Iconic Australian West with 85% RT score gets (almost) glowing review from stuntmen

The Man from Snowy River Receives a mostly glowing review from two stunt performers. Based on the Banjo Patterson poem of the same name, the 1982 Australian Western follows a young man who, after the death of his father, sets out to become his own man by taking a job with a horse rancher, earning the love of His daughter, and fights to clear his name after being falsely accused of losing an expensive horse. The movie stars Kirk Douglas, Jack Thompson, Tom Berlinson, Sigrid Thornton, Terence Donovan, Chris Haywood and Lorraine Bayly.

On the latest episode of Corridor crew's "Stuntmen React" series, host Niko Pueringer is joined by stunt performers Gui DaSilva-Greene and Anis Cheurfa to breakdown action scenes in movies, including a Horse trick in The Man from Snowy River. Watch part of the video below:

The three responded to a scene in which Tom Berlinson's character rides a horse down an incredibly steep hill. Read part of their reaction below:

Niko Pueringer: The horse walks vertically. That's really steep. Look at the trees. The trees go straight up.

Gui DaSilva-Greene: Imagine getting that call like, "Hey, we want you to do some horse stunts." "Okay sure, that's what I do." You get there they're like, "Yeah so you see the hill, you have to go down the hill." Even the horse is like, “I didn't sign up for this.

Nico Puringer: You can tell that the horse is going so steep because the sun is standing straight up and down still. If you make the ground under your feet, they look like it's standing straight up and down, and it's like a close-up, where the guy is almost thrown from the horse.

What the reactions of the stuntmen mean for the man from Snowy River

Great stunts always keep up

Gui DaSilva-Greene and Anis Cheurfa's reactions to the scene in The Man from Snowy River Highlight as His horse stunts still hold up 42 years later. Tom Berlinson had limited experience riding a horse before he was cast and, for the movie, he was trained by mountain cattleman Charlie Lovick. For several riding scenes, including the dramatic jump in the "terrible descent," Gerald Egan acted as Berlinson's double. Professional stuntmen handled other challenging moments, although Berlinson performs significantly more riding than is typical for actors, including all the profile shots during the downhill ride.

The film was released to a fair amount of critical acclaim in 1982, earning an 85% Rotten Tomatoes score from critics, coupled with an 89% score from audiences, who also found it enjoyable and highly entertaining. at the box office, The Man from Snowy River was also a hit, earning $17,228,160 in Australia, making it the country's highest-grossing film until Crocodile Dundee came out four years later. This reflected the film's wide appeal in its home country and earned its status as an iconic Australian Western.

Our take on the man from Snowy River's Horse Trick

It helped cement his place as an iconic Australian West

The breathtaking horse stunts in The Man from Snowy RiverThe jumps in "The Dreadful Descent," in particular, helped cement the film's place in history as an iconic Australian Western. The remarkable scene, featuring Tom Berlinson and his stunt double Gerald Egan, continues to captivate audiences, and especially stunt performers, over 40 years later. The boldness of this stunt, along with the rugged beauty of the Australian landscape, epitomizes the spirit of adventure that defines the Western genre.

Source: Corridor crew