Return To Snowy River
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Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
David Eggby
Basil Egan
Max Jeffries
Dennis Vickery
Wayne Pinder
Tony Barry
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Story of two lovers caught up in a violent feud between landowners.
Cast
Basil Egan
Max Jeffries
Dennis Vickery
Wayne Pinder
Tony Barry
Dick Forrest
Peter Browne
Wynn Roberts
Graeme Stoney
John Klingsporn
Chris Stoney
Bruce Mccormack
Lloyd Parks
John Raaen
Steve Arbuthnot
John Dennis Johnston
Noel Elliott
Greg Stroud
Max Scanlon
Sigrid Thornton
John Lovick
John Coombs
Tony Lovick
Charlie Lovick
Graydon Marks
Geoff Beamish
Robert Gough
Colonel Reynolds
Martin Myors
John Bird
Kevin Stower
Julien Welsh
Peter Purcell
Graeme Fry
Nicholas Eadie
Brian Dennehy
Mark Arbuthnot
Bruce Clarkson
Brendon Egan
Ken Connley
Mark Pennell
Cae Rees
Peter Cummins
Wayne Lovick
Derek Scott
Barry Stephen
Kevin Higgins
Alec Wilson
Wayne Anderson
Cornelia Frances
Rusty Connley
Gerald Egan
Christopher Stevenson
Brendan Purcell
Alan Hopgood
Graig Edwards
Peter Mcelroy
Tom Burlinson
Paul Purcell
Jim Campbell
Bryan Marshall
Peter Tulloch
Clive Hodges
Nick Waters
Tony Larkins
Greg Purcell
Keith Nicholson
Rhys Mcconnochie
Curly Mccormack
Rob Purcell
Gary Neil
Mark Hembrow
Steve Harrison
John Harper
Crew
Richard Allardice
Chris Anderson
Chris Anderson
Ian Anderson
Ian Anderson
Peter Armstrong
Jenny Arnott
Danny Baldwin
John Barratt
Julie Bates
Richard Bell
Di Biggs
Leslie Binns
John Bird
Josette Bradley
Campbell Burdon
Peter Burgess
Geoff Burrowes
Geoff Burrowes
Gregory Campitelli
Rosie Cass
Tim Chau
Ross Cockle
Conrad Coffey
Jane Cole
Mary Rose Colman
Mary Rose Colman
Claude Condor
Ken Connley
Sue Conos
Sue Conos
Thomas Cook
Miriam Cortes
Lydia Cover
Doc Cunningham
Wally Dalton
Mitch Deans
John Dixon
Melinda Dundas
Chris Dunlop
Gerald Egan
Gerald Egan
David Eggby
James A. Fitzgerald
Les Frazier
Graeme Fry
Graeme Fry
Max Green
Jonathan Hardy
David Harrison
Steve Harrison
Steve Harrison
Mark Hayward
Mick Hearn
Frances Hogan
Joanne Holmes
John Howie
Jim Hughes
Kerry Jackson
Kasia Jakubczak
Chris James
Simon James
Tom Jannike
Laura Jocic
Louise Johnson
Bob Jones
Mike Jones
Kate Joyce
Ian Jury
Anna Karpinski
John Kearney
Peter Kendall
Barry Kennedy
Don Keyte
David Lancashire
Robert Leo
Rick Lewis
Christine Lipari
Geoff Little
Kent Lovell
Charlie Lovick
Charlie Lovick
Glenda Lovick
John Lovick
Susie Maizels
Graydon Marks
Graydon Marks
Rob Mcphee
Cameron Mellor
Stuart Menzies
Peter Moloney
Steve Murphy
Rob Murray
Marita Mussett
Ron Newman
Ross Newman
Burns Newton
Burns Newton
David O'gradey
Leigh Parker
Paul Pattison
Ray Pattison
Nick Payne
Bob Payze
Brian Pearce
Chris Peter
Bruce Phillips
Brett Popplewell
Daryl Porter
Krys Porter
John Powditch
Roy Prendergast
Malcolm Pritchard
Ron Purvis
John Raaen
Bill Regan
Lori Ritchie
Terry Rodman
Terry Rodman
Jenny Roques
Richard Roques
Bruce Rowland
Derek Scott
Derek Scott
Stan Seserko
Ian Sheath
Alan Simms
Kim Snow
Stuart Sorby
David Stevens
Jan Stott
Ray Taylor
Richard Tummell
Peter Vam Orsouw
Joe Vittorio
Keith Wagstaff
Gregg B Wallace
Mark Wasiutak
James Watson
Sen Weir
Sen Weir
Gary Wilkins
Tracey Wilkins
Dave Williamson
Bill Willoughby
Murray Wilson
Viv Wilson
Gary Woodyard
Dennis Wright
Polly Wynn
Vivian Zink
Film Details
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Articles
Return to Snowy River
Directed by Geoff Burrowes from a script by Burrowes and John Dixon, Return to Snowy River and its prequel were loosely based on a 104-line poem The Man From Snowy River, written by Banjo Paterson (using the name "The Banjo," after a racehorse his family owned), first published in the Australian news magazine The Bulletin in 1890.
The film was shot on location in Mansfield, Victoria, Australia, where an accident with one of the horses led to director Burrowes suing the RSPCA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) for defamation after they condemned the euthanasia of a mare that was injured on the set. According to Burrowes, a pregnant mare collapsed while cantering and could not be raised because of a serious injury to her leg. Because Burrowes would not allow guns on the set, unless they were in the hands of the vet (who was on another set at the time) or an expert marksman, the experienced horsemen decided to put her out of her misery. "We could leave her in pain to fetch the rifle or do the job then and there as had always been done in the bush, using a method which every bushman is taught from his earliest days." Unfortunately, this method consisted of hitting the mare on the head several times with the blunt end of an ax, which the RSPCA criticized, despite having a representative on the set who did not protest. Burrowes was later acquitted of charges of aggravated cruelty, and the RSPCA was ordered to pay the director $38,000.
Return to Snowy River was produced by Burrowes Film Group, in association with Walt Disney Pictures, Silver Screen Partners III, and Hoyts Film Partnership with a budget of $8.7 million Australian dollars. When it was released on April 15, 1988, the film would go on to make $13,687,027 at the box office. Christopher Hicks, writing for The Deseret News called the film "a bit hackneyed and hokey around the edges, but is still fun in an old-fashioned western way with more than enough action, adventure, romance, and rough-and-tumble horseplay to please fans of the first film."
SOURCES:
"Film Director Set to Sue RSPCA" The Canberra Times 1 Jun 87
"Movie Makers Cleared of Cruelty Charges" The Canberra Times 16 Aug 87
The Internet Movie Database
Perkins, George A Season in New South Wales
www.sl.nsw.gov.au/events/exhibitions/2010/onehundred/100-objects/Exhibit-053.htm
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Return to Snowy River
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Released in United States on Video November 1, 1988
Released in United States Spring April 15, 1988
Directorial debut for Geoff Burrowes. Kirk Douglas had originally been cast to reprise his performance in "The Man From Snowy River" but was replaced by Brian Dennehy.
Began shooting March 2, 1987.
Released in United States Spring April 15, 1988
Released in United States on Video November 1, 1988