<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> A $3 million (est .) or $3.5 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> A $17,228,160 (Australia) </Td> </Tr> <P> The Man from Snowy River is a 1982 Australian drama film based on the Banjo Paterson poem "The Man from Snowy River". Released by 20th Century Fox, the film had a cast including Kirk Douglas in a dual role as the brothers Harrison (a character who appeared frequently in Paterson's poems) and Spur, Jack Thompson as Clancy, Tom Burlinson as Jim Craig, Sigrid Thornton as Harrison's daughter Jessica, Terence Donovan as Jim's father Henry Craig, and Chris Haywood as Curly . Both Burlinson and Thornton later reprised their roles in the 1988 sequel, The Man from Snowy River II, which was released by Walt Disney Pictures . </P> <P> When Jim Craig and his father Henry are discussing their finances, a herd of wild horses called the Brumby mob passes by, and Henry wants to shoot the black stallion leader, but Jim convinces his father to capture and sell them . The next morning the mob reappears and Henry is accidentally killed . Before Jim can inherit the station, a group of mountain men tell him that he must first earn the right--and to do so he must go to the lowlands and work . Jim meets an old friend called Spur, a one - legged miner . Jim then gets a job on a station owned by Harrison, Spur's brother, on a recommendation by Harrison's friend . Meanwhile, Clancy appears at Spur's mine and the two discuss their pasts and futures . Clancy goes to Harrison's station to lead a cattle muster . At dinner, Harrison tells Clancy that "he has no brother" when referring to Spur . </P>

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