The Man From Snowy River II

"The man is back!"

1988 1h 50m EN

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★6.8TMDB · 55★6.6IMDB · 2,860

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Synopsis

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After a few years trying to earn money to marry Jessica Harrison, Jim Craig returns to Snowy River. But he finds that a lot of things have changed.

“The man is back!”

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Cast

Tom Burlinson
Jim Craig
Sigrid Thornton
Jessica
Brian Dennehy
Harrison
Nicholas Eadie
Alistair Patton
Mark Hembrow
Seb
Bryan Marshall
Hawker
Rhys McConnochie
Patton Snr.
Peter Cummins
Jake

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Geoff Burrowes
Writers: John Dixon, Geoff Burrowes
Languages: English
Countries: Australia

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ERA

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38 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "The Man From Snowy River Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Geoff Burrowes, shot by Keith Wagstaff. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Gary Woodyard shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Tom Burlinson and Sigrid Thornton and Brian Dennehy carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The man is back!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0095993 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 55 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Geoff Burrowes directs. Keith Wagstaff behind the camera. Gary Woodyard cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in Australia. Dialogue in English.

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138 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Part of the "The Man From Snowy River Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Geoff Burrowes, shot by Keith Wagstaff. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Editor Gary Woodyard shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Tom Burlinson and Sigrid Thornton and Brian Dennehy carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "The man is back!".
7IMDB entry: tt0095993 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 55 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Keith Wagstaff
Editing: Gary Woodyard
Production design: Leslie Binns
Costume design: Jenny Arnott
Makeup / hair: Di Biggs
Runtime: 110 min · 1h 50m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $6,830,000
Box office: $10,743,000
Return: 157% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: The Man From Snowy River II (1988)
IMDB rating: 6.6/10 · 2,860 votes
MPAA: PG

Awards

3 nominations total

Part of

The Man From Snowy River Collection

The Man from Snowy River is a 1982 Australian drama film based on the Banjo Paterson poem The Man from Snowy River. The film had a cast including Kirk Douglas in a dual role as the brothers Harrison (a character who appeared frequently in Patterson's poems) and Spur, a prospector, Jack Thompson as Clancy, Tom Burlinson as "Jim Craig" (The Man), Sigrid Thornton as Harrison's daughter Jessica, Terence Donovan as Jim's father Henry Craig, and Chris Haywood as Curly. Both Tom Burlinson and Sigrid Thornton later reprised their roles in the 1988 sequel, The Man from Snowy River II, which was released by Walt Disney Pictures.

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1991 · ★ 6.0

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r96sk2020-09-18
★ 6/10
Pointless sequel. I don't hate <em>'The Man from Snowy River II'</em>, but there's nothing I truly liked about it either. It spends the first 45 minutes dragging out the love squabble between Jim and Jessica, for no reason as it's blatantly obvious where it's all going - yet they decide to do a will they/wont they for a huge chunk of the film. Once that gets sorted, it does get a tad better. Still, the premise isn't that great at all. Cast-wise it's OK, even with the sizeable absence of Kirk Douglas; who played a dual role in the original. Despite Douglas not reappearing, the character of Harrison does return - with Brian Dennehy. Should've killed him off instead to be honest, story would've felt more different and fresher in my opinion. Meanwhile, Tom Burlinson (Jim) and Sigrid Thornton (Jessica) are, again, decent. Quite interesting that Disney decided to pick up the sequel. In the opening scene or two there's a kid involved, which made me fear they were going to fully dumb it down to be family friendly with a bunch of children onscreen. Thankfully, they don't. That, unfortunately, doesn't stop it being an average film.

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