Monday, February 10, 2020

Part 10: A Movie Marathon Tribute to KIRK DOUGLAS

THE MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER from CAMBRIDGE PRODUCTIONS. (1982). This is considered a classic film from the 1980's. It was a box office hit nabbing $50 million at the world wide box office. Kirk Douglas landed the dual role of twins "Harrison" & "Spur". Burt Lancaster and Robert Mitchum were also considered for those parts. Douglas was the big name star attached and there were some grumblings about him being the "only" American in the cast.

Douglas was funny as "Spur."

A young man loses his father in death and has to earn his place in the high mountains of Australia. He knows horses and is tied to the wild horses that roam those mountains. He falls in love with the daughter of a rancher. They both struggle with the past and the present involving those beautiful untamed horses. 

Click photos below for all things Kirk Douglas.
(1982 movie poster).

(Movie screenshot. Kirk Douglas as rancher named Harrison.).

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