I get that he didn't enjoy the story and some of the editing. Like the horse attack close ups. I would also add the opening scene. Where it just unpauses an empty scene to some hooves stampeding through, to a fade away back to the paused scenery again. But that's the editors fault. The cinematography was Excellent! I had just as much fun rewatching the blu ray, as I did back in the 80s. Even more so on my 4k up-res TV. It's like I've never seen it before. Just beautiful and fun to watch. Especially if you're numbed out from all the city destroying, world ending, dimension bending, over the top stakes from your average summer Guardians Of The Ragnarock End Game No Way Home, block buster.

[@afrolund80]

Correction, I also liked War Horse and some movie with Vigo Mortensen. I forget the name.

[@HarshLanguagePodcast]

Those are certainly some fair points. Saying “bad cinematography” was not accurate -Dan

[@afrolund80]

@@HarshLanguagePodcast I love the work. There's not a lot of information out there on this film. I'm glad you guys covered it. Even if Dan is lost in the sauce.... JK. Gotta give a good razzing now and then. All joking aside. I appreciate what all 3 of you bring to the table. Gonna check out some more of your content and consider subscribing.

[@HarshLanguagePodcast]

Thanks, we really appreciate it! Each of us have some unique perspectives to bring to the table that we hope comes through in our convos. Thanks again!

[@arconeagain]

Many saying it's not a western, which is funny. I think of Ned Kelly and arguably the first feature length film in history. It predated Hollywood by decades, and set the standard or formula for movies to come... and it happened to feature gun slingers, if you will. Then one must consider that the bushranger era in Australian history lasted longer than the so called wild west in America. I've got nothing against Hollywood either, hell my relative was one of the earliest Australian actors in Hollywood.

[@HarshLanguagePodcast]

I personally have always considered the “western” a specific genre of film, not so much the location, if that makes sense. -Dan

[@arconeagain]

No one else could act? I think you just don't know how Australians speak. I'm not a huge fan, but have you ever heard of Jack Thompson?

[@HarshLanguagePodcast]

That’s certainly possible. I personally have no heard of him. -Dan

[@arconeagain]

​@@HarshLanguagePodcastyou know what to do next, do yourself a favour.

[@benjaminparkinson5255]

Here the sequel is called the man from snowy River 2

[@BobarissGish]

I love this movie. Joss Wheaton loved this movie and copied some of it's style.

[@HarshLanguagePodcast]

with which one of his films?

[@BobarissGish]

When he made the firefly tv series the action camera sequence so you felt as if you were there in the action riding the horses or flying the space ship.

[@HarshLanguagePodcast]

@@BobarissGish ah ok, very cool!

[@benjaminparkinson5255]

This is not a Western

[@HarshLanguagePodcast]

We know Ty