HARRY & SNOWMAN
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Director: Ron Davis
Principal cast:
Screenwriter: Ron Davis
Harry DeLeyer
Harriet DeLeyer
Andre DeLeyer
Marty DeLeyer
Willy DeLeyer
George H. Morris
Country: USA
Classification: G
Runtime: 84 mins.
Australian release date: 19 May 2016
The documentary, Harry & Snowman, directed by Ron Davis, is one of those classic ‘truth is stranger than fiction’ stories. In 1956, horse trainer and riding instructor, Harry DeLeyer, is held up on his way to a horse auction and by the time he arrives, it’s all over. Remaining are a few trucks laden with the leftovers, mainly farm horses bound for the knacker’s yard.
While looking them over, one particular white horse catches his eye and he buys it for the lowly sum of $80. Fast forward a few years and the horse, now named Snowman, is the champion show jumper in the USA, having beaten all the bluebloods and thoroughbreds trained all their lives for show jumping. How this happened, and the incredible bond that was formed between man and beast in the process, is the subject of this moving and powerful award-winning film.
Harry & Snowman is a thoroughly engrossing yarn. You couldn’t make this stuff up!
Principal cast:
Screenwriter: Ron Davis
Harry DeLeyer
Harriet DeLeyer
Andre DeLeyer
Marty DeLeyer
Willy DeLeyer
George H. Morris
Country: USA
Classification: G
Runtime: 84 mins.
Australian release date: 19 May 2016
The documentary, Harry & Snowman, directed by Ron Davis, is one of those classic ‘truth is stranger than fiction’ stories. In 1956, horse trainer and riding instructor, Harry DeLeyer, is held up on his way to a horse auction and by the time he arrives, it’s all over. Remaining are a few trucks laden with the leftovers, mainly farm horses bound for the knacker’s yard.
While looking them over, one particular white horse catches his eye and he buys it for the lowly sum of $80. Fast forward a few years and the horse, now named Snowman, is the champion show jumper in the USA, having beaten all the bluebloods and thoroughbreds trained all their lives for show jumping. How this happened, and the incredible bond that was formed between man and beast in the process, is the subject of this moving and powerful award-winning film.
Harry & Snowman is a thoroughly engrossing yarn. You couldn’t make this stuff up!