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  • hell of a ride is right. Mark has never seen this movie!!!

  • This is exactly why I think CGI is so inferior to the real thing!

  • We beat the Americans with this

  • I've been to the 'descent' hill aswell, it's real and bloody steep,

  • To all those who say it's trick photography, or filming....IS ISN'T. Charlie Lovick taught Tom Burlinson how to ride (and what fantastic rider he turned out to be!!!) and Tom did that jump several times to get the right shots for the movie. I have ridden up in that area of the High Country many times, and I've been riding bush horses since I was 5 years. I've been to the actual site where it was filmed, and bugger me, I wouldn't have the balls to tackle it at a gallop!!

  • OMG, the first time I saw this movie and he went over the side like that with the bullwhip crackin holy shit. the best fuckin scene in the whole movie.

  • @LeslieWest224 !! Couldn't have said it better :D

  • God I love this part...and yeah, it was all real. I was there! Best time of my life being around Mansfield, Merrijig and Mount Buller...I have a window pane from the homestead...wrong, but true...(All the window panes were built without glass by the set designer.) Who could not remember standing atop Mount Buller and looking down on the clouds and the blue mountain ranges stretching to infinity...?

  • It makes my heart stop every time I watch. This movie continues to haunt me 20+ years after I first saw it

  • Wonderful song, and good guitar work. My grandmother loved this movie, and everytime we watch it, it reminds me of her. She always used to smile at the mob running through the water and the snow, going over the ledge and the chase.

  • This reminds me of those 70's cop chases , but with horses, all action, all fraudulent hollywood editing. What a joke.

  • Ms.Miller's Class: The answer to number 1 is Horses and the answer to number 2 is 4:44

  • PS,..None of the horses died in this film.The rumor is about the sequel. Return to Snowy River.The Lovicks,who supplied all the horses for the movie,have confirmed on their website that none of the"Denny" horses(the main Hero horse) were killed in the making.So,Travisk100's stating that he has inside info must've lied to him.I dont believe the Lovicks would lie on their own site.

  • @ChimeraAZ Sam one of the stunt doubles is still alive at 38!!! and Charlie's grandson is learning to ride on him!!! you should check out the lovicks on facebook.... I spend a little bit of time with them, my b/f a lot more riding through the highcountry!

  • The camera was NOT tilted to make the "Terrible Descent",as it is known. This si what the MFSR Wiki said about it:;

    "Tom Burlinson has confirmed that it was definitely he who rode the horse over the side of the mountain for the 'terrible descent' during the dangerous ride — commenting that he had been asked about this numerous times, and that he became known as "The Man from Snowy River" because of his ride."

  • if you look closely the camra wasnt tilted to make it look like it was a hill, you can tell by the way the trees grow, it's an actual hill

  • Tom Burlinson and Sigrid Thornton are magnificent together in this movie.

  • Hands down, the best part of the whole movie! I LOVE this movie! I remember watching it with my mom when I was little and now my kiddos and I watch it together.

  • @kd7rli If this is the best part of the movie, that's sad, because all this is so fake it's sickening. All editing magic. 

  • @goatstaog Lmao, you have no idea what you're on about, the ride down the mountain was NOT special effects, get your facts straight before you try trolling video's!!!!!!

  • @goatstaog I am personal friends with the lovicks... they did all the horsemanship for the film... there were no special effects... it is what it is... you just missed the ride with tom, but you can actually do the ride with him and the lovicks and see all the places from the film including riding up to craigs hut... you should check them out on Facebook lovicks high country adventures

  • Great movie. I loved Clancy as well in this.

  • chills when he cracks the whip

  • originally the horse was not supposed to jump off, he was meant to stop. the horse jumped off and ran for awhile and eventually fell and died. so the second movie when he falls is actual footage from the first. so he never actually made it down. they just fixed it and made it look as if he did, and use the real footage of him falling in the second. kinda interesting. still an awesome scene though.

  • @Travisk100 How do you know this? were you part of the production team or know someone who was?

  • @ImaBirdfan2 i went on a horse chase with a guy who was a rider in the movie and we were talking about if a rider could actually do that then he told us about it.

  • @Travisk100 Just FYI so other people don't get distressed over your info that "Denny" died after falling during "The Decent" filiming. Just Google "Tom Burlinson" in images. You will find a photo of him and Sigrid Thorton both. Tom is sitting on Denny(he was alive and well)!!! This photo is from 2009 when both actors reunited with the Lovicks and other "crack riders" from the film. More info on Charlie Lovick too "Lovicks High Country Adventures. Just Google "Charlie Lovick" too!

  • @ImaBirdfan2 they had about three horses that played that part in the movie so it could be any one of them. i'm talking about the scene. And i would say that my source is a little more reliable then your google photo. But thanks for trying.

  • @Travisk100 Thats not true is it??

  • @allydandy16 horse accidents happen all the time. one or two are bound to happen in a movie.

  • Remember being wowed as a 6 year old when he goes down the mountain. I've heard it was the actor who went down the hill, was there any trick photography to it or was it straight down.

  • ha ssssss - the best :)

    and piano when he ride on snow is most beautiful!

  • the thing that always cracks me up is the extreme close-up of the horse's eye.

    sigrid is stunning as usual. kinda like oz's liz taylor.

    and she's got a new movie comin up! 'face to face'. can't wait!

  • 3:00 Wait... Is this horse with headcollar? Lol

  • @GeSpintoje Ummm, yeah, that would be the colt from Old Regret and the sole reason they were chasing the mob in the first place :P Perhaps you should watch the movie ... or read the poem?

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  • @cocolossal69 ummm... lol I guess your`e right :P

  • @cocolossal69

    I can't figure it. If the wild horse mob were such a nuisance why didn't the stockmen simply shoot them; rather than trying to ride them down for breeding and bragging rights?

  • @pinz2022 they were trying to get "the colt that got away, he was worth a thousand pounds" (the black one in the final scene) you should read the peom that this was based on if you can't figure it out why they are herding them. You can probably find the peom online - Banjo Patterson's "The Man From Snowy River"

  • @chantyqdn Sorry, I believe I have miss quoted the peom, it's actually

    "There was movement at the station, for the word had passed around

    That the colt from Old Regret had got away,

    And had joined the wild bush horses --- he was worth a thousand pound,

    So all the cracks had gathered to the fray" - Banjo Patterson,

    It goes on of course, definately recommend reading the peom, it gives me chills every time!

  • For when the camera is in the saddle, and moving, the camera is actually being held by horse and rider. The producers wanted to make the scene as realistic as possible, What an amazing movie. Both the first and the second

  • Not just one of the greatest ever scenes in Australian film, one of the greatest scenes ever, period!

  • ''He's not a lad...brother

    he's a man''

    I love that quote

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  • Hey look, it's Spirit! :D

  • This is my favourite movie of all time!!!! Love the music, it was so perfectly matched and gives you chills. I get choked up at this scene, and also the closing scene where Jim brings the mob in by himself ... legend!!!

  • No your wrong it's not one of the greatest.... It IS the greatest! :)) I've watched this a million times it NEVER gets old! :)

  • Apparently Tom Burlinson was not a rider prior to being cast for the film...pretty spectacular...

    The ride was definitely down a slope, but yes, the camera was tilted, and also, to my knowledge, the trees were re-angled to empasise the steepness

  • @nigiddy

    and yet he did his own stunts on the horses.

  • @nigiddy bullshit.. i remember seeing the hbo behind the scenes on this when i was 11, it was 84', nope they said it was real...thats what makes it all the more badass...nope i remember that shit...

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  • The very best story and horse movie every to be made, Music is spot on.Every time I watch the descent....wow

  • Hell of a ride. Hell of a rider. Hell of a horse. Have always loved this movie. Every time those front hooves hit gives me spine chills.

  • I know it makes me a bad Aussie, but I've never actually seen this movie before...

  • This is absolutely one of my favorite movies and scenes. Just beautiful and phenomanol riding! Who was the real rider, anyone know?

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  • @delia6667 Tom Burlinson really did the ride, it's not trick photography. Epic horsemanship.

  • @snakeboots18 Well, he did the ride, but they tilted the camera - they say it in the documentary.

  • i saw this movie in 1987 when i was 6 years old. ill never forget the part at 3:58 or that last whip crack as long as i live.

  • After I watched this movie(particularly this scene) my cousins and I went out onto our ranch and tried to wrangle some lost horses up in the mountains... it didn't work as well as Jim's, and our horses were exhausted but it sure as hell was a lot of fun! Best horseman ship in a movie ever.

  • LMAO that is funny. If I get the gist of the comments someone is claiming that an american website says Phar Lap is american? Considering I looked up a bunch of international websites and found ONLY one who mentioned him...and only mentioned him for what he achieved in Australia not for any races he ran in the US. Never fails to amaze me

  • THe Music in this ENTIRE movie is phenominal. My personal favorite part is when he goes and rounds up the wild brumbies.

  • Best horsemanship in any movie I have seen American or Australian.

    I saw this movie shortly after I started riding.helped inspire me to ride the wilderness.

    "which I have"

    thanks.

  • The Aussie term for mustang, or wild horse, is actually brumbie. Don't ask me why.

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  • This is one of my favourite movies ever!

  • As often as I watch this scene, it still gives me chills, I'm always afraid the crack when his hoof hits the ground means the horse has broken his leg...silly of me, but I do.  This whole movie is almost too good for words!

  • Good horsies.

  • The word really is "mob". It's the word for more than one of that kind of horse. School of fish, pride of lions, mob of untamed mustangs.

  • That's not a boy... that's a man! The Man from Snowy River!

  • I know this Whole movie and Soundtrack by heart!!

  • i loves this movie its very good

  • Does anyone else think this movie has one of the best soundtracks?

  • @jameshigz Yes,James! I do- it flows so well with the action on screen.Beautiful!!!

  • @jameshigz yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!

  • I always try recreate this scene on Red Dead but fall down and die.

  • Go, JIm! GO!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • @DieZeitnixe the whip back then was a cattlemens bestfriend it was used to drive cattle,horses,protect from rustlers and wild animals

  • you can bid that man my good day!

    epic line.

  • @gylanunderhill

    He actually says, "You can bid the mob good day."

    He was talking about the horses not the rider that went over.

  • @rereterri1809 i always thought it was "bid them ALL good day" which includes jim/denny & all brumbies. but listening to this piece...it does kind of sound more like mob doesnt it? i must get the dvd's of these movies one day & see the captioning (if they have it) i recorded them off vhs years ago...no captioning.

  • @mystiquesword This is an excerpt from the original poem: "And the old man muttered fiercely, "We may bid the mob good day, No man can hold them down the other side". "

  • @rereterri1809 yes correct..i have watched this movie sense what 86 er something...when ever it came out...great movie...

  • Gives me chills everytime!!!! Amazing movie!!!!

  • at this 2:25 until the competion of his down the mountain was one of my favorite parts in the movie, shows determination and skills of a mountain man, proving he is more of a man then they though he was and to complete what he set out to do.

  • LMAO i love that scene! "WAIT FOR ME!!!" oh hell no...arse head! serves him right! tehehehe

  • I love this part of the movie!!!

  • donde puedo conseguir esta pelicula por favor...

  • coolest part is, Tom Burlinson is Canadian

  • I spoke to the man who taught Tom Burlinson how to ride, he's heaps nice (:

  • who is the music by ?

  • @notar1 Bruce Rowland i think......

  • ... aw hell, now I've got to go and watch it.... *hums to himself* "bah duh duh dah dun-duh-da-da-daaaaaaa......"

  • its soo exiting seein him ride den like that . i love it its my fav part of the movie.i want a horse like den and i want to ride down that hill like that. i love steep hills and galloping i chase my friends cows on my horse bare back some times it funn

  • Three horses died during the making of this movie.

    Yep, beautiful alright.

  • @robots0need0love0too yeah, well, 5 horses died in the making of Flicka, and that's a lot newer movie. I'd say they did a damn good job.

  • @robots0need0love0too as another said, 5 died in the new flicka...however...plenty more died in ben hur than either snowy river or flicka put together. that chariot race? deathtrap for most horses.

  • He sure can ride, he is a natural on a horse.

  • This part of the movie has always given me chills!! It's good to know that I'm not the only one! LOL! I also love the part where he brings all of the horses back. Through alot of the movie Tom Burlison looks a little boyish but in these scenes, paired up with that horse, OMG!! Sexxxyyyy!! The things I could do to that cowboy!! : b

  • It IS one of the greatest scenes ever! Love it!

  • scream scream, i love the music and the movies :D

  • not even john friggin wayne could stand up to the man from snowy river.........i've never seen a better "western"......

  • the part where he goes down the hill has got to be my favorite part of the whole movie, that and when he comes back to the fam with all the brumbies. i love this whole movie, and the 2nd one too :)

  • Well I am thinking a Thoroughbred's legs would have never made this run they are way to brittle. Even as a cross- bred, Mustangs legs are round not flat and much sturdier, not sure about a Brumby but I bet their legs are much like a Mustangs.

  • looooove this movie! on our VHS this part is so worn out that it lags because we always rewound and played it about 15 times!! lol

  • wow, i luv, yu who did this, terrific horsemanship. and gotta lluv the grumbie yea,

  • Not Grumbie...Brumby....I have one if you want to buy one....

  • Um.. no, denny is a whaler, the reason why i know and am commenting on it is because I had to do a full scale report on him for uni. A 4000 word essay for modern history... If I had put brumby in it I would of been marked down...

  • I play 2:25 again and again and again. If an animal trusts you enough to jump off a cliff, you know you have a bond with them deeper than you even get from a human.

  • This used to be one of my favorite movie when I was a kid!!!!!! I used to play this scene over and over and just get chills. I still do.

  • whatever typer of horse that is, he sure is BEAUTIFUL!  Amazing scene.

  • Amazing how horses are so strong, yet their so delicate!

  • ah but whatever kind of horse denny is... he is GORGEOUS! i would be proud to own him :)

  • My favourite scene from one of my favourite movies. Thanks for posting it!

  • i have never seen the movie but if by denny, u mean the buckskin. from the looks of things, he looks like a mustang or a quarter horse. possibly a thoroughbred/quarter horse.

  • Denny would resemble a mustang. There is a simple reason for it. The Brumby is the Australian version of the Mustang. Both are feral horses introduced by settlers.

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  • nope, 1 quarter Timor pony 3 quarter tthoroughbred .

  • The character, yes, but the pony was probably not. Chances are there is indeed brumby blood in that horse. That, in my opinion, just makes him better. I never did like thoroughbreds much.

  • Actually that Denny the horse playing Denny should I say, is a purebred Waler

  • bullshit! ROFL...have another look...he is an brumby cross...a true mountain mans horse....the purcells and I used to ride together at Tom Groggin

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  • did u know:

    the person going down the hill is know as mr bill wiloghby

  • @Donovonizmyhorse -- Tom Burlinson said in an interview that it was he, Tom, riding that horse down the mountain. Others did stuntwork for him at times, but Tom himself rode down that mountain.

  • I've wanted to know this for twenty years...can someone PLEASE tell me what breed of horse Denny is.

  • hes one quater pony 3 parts thorough bred listen to slim dusty sing the poem

  • Thank you for your reply. I know that's the horse in the poem, but I'm talking about the actual horse in the movie.

  • no, he is 1 part timor pony, 3 parts TB. read the poem which this movie is based from.

  • buckskin

  • I don't remember names so well sometimes. But if Denny is the stock pony ridden down the hill, then yeah. Beautiful animal and he moves well too. I don't think he's my favorite equine movie character though, but thats a really hard choice to make.

  • ausssie icon good on ya Andrew Burton or should i say banjo

  • real stuntrider, not fake or anything

  • what a badass. Give this guy some respect for this. Unreal.

  • excellente!

  • There was actually a stuntrider that rode down that hill. So all you guy´s that say elsewise have no clue.. Great movie

  • No, I think you'll find that you have no clue about the who rode down that hill. Tom Burlinson did *all* of his horse-riding stunts in the movie.

    Anyway. That scene. Simply amazing.

  • I've come to the conclusion that most comments on You Tube are by people who don't take the time to think about what they are responding to. They just type whatever pops into their brain.

    I saw this movie when it first came out in the theatres. I was so caught up in the story and action I came out of the theatre with my shirt soaked from sweat. It still has a profound effect on me everytime I watch it. Never get enough of this movie. Some of the payoff lines are simply classic.

  • First part of my comment above was after reading through the section of comments on whether Jim actually rode down a steep hill. Not only do the trees support a steep hill - look at how he is sitting in the saddle.

  • LOVEE ITTT !!!!

  • I absolutely LOVE this movie and think it is insanely underrated (at least here in North America, in my experience anyway). It deserves an Oscar, hands down. Not only just the film, but the music! oh man! goosebumps

  • An Oscar? Just an Oscar? Are you kidding? It desevers far more than that. IMHO, this was Disney's best effort.

  • I have always loved this incredible part of the movie! Only, to bad that Curly had to take a dip in the middle of a ride! What gave me such chills was when Jim rode his horse down that awesome steep cliff and I'm like...Whoa! :)

  • i know i just saw the sequel. it made me cry; does Jim realize that the guy shot his horse or does he think he stumbled and died?

  • the sequel sucks, need i say more?

  • Does anybody know what is the name of the song that is playing in the background?

  • The best part of the movie!!!

  • alguien sabe de donde puedo descargarla??

  • Probably one of the coolest scenes I have ever seen in a movie. I get goosebumps seeing him on that horse flying down that hill.

  • @Thunderr10 YOU TOO!!!

  • Love this film - in perfect balance on a talented horse superb - GOOOO ON MY SON!!

  • no fancy riding....we go after them from the jump....

  • when ever i go riding and we came to a steep hill im so tempted to try that lol, this is the best scene in the entire movie!!!! love it =)

  • Best scene in the film. Loved the movie when I was a kid, but it hasn't exactly aged too well...

  • neither have you...

  • Brevity, if not wit...

  • i kinda ride a horse that was in dis scene i think....shes 24 now and is still goin very well for her age

  • giddyup

  • I could watch this part over and over til the day I die. Great movie!

  • Great movie and the best scene ever! Is that really him in the saddle going down the hill?

  • This is the BEST scene in horse-movie history...and that Mountain Horse he's riding is my all time favorite horse in the equine world. Damn that man and that horse together are the epitome of equine savvy.

  • Agreed! The best scene! Awe inspiring!

  • Undoubtedly one of THE most badass scenes ever. Thanks for finding this and sharing. Cheers

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  • I love it when it cuts to Clancy and the guy looks like "Damn that guy's crazy!"

  • They're all nice looking horses, but I find the music adds a lot to the clip.

  • I think the buckskin stock-horse is probably my favorite one in the movie.  He's got heart.

  • very good movie!!!

  • Tom Burlinson rode down that slope first take!!!...He'd only learnt to ride for this movie....oh yea and no camera angle either!!!