The Burrowes Film Group was a short lived Australian production company established in the wake of the success of ''

The Man from Snowy River The Man from Snowy River may refer to: * "The Man from Snowy River" (poem), an 1890 Australian poem by Banjo Paterson. * '' The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses'' an 1895 poetry collection by Banjo Paterson (including the above) * ''The Man ...

'' (1982) and ''

Anzacs ''Anzacs'' (named for members of the all volunteer army formations) is a 1985 Australian five-part television miniseries set in World War I. The series follows the lives of a group of young Australian men who enlist in the 8th Battalion (Austr ...

'' (1985). It was named after

Geoff Burrowes Geoff Burrowes (born 1945) is an Australian filmmaker best known for the movie ''The Man from Snowy River'' (1982) and the TV mini-series Anzacs (1985); he was a founding partner of the Burrowes Film Group.David Stratton, ''The Avocado Plantati ...

. Other key personnel included John Dixon and

George T. Miller George Trumbull Miller (born 28 November 1943) is a Scottish-Australian film and television director and producer. He has directed '' The Man from Snowy River'', '' The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter'' and ''Zeus and Roxanne''. He sta ...

. In late 1985 they announced a $53 million package of several films over the next two years, including ''Cool Change'', ''Free Enterprise'' (which became ''Running from the Guns''), ''The Man from Snowy River 2'', ''Clancy of the Overflow'', ''Backstage'', ''Future Tense'' (which became ''Dogs in Space'') and ''Ground Zero''. Of these only ''Clancy'' - with a proposed budget of $12 million - was not made."Production round-up", ''Cinema Papers'', November 1985 p48 For ''Dogs in Space'' and ''Ground Zero'' the company worked mainly to secure finance leaving creative decisions to others, in exchange for a fee.Albert Moran, ''Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series'', AFTRS 1993 p 514-515 However the majority of the movies were not financially successful and the company was soon wound up. The accounting practices of the group earned them a great deal of notoriety within the industry.

Select Credits

* '' Cool Change'' (1985) * ''

Dogs in Space During the 1950s and 1960s the Soviet space program used dogs for sub-orbital and orbital space flights to determine whether human spaceflight was feasible. In this period, the Soviet Union launched missions with passenger slots for at le ...

'' (1986) * ''

Ground Zero In relation to nuclear explosions and other large bombs, ground zero (also called surface zero) is the point on the Earth's surface closest to a detonation. In the case of an explosion above the ground, ''ground zero'' is the point on the ground ...

'' (1987) * ''

Running from the Guns ''Running from the Guns'' (originally known as ''Free Enterprise'') is a 1987 Australian crime thriller film directed by John Dixon and starring Jon Blake, Mark Hembrow, Nikki Coghill, Terence Donovan, and Peter Whitford. It is a buddy action f ...

'' (1987) * ''

Backstage Backstage most commonly refers to backstage (theatre), also in motion picture and television production. Backstage may also refer to: Film and television * ''Back Stage'' (1969 film), a silent film starring Oliver Hardy * ''Back Stage'' (1942 fil ...

'' (1988) * ''

The Man from Snowy River II ''The Man from Snowy River II'' is a 1988 Australian drama film, the sequel to the 1982 film ''The Man from Snowy River''. It was released in the United States by Walt Disney Pictures as ''Return to Snowy River'', and in the United Kingdom as ...

'' (1988) * ''

Minnamurra Minnamurra is a suburb in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia, in the Municipality of Kiama. It has a station (opened 1891) on City Rail South Coast line. The Minnamurra River flows into the ocean at Minnamurra. There is a sa ...

'' (1989)

Unmade films

* ''Clancy of the Overflow'' – a proposed $12 million film based on the poem which was to be shot in 1987

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