‘Banjo’ lines ride again
AT THE CINEMA
Hans Petrovic
THE MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER Directed by George Miller Screenplay by John Dixon (With no apologies to A. B. “Banjo" Paterson) The beauty of the scenery, the splendour of the horses Of course is enough to make any movie go. But it almost makes you shiver when the Man From Snowy River Meets Clancy of the Overflow. “Banjo" Paterson wrote the story, and this film shows all the glory Of Australia at its best, putting men to the test.
almost a hundred years ago. Kirk Douglas is the bastard who gets the adventure started As the boss of an outback station, somewhere on location, where only
wild men and horses go. Burlinson is the young man. forced to prove what he can. While all the other shirkers sit back to watch the show.' Things come to a head after our hero's father is dead Killed by wild horses long ago. The horses keep on running, showing all the creature cunning, But knowing no way to say “no."_ Jack Thompson arrives' as
Clancy, hired to run the V chancy Chase through the rugged hills and snow. The men must catch the horses' leader, for they're scared that He may beat a path that they don't even know. There is a happy ending, only depending Whether you want to see the young “Snowy” fully grow. This film is rather beautiful, and to be dutiful See this latest effort, based on the poem of old “Banjo.”
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