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Mad Max
MadMazAus.jpg
Theatrical release poster
 
Directed by
George Miller
Produced by
Byron Kennedy
Screenplay by
James McCausland
George Miller
 
Starring
Mel Gibson
Joanne Samuel
Hugh Keays-Byrne
Steve Bisley
Tim Burns
Roger Ward
 
Music by
Brian May
Cinematography
David Eggby
Edited by
Tony Paterson
Cliff Hayes
 

Production
 company

Kennedy Miller Productions
 
Distributed by
Village Roadshow Pictures

Release dates

12 April 1979
 

Running time
 93 minutes
Country
Australia
Language
English
Budget
A$400,000
Box office
US$100 million
Mad Max is a 1979 Australian dystopian action film directed by George Miller, produced by Byron Kennedy and starring Mel Gibson. James McCausland and Miller wrote the screenplay from a story by Miller and Kennedy.
The film grossed substantially at the box office. It held the Guinness record for most profitable film for decades, and has been credited for further opening up the global market to Australian New Wave films. The film became the first in a series, spawning the sequels Mad Max 2 (a.k.a. The Road Warrior) in 1981 and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome in 1985. A fourth installment, Mad Max: Fury Road, starring Tom Hardy as Max, is scheduled for release on May 15, 2015.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production notes 3.1 Development
3.2 Finance
3.3 Casting
3.4 Costumes
3.5 Vehicles
3.6 Filming
3.7 Post-production
4 Music
5 Release
6 Reception 6.1 Accolades
7 In popular culture
8 References
9 External links

Plot[edit]
In a dystopian future Australia, law and order has begun to break down following a major energy crisis. Most of the Outback has been reduced to low-populated communities with low fuel and a relatively peaceful life, with major metropolitan cities still continuing to exist. However, motorcycle gangs scavenge the lands and terrorize the population. As such, Main Force Patrol, an out-run police force, has been created to patrol the lands to uphold the remains of law and justice.
A berserk motorcycle gang member named Crawford "Nightrider" Montazano (Vincent Gil), having killed an MFP rookie officer while escaping from police custody, is attempting to outrun the other MFP officers in a stolen Pursuit Special. Though he manages to elude his initial pursuers, the MFP's top pursuit man, Max Rockatansky (Mel Gibson), then engages the less-skilled Nightrider in a high-speed chase that ends in the latter's death in a fiery crash.
The Acolytes,[1] Nightrider's motorcycle gang, led by Toecutter (Hugh Keays-Byrne) and Bubba Zanetti (Geoff Parry), are running roughshod over a town, vandalizing property, stealing fuel, and terrorizing the population. Max and fellow officer Jim "Goose" Rains (Steve Bisley) arrest Toecutter's young protégé, Johnny "the Boy" Boyle (Tim Burns), who was too high to leave the scene of the gang's rape of a young couple. When neither the rape victim nor any of the townspeople show for Johnny's trial, the federal courts throw out the case. Goose, furious at Johnny's release, must be restrained as he and Johnny exchange violent threats. After Bubba drags Johnny away, MFP Captain Fred "Fifi" Macaffee (Roger Ward) tells his officers to do whatever it takes to combat the gangs, "so long as the paperwork's clean."
A short time later, Johnny sabotages Goose's motorcycle. The next day, the motorcycle locks up at high speed, throwing Goose into a field. An uninjured Goose borrows a ute to haul his damaged bike back to the MFP HQ. However, Johnny and Toecutter are waiting in ambush, with the former throwing a brake rotor at Goose's windscreen, causing him to crash the ute. With Goose unable to get out of the ute, Johnny - under pressure from Toecutter - throws a match into the petrol leaking from the wreck, triggering an inferno that severely burns the helpless Goose. After seeing Goose's charred body in a hospital intensive care unit, Max becomes disillusioned with the MFP, and the fear of losing his sanity convinces him to resign. His superior, Fifi, talks Max into taking a holiday before making his final decision about the resignation.
While vacationing, Max stops at a roadside garage to have a tire repaired while his wife, Jessie (Joanne Samuel), and their infant son, Sprog (Brendan Heath), go for ice cream. The two encounter Toecutter's gang, who attempt to molest Jessie. Max and his family flee to a remote farm owned by an elderly friend named May (Shelia Florence), but the gang learns of their destination from the garage mechanic and follows them. Jessie is waylaid by the gang after a trip to the beach; May holds them off with a shotgun and Jessie, and Sprog manage to escape in the van. After the van breaks down on the road, Jessie attempts to flee with her son on foot, but they are run down by the pursuing gang on their motorcycles; Max arrives too late to intervene.
With Sprog having been killed instantly and Jessie near death, a rage-filled Max dons his police leathers, and takes a supercharged black Pursuit Special from the MFP garage to pursue the gang. After torturing the auto mechanic for information, and forcing several members of the gang off a bridge at high speed, Max methodically hunts down the gang's leaders. He shoots Bubba Zanetti at point blank range with a shotgun (after sustaining a significant gunshot leg-injury of his own), though Johnny escapes when he sees Bubba killed. As Toecutter flees on his motorcycle, tailed closely by Max, he veers into the path of an oncoming semi-trailer truck and is run over.
Max eventually locates Johnny, who is looting a car crash victim he presumably murdered. In a cold, suppressed rage, Max handcuffs Johnny's ankle to the wrecked vehicle, and sets a crude time-delay fuse involving a slow fuel leak and Johnny's lighter. Throwing Johnny a hacksaw, Max leaves him the choice of sawing through either the handcuffs (which will take ten minutes) or his ankle (which will take five minutes). As Max casually drives away, the wrecked vehicle explodes, with Johnny's fate left unknown. Now a shell of his former self, Max drives on to points unknown, pushing deep into the Outback.
Cast[edit]
Mel Gibson as Max Rockatansky
Joanne Samuel as Jessie Rockatansky
Hugh Keays-Byrne as The Toecutter
Steve Bisley as Jim "Goose"
Tim Burns as Johnny the Boy
Roger Ward as "Fifi" Macaffee
Geoff Parry as Bubba Zanetti
Lisa Aldenhoven as Hospital Nurse
Peter Felmingham as Emergency Room Doctor
Neil Thompson as TV News Anchor
 David Bracks as Mudguts
Bertrand Cadart as Clunk
David Cameron as Barry
Stephen Clark as Sarse
Jonathan Hardy as Commissioner Labatouche
Robina Chaffey as Nightclub Singer
Brendan Heath as Sprog Rockatansky
Jerry Day as Ziggy
Howard Eynon as Diabando
Max Fairchild as Benno
 John Farndale as Grinner
Sheila Florence as May Swaisey
Nic Gazzana as Starbuck
Paul Johnstone as Cundalini
Vincent Gil as Crawford "The Nightrider" Montazano
Steve Millichamp as "Roop"
John Ley as "Charlie"
George Novak as "Scuttle"
Reg Evans as Station Master
Nico Lathouris as Mechanic
 
Production notes[edit]
Development[edit]
George Miller was a medical doctor in Sydney, Australia, working in a hospital emergency room, where he saw many injuries and deaths of the types depicted in the film. He also witnessed many car accidents growing up in rural Queensland and had as a teenager lost at least three friends in accidents.[2]
While in residency at a Sydney hospital, Miller met amateur filmmaker Byron Kennedy at a summer film school in 1971. The duo produced a short film, Violence in the Cinema, Part 1, which was screened at a number of film festivals and won several awards. Eight years later, the duo produced Mad Max, working with first-time screenwriter James McCausland (who appears in the film as the bearded man in an apron in front of the diner).
Miller believed that audiences would find his violent story to be more believable if set in a bleak dystopian future. Screenwriter McCausland drew heavily from his observations of the 1973 oil crisis' effects on Australian motorists:

Yet there were further signs of the desperate measures individuals would take to ensure mobility. A couple of oil strikes that hit many pumps revealed the ferocity with which Australians would defend their right to fill a tank. Long queues formed at the stations with petrol – and anyone who tried to sneak ahead in the queue met raw violence. ... George and I wrote the [Mad Max] script based on the thesis that people would do almost anything to keep vehicles moving and the assumption that nations would not consider the huge costs of providing infrastructure for alternative energy until it was too late.
—James McCausland, writing on peak oil in The Courier-Mail, 2006[3]
George Miller's brother Bill Miller was associate producer.
Finance[edit]
Kennedy and Miller first took the film to Graham Burke of Roadshow, who was enthusiastic. The producers felt they would not be able to raise money from the government bodies "because Australian producers were making art films, and the corporations and commissions seemed to endorse them whole-heartedly," according to Kennedy.[4]
They designed a 40-page presentation and it was circulated among a number of different people, and eventually raised the money. Kennedy and Miller contributed funds themselves by doing three months of emergency medical calls, with Kennedy driving the car while Miller did the doctoring.[4]
Miller claimed the final budget was between $350,000 and $400,000.[5]
Casting[edit]
Miller deliberately wanted to cast lesser known actors so they did not carry past associations with them.[2]
Gibson, who had only one film role, in Summer City (1977), went to auditions with his close friend and classmate, Steve Bisley, who landed the part of Jim Goose. Gibson went to auditions in poor shape, as the night before he had got into a drunken brawl with three men at a party, resulting in a swollen nose, a broken jaw, and various bruises. Gibson showed up at the audition the next day looking like a "black and blue pumpkin" (his own words). He did not expect to get the role and only went to accompany his friend. However, the casting agent liked the look and told Gibson to come back in two weeks, telling him "we need freaks." When Gibson returned, the filmmakers did not recognise him, because his wounds had healed almost completely; he received the part anyway.[6]
Many of the other cast had previously appeared in Stone (1974).
Most of the biker-gang extras were members of actual Australian outlaw motorcycle clubs, and rode their own motorcycles in the film.
Costumes[edit]
Due to the film's low budget, only Bisley and Gibson were given jackets and trousers made from real leather. All the other actors playing police officers wore vinyl leather outfits.
Vehicles[edit]
Max's yellow Interceptor was a 1974 Ford Falcon XB sedan (previously, a Victorian police car) with a 351 c.i.d. Cleveland V8 engine.[7]

 

 Mad Max Interceptor replica outside the Boston, Mass. area
The Big Bopper, driven by Roop and Charlie, was also a 1974 Ford Falcon XB sedan and also a former Victorian Police car, but was powered by a 302 c.i.d. V8.[8] The March Hare, driven by Sarse and Scuttle, was an in-line-six-powered 1972 Ford Falcon XA sedan (this car was formerly a Melbourne taxi cab).[9]

 

 Replica Mad Max Pursuit Special vehicle outside the Silverton Hotel
The most memorable car, Max's black Pursuit Special was a 1973 Ford XB Falcon GT351, a limited edition hardtop, (sold in Australia from December 1973 to August 1976) which was primarily modified by Murray Smith, Peter Arcadipane and Ray Beckerley. The main modification is obviously the Concorde front end, and the supercharger protruding through the bonnet (which is for looks only and did not work). The Concorde front was a fairly new accessory at the time, designed by Peter Arcadipane at Ford Australia as a showpiece, and later becoming available to the general public due to its popularity.[10] After filming of the first movie was completed, the car went up for sale but no buyers were found; eventually it was handed over to Murray Smith (film mechanic).
When production of Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior began, the car was bought back by George Miller for use in the sequel. Once filming was over the car was left at a wrecking yard in Adelaide since it again found no buyers, and was bought and restored by Bob Forsenko. Eventually it was sold again and was put on display in the Cars of the Stars Motor Museum in Cumbria, England. The museum recently closed and the Black on Black car went to a collection in the Dezer museum in Miami, Florida.[11]
The Nightrider's vehicle, another Pursuit Special (one of two in the film), was a 1972 Holden Monaro Coupe HQ LS, also tuned but deliberately damaged to look like it has been involved in crashes.[12]
The car driven by the young couple that is vandalized and then finally destroyed by the bikers is a 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air Sedan, also pretuned to look like a hot-rod car with fake fuel injection stacks, fatter tires and a flame red paint job.
Of the motorcycles that appear in the film, 14 were Kawasaki Kz1000 donated by a local Kawasaki dealer. All were modified in appearance by Melbourne business La Parisienne – one as the MFP bike ridden by 'The Goose' and the balance for members of the Toecutter's gang, played in the film by members of a local Victorian motorcycle club, the Vigilanties.[13]
By the end of filming, fourteen vehicles had been destroyed in the chase and crash scenes, including the director's personal Mazda Bongo (the small, blue van that spins uncontrollably after being struck by the Big Bopper in the film's opening chase). All the crashes had to be taken in one shot.
Filming[edit]
Originally the filming was scheduled to take ten weeks – six weeks of first unit, and four weeks on stunt and chase sequences. However four days into shooting, Rosie Bailey, who was originally cast as Max's wife, was injured in a bike accident. Production was halted and Bailey was replaced by Joanne Samuel, causing a delay of two weeks.
In the end, the shoot took six weeks over November and December 1977 with a further six weeks second unit. The unit reconvened two months later and spent another two weeks doing second unit shots and re-staging some stunts in May.[4]
Shooting took place in and around Melbourne. Many of the car chase scenes for Mad Max were filmed near the town of Little River, just north of Geelong. The early town scenes with the Toe Cutter Gang were filmed in the main street of Clunes, just north of Ballarat. Much of the streetscape remains unchanged. Some scenes were filmed at Tin City at Stockton Beach.[14][15]
Mad Max was one of the first Australian films to be shot with a widescreen anamorphic lens,[5][16] although Peter Weir's The Cars That Ate Paris (1974) was shot in anamorphic four years earlier.[17]
Post-production[edit]
The film's post-production was done at a friend's apartment in North Melbourne, with Wilson and Kennedy editing the film in the small lounge room on a home-built editing machine that Kennedy's father, an engineer, had designed for them. Wilson and Kennedy also edited the sound there.
Tony Patterson edited the film for four months, then had to leave because he was contracted to make Dimboola. George Miller took over editing with Cliff Hayes and they worked on it for three months. Kennedy and Miller did the final cut.[4]
Music[edit]
The musical score of Mad Max was composed and conducted by Australian composer Brian May (not to be confused with the guitarist of the English rock band Queen). George Miller wanted a gothic, Bernard Herrmann-type score and hired May after hearing his work for Patrick (1978).[2]

Mad Max

Soundtrack album by Brian May

Released
1980
 26 October 1993 (CD release)
Genre
Film music
Label
Varèse Sarabande
Brian May chronology

Patrick
 (1978) Mad Max
 (1979) Snapshot
 (1979)

 
Mad Max chronology

 Mad Max
 (1979) Mad Max 2
 (1982)
 
A soundtrack album was released in 1980 by Varèse Sarabande. This was followed by a CD release in 1993, featuring an additional track.

Side one
 
No.
Title
Length

1. "Main Title"   2:03
2. "Max the Hunter"   2:10
3. "Max Decides On Vengeance"   2:40
4. "The Final Chase"   1:47
5. "The Terrible Death of Jim Goose"   1:02
6. "We'll Give 'Em Back Their Heroes"   1:13
7. "Pain and Triumph"   2:15
8. "Dazed Goose"   0:35
9. "Foreboding in the Vast Landscape"   2:08

Side two
 
No.
Title
Length

10. "Declaration of War"   1:30
11. "Flight from the Evil Toecutter"   2:25
12. "Pursuit and Tragedy"   1:55
13. "Jesse Alone, Uneasy and Exhausted"   1:40
14. "The Beach House"   1:55
15. "The Nightrider Rave"   1:20
16. "Jesse Searches for Her Child"   0:55
17. "Rampage of the Toecutter"   1:47
18. "The Crazing of Johnny the Boy"   2:05

Bonus tracks (1993 CD release)
 
No.
Title
Length

19. "Outtakes Suite" (in 5 parts; indexed) 6:00
Release[edit]
Mad Max was first released in Australia through Roadshow Entertainment (now Village Roadshow Pictures) in 1979.[18]
The movie was sold overseas for $1.8 million, with American International Pictures releasing in the United States and Warner Bros. handling the rest of the world.[5]
When shown in the United States during 1980, the original Australian dialogue was redubbed by an American crew.[19] American International Pictures distributed this dub after it underwent a management re-organisation.[20] Much of the Australian slang and terminology was also replaced with American usages (examples: "Oi!" became "Hey!", "See looks!" became "See what I see?", "windscreen" became "windshield", "very toey" became "super hot", and "proby" — probationary officer — became "rookie"). AIP also altered the operator's duty call on Jim Goose's bike in the beginning of the film (it ended with "Come on, Goose, where are you?"). The only dubbing exceptions were the voice of the singer in the Sugartown Cabaret (played by Robina Chaffey), the voice of Charlie (played by John Ley) through the mechanical voice box, and Officer Jim Goose (Steve Bisley), singing as he drives a truck before being ambushed. Since Mel Gibson was not well known to American audiences at the time, trailers and television spots in the United States emphasised the film's action content.
The original Australian dialogue track was finally released in North America in 2000 in a limited theatrical reissue by MGM, the film's current rights holders. It has since been released in the U.S. on DVD with the U.S. and Australian soundtracks on separate tracks.[21][22]
New Zealand and Sweden banned the film, the former due to the scene where Goose is burned alive inside his vehicle. It mirrored an incident with a real gang shortly before the film's release. It was later shown in New Zealand in 1983 after the success of the sequel, with an 18 certificate.[23] The ban in Sweden was removed in 2005. The film has been shown on TV since, and is also in video stores.
Reception[edit]
Upon its release, the film polarised critics. In a 1979 review, the Australian social commentator and film producer Phillip Adams condemned Mad Max, saying that it had "all the emotional uplift of Mein Kampf" and would be "a special favourite of rapists, sadists, child murderers and incipient [Charles] Mansons."[24] After its United States release, Tom Buckley of The New York Times called the film "ugly and incoherent".[25] However, Variety magazine praised the directorial debut by Miller.[26] In 2004, The New York Times placed the film on its Best 1000 Movies Ever list.[27]
Mad Max grossed A$5,355,490 at the box office in Australia and almost US$100 million worldwide.[28][29] Since it was independently financed with a reported budget of just A$400,000, it was a major financial success; for 20 years, the movie held a record as the highest profit-to-cost ratio of a motion picture, conceding the record only in 1999 to The Blair Witch Project.[30] The film was awarded three Australian Film Institute Awards in 1979 (for editing, sound, and musical score). It was also nominated for Best Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor (Hugh Keays-Byrne) by the American Film Institute. The film also won the Special Jury Award at the Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival.[31]
Mad Max currently holds a 91% of 44 positive critic reviews on review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, marked "Fresh", with consensus being "Staging the improbable car stunts and crashes to perfection, director George Miller succeeds completely in bringing the violent, post-apocalyptic world of Mad Max to visceral life."[32]
Accolades[edit]

Award
Category
Subject
Result
AACTA Award
(1979 AFI Awards) Best Film Byron Kennedy Nominated
Best Direction George Miller Nominated
Best Original Screenplay George Miller Nominated
James McCausland Nominated
Best Editing Cliff Hayes Won
Tony Paterson Won
Best Original Music Score Brian May Won
Best Sound Ned Dawson Won
Byron Kennedy Won
Roger Savage Won
Gary Wilkins Won
In popular culture[edit]
Main article: Mad Max series legacy and influence in popular culture
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "Gasoline" series 5, episode 18
2.^ Jump up to: a b c Scott Murray & Peter Beilby, "George Miller: Director", Cinema Papers, May–June 1979 p369-371
3.Jump up ^ James McCausland (4 December 2006). "Scientists' warnings unheeded". The Courier-Mail (News.com.au). Retrieved 2010-04-26.
4.^ Jump up to: a b c d Peter Beilby & Scott Murray, "Byron Kennedy", Cinema Papers, May–June 1979 p366
5.^ Jump up to: a b c David Stratton, The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival, Angus & Robertson, 1980 p241-243
6.Jump up ^ Mary Packard and the editors of Ripley Entertainment, ed. (2001). Ripley's Believe It or Not! Special Edition. Leanne Franson (illustrations) (1st ed. ed.). Scholastic Inc. ISBN 0-439-26040-X.
7.Jump up ^ "Mad Max Cars – Max's Yellow Interceptor (4 Door XB Sedan)". Madmaxmovies.com. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
8.Jump up ^ "''Mad Max'' Cars – Big Boppa/Big Bopper". Madmaxmovies.com. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
9.Jump up ^ "''Mad Max'' Cars – March Hare". Madmaxmovies.com. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
10.Jump up ^ "''Mad Max'' Movies – The History of the ''Interceptor'', Part 1". Madmaxmovies.com. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
11.Jump up ^ "Cars of the Stars Motor Museum". Carsofthestars.com. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
12.Jump up ^ "''Mad Max'' Cars – The Nightrider's Monaro". Madmaxmovies.com. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
13.Jump up ^ "''Mad Max'' Cars – Toecutter's Gang (Bikers)". Madmaxmovies.com. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
14.Jump up ^ http://www.theherald.com.au/story/2013518/welcome-to-tin-city-stockton/
15.Jump up ^ https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3Key/LA20130827018
16.Jump up ^ "Technical Specifications for Mad Max". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
17.Jump up ^ "Technical Specifications for The Cars That Ate Paris". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2014-09-28.
18.Jump up ^ Moran, Albert; Vieth, Errol (2005). "Kennedy Miller Productions". Historical Dictionary of Australian and New Zealand Cinema. Scarecrow Press (Rowman & Littlefield). p. 174. ISBN 0-8108-5459-7. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
19.Jump up ^ Herx, Henry (1988). "Mad Max". The Family Guide to Movies on Video. The Crossroad Publishing Company. p. 163 (pre-release version). ISBN 0-8245-0816-5.
20.Jump up ^ McFarlane, Brian (1988). Australian Cinema. Columbia University Press. p. 30. ISBN 0-231-06728-3. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
21.Jump up ^ "Gibson's Voice Returns on New 'Mad Max' DVD". Los Angeles Times. 29 December 2001. Retrieved 2011-07-17.[dead link]
22.Jump up ^ "Mad Max (1979)". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-07-17.
23.Jump up ^ Carroll, Larry (3 February 2009). "Greatest Movie Badasses Of All Time: Mad Max – Movie News Story | MTV Movie News". Mtv.com. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
24.Jump up ^ Phillip Adams, The Bulletin, 1 May 1979; cited by urban cinefile, 2010, "Mad Max". Adams has since remained a prominent opponent of screen violence. He has also been consistent in his criticism of Mel Gibson's political and social opinions.
25.Jump up ^ Buckley, Tom (14 June 1980). "Mad Max". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-04-26.[dead link]
26.Jump up ^ "Mad Max Review – Read Variety's Analysis Of The Movie Mad Max". Variety.com. 1979-01-01. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
27.Jump up ^ "The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made". The New York Times. 29 April 2003. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
28.Jump up ^ "Film Victoria - Australian Films at the Australian Box Office" (PDF). Retrieved 1 December 2010.
29.Jump up ^ "Mad Max". The Numbers. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
30.Jump up ^ "Mad Max : SE". DVD Times. 19 January 2002. Retrieved 2009-03-12.
31.Jump up ^ Awards for Mad Max at the Internet Movie Database
32.Jump up ^ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mad_max/
External links[edit]
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Mad Max
MadMazAus.jpg
Theatrical release poster
 
Directed by
George Miller
Produced by
Byron Kennedy
Screenplay by
James McCausland
George Miller
 
Starring
Mel Gibson
Joanne Samuel
Hugh Keays-Byrne
Steve Bisley
Tim Burns
Roger Ward
 
Music by
Brian May
Cinematography
David Eggby
Edited by
Tony Paterson
Cliff Hayes
 

Production
 company

Kennedy Miller Productions
 
Distributed by
Village Roadshow Pictures

Release dates

12 April 1979
 

Running time
 93 minutes
Country
Australia
Language
English
Budget
A$400,000
Box office
US$100 million
Mad Max is a 1979 Australian dystopian action film directed by George Miller, produced by Byron Kennedy and starring Mel Gibson. James McCausland and Miller wrote the screenplay from a story by Miller and Kennedy.
The film grossed substantially at the box office. It held the Guinness record for most profitable film for decades, and has been credited for further opening up the global market to Australian New Wave films. The film became the first in a series, spawning the sequels Mad Max 2 (a.k.a. The Road Warrior) in 1981 and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome in 1985. A fourth installment, Mad Max: Fury Road, starring Tom Hardy as Max, is scheduled for release on May 15, 2015.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production notes 3.1 Development
3.2 Finance
3.3 Casting
3.4 Costumes
3.5 Vehicles
3.6 Filming
3.7 Post-production
4 Music
5 Release
6 Reception 6.1 Accolades
7 In popular culture
8 References
9 External links

Plot[edit]
In a dystopian future Australia, law and order has begun to break down following a major energy crisis. Most of the Outback has been reduced to low-populated communities with low fuel and a relatively peaceful life, with major metropolitan cities still continuing to exist. However, motorcycle gangs scavenge the lands and terrorize the population. As such, Main Force Patrol, an out-run police force, has been created to patrol the lands to uphold the remains of law and justice.
A berserk motorcycle gang member named Crawford "Nightrider" Montazano (Vincent Gil), having killed an MFP rookie officer while escaping from police custody, is attempting to outrun the other MFP officers in a stolen Pursuit Special. Though he manages to elude his initial pursuers, the MFP's top pursuit man, Max Rockatansky (Mel Gibson), then engages the less-skilled Nightrider in a high-speed chase that ends in the latter's death in a fiery crash.
The Acolytes,[1] Nightrider's motorcycle gang, led by Toecutter (Hugh Keays-Byrne) and Bubba Zanetti (Geoff Parry), are running roughshod over a town, vandalizing property, stealing fuel, and terrorizing the population. Max and fellow officer Jim "Goose" Rains (Steve Bisley) arrest Toecutter's young protégé, Johnny "the Boy" Boyle (Tim Burns), who was too high to leave the scene of the gang's rape of a young couple. When neither the rape victim nor any of the townspeople show for Johnny's trial, the federal courts throw out the case. Goose, furious at Johnny's release, must be restrained as he and Johnny exchange violent threats. After Bubba drags Johnny away, MFP Captain Fred "Fifi" Macaffee (Roger Ward) tells his officers to do whatever it takes to combat the gangs, "so long as the paperwork's clean."
A short time later, Johnny sabotages Goose's motorcycle. The next day, the motorcycle locks up at high speed, throwing Goose into a field. An uninjured Goose borrows a ute to haul his damaged bike back to the MFP HQ. However, Johnny and Toecutter are waiting in ambush, with the former throwing a brake rotor at Goose's windscreen, causing him to crash the ute. With Goose unable to get out of the ute, Johnny - under pressure from Toecutter - throws a match into the petrol leaking from the wreck, triggering an inferno that severely burns the helpless Goose. After seeing Goose's charred body in a hospital intensive care unit, Max becomes disillusioned with the MFP, and the fear of losing his sanity convinces him to resign. His superior, Fifi, talks Max into taking a holiday before making his final decision about the resignation.
While vacationing, Max stops at a roadside garage to have a tire repaired while his wife, Jessie (Joanne Samuel), and their infant son, Sprog (Brendan Heath), go for ice cream. The two encounter Toecutter's gang, who attempt to molest Jessie. Max and his family flee to a remote farm owned by an elderly friend named May (Shelia Florence), but the gang learns of their destination from the garage mechanic and follows them. Jessie is waylaid by the gang after a trip to the beach; May holds them off with a shotgun and Jessie, and Sprog manage to escape in the van. After the van breaks down on the road, Jessie attempts to flee with her son on foot, but they are run down by the pursuing gang on their motorcycles; Max arrives too late to intervene.
With Sprog having been killed instantly and Jessie near death, a rage-filled Max dons his police leathers, and takes a supercharged black Pursuit Special from the MFP garage to pursue the gang. After torturing the auto mechanic for information, and forcing several members of the gang off a bridge at high speed, Max methodically hunts down the gang's leaders. He shoots Bubba Zanetti at point blank range with a shotgun (after sustaining a significant gunshot leg-injury of his own), though Johnny escapes when he sees Bubba killed. As Toecutter flees on his motorcycle, tailed closely by Max, he veers into the path of an oncoming semi-trailer truck and is run over.
Max eventually locates Johnny, who is looting a car crash victim he presumably murdered. In a cold, suppressed rage, Max handcuffs Johnny's ankle to the wrecked vehicle, and sets a crude time-delay fuse involving a slow fuel leak and Johnny's lighter. Throwing Johnny a hacksaw, Max leaves him the choice of sawing through either the handcuffs (which will take ten minutes) or his ankle (which will take five minutes). As Max casually drives away, the wrecked vehicle explodes, with Johnny's fate left unknown. Now a shell of his former self, Max drives on to points unknown, pushing deep into the Outback.
Cast[edit]
Mel Gibson as Max Rockatansky
Joanne Samuel as Jessie Rockatansky
Hugh Keays-Byrne as The Toecutter
Steve Bisley as Jim "Goose"
Tim Burns as Johnny the Boy
Roger Ward as "Fifi" Macaffee
Geoff Parry as Bubba Zanetti
Lisa Aldenhoven as Hospital Nurse
Peter Felmingham as Emergency Room Doctor
Neil Thompson as TV News Anchor
 David Bracks as Mudguts
Bertrand Cadart as Clunk
David Cameron as Barry
Stephen Clark as Sarse
Jonathan Hardy as Commissioner Labatouche
Robina Chaffey as Nightclub Singer
Brendan Heath as Sprog Rockatansky
Jerry Day as Ziggy
Howard Eynon as Diabando
Max Fairchild as Benno
 John Farndale as Grinner
Sheila Florence as May Swaisey
Nic Gazzana as Starbuck
Paul Johnstone as Cundalini
Vincent Gil as Crawford "The Nightrider" Montazano
Steve Millichamp as "Roop"
John Ley as "Charlie"
George Novak as "Scuttle"
Reg Evans as Station Master
Nico Lathouris as Mechanic
 
Production notes[edit]
Development[edit]
George Miller was a medical doctor in Sydney, Australia, working in a hospital emergency room, where he saw many injuries and deaths of the types depicted in the film. He also witnessed many car accidents growing up in rural Queensland and had as a teenager lost at least three friends in accidents.[2]
While in residency at a Sydney hospital, Miller met amateur filmmaker Byron Kennedy at a summer film school in 1971. The duo produced a short film, Violence in the Cinema, Part 1, which was screened at a number of film festivals and won several awards. Eight years later, the duo produced Mad Max, working with first-time screenwriter James McCausland (who appears in the film as the bearded man in an apron in front of the diner).
Miller believed that audiences would find his violent story to be more believable if set in a bleak dystopian future. Screenwriter McCausland drew heavily from his observations of the 1973 oil crisis' effects on Australian motorists:

Yet there were further signs of the desperate measures individuals would take to ensure mobility. A couple of oil strikes that hit many pumps revealed the ferocity with which Australians would defend their right to fill a tank. Long queues formed at the stations with petrol – and anyone who tried to sneak ahead in the queue met raw violence. ... George and I wrote the [Mad Max] script based on the thesis that people would do almost anything to keep vehicles moving and the assumption that nations would not consider the huge costs of providing infrastructure for alternative energy until it was too late.
—James McCausland, writing on peak oil in The Courier-Mail, 2006[3]
George Miller's brother Bill Miller was associate producer.
Finance[edit]
Kennedy and Miller first took the film to Graham Burke of Roadshow, who was enthusiastic. The producers felt they would not be able to raise money from the government bodies "because Australian producers were making art films, and the corporations and commissions seemed to endorse them whole-heartedly," according to Kennedy.[4]
They designed a 40-page presentation and it was circulated among a number of different people, and eventually raised the money. Kennedy and Miller contributed funds themselves by doing three months of emergency medical calls, with Kennedy driving the car while Miller did the doctoring.[4]
Miller claimed the final budget was between $350,000 and $400,000.[5]
Casting[edit]
Miller deliberately wanted to cast lesser known actors so they did not carry past associations with them.[2]
Gibson, who had only one film role, in Summer City (1977), went to auditions with his close friend and classmate, Steve Bisley, who landed the part of Jim Goose. Gibson went to auditions in poor shape, as the night before he had got into a drunken brawl with three men at a party, resulting in a swollen nose, a broken jaw, and various bruises. Gibson showed up at the audition the next day looking like a "black and blue pumpkin" (his own words). He did not expect to get the role and only went to accompany his friend. However, the casting agent liked the look and told Gibson to come back in two weeks, telling him "we need freaks." When Gibson returned, the filmmakers did not recognise him, because his wounds had healed almost completely; he received the part anyway.[6]
Many of the other cast had previously appeared in Stone (1974).
Most of the biker-gang extras were members of actual Australian outlaw motorcycle clubs, and rode their own motorcycles in the film.
Costumes[edit]
Due to the film's low budget, only Bisley and Gibson were given jackets and trousers made from real leather. All the other actors playing police officers wore vinyl leather outfits.
Vehicles[edit]
Max's yellow Interceptor was a 1974 Ford Falcon XB sedan (previously, a Victorian police car) with a 351 c.i.d. Cleveland V8 engine.[7]

 

 Mad Max Interceptor replica outside the Boston, Mass. area
The Big Bopper, driven by Roop and Charlie, was also a 1974 Ford Falcon XB sedan and also a former Victorian Police car, but was powered by a 302 c.i.d. V8.[8] The March Hare, driven by Sarse and Scuttle, was an in-line-six-powered 1972 Ford Falcon XA sedan (this car was formerly a Melbourne taxi cab).[9]

 

 Replica Mad Max Pursuit Special vehicle outside the Silverton Hotel
The most memorable car, Max's black Pursuit Special was a 1973 Ford XB Falcon GT351, a limited edition hardtop, (sold in Australia from December 1973 to August 1976) which was primarily modified by Murray Smith, Peter Arcadipane and Ray Beckerley. The main modification is obviously the Concorde front end, and the supercharger protruding through the bonnet (which is for looks only and did not work). The Concorde front was a fairly new accessory at the time, designed by Peter Arcadipane at Ford Australia as a showpiece, and later becoming available to the general public due to its popularity.[10] After filming of the first movie was completed, the car went up for sale but no buyers were found; eventually it was handed over to Murray Smith (film mechanic).
When production of Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior began, the car was bought back by George Miller for use in the sequel. Once filming was over the car was left at a wrecking yard in Adelaide since it again found no buyers, and was bought and restored by Bob Forsenko. Eventually it was sold again and was put on display in the Cars of the Stars Motor Museum in Cumbria, England. The museum recently closed and the Black on Black car went to a collection in the Dezer museum in Miami, Florida.[11]
The Nightrider's vehicle, another Pursuit Special (one of two in the film), was a 1972 Holden Monaro Coupe HQ LS, also tuned but deliberately damaged to look like it has been involved in crashes.[12]
The car driven by the young couple that is vandalized and then finally destroyed by the bikers is a 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air Sedan, also pretuned to look like a hot-rod car with fake fuel injection stacks, fatter tires and a flame red paint job.
Of the motorcycles that appear in the film, 14 were Kawasaki Kz1000 donated by a local Kawasaki dealer. All were modified in appearance by Melbourne business La Parisienne – one as the MFP bike ridden by 'The Goose' and the balance for members of the Toecutter's gang, played in the film by members of a local Victorian motorcycle club, the Vigilanties.[13]
By the end of filming, fourteen vehicles had been destroyed in the chase and crash scenes, including the director's personal Mazda Bongo (the small, blue van that spins uncontrollably after being struck by the Big Bopper in the film's opening chase). All the crashes had to be taken in one shot.
Filming[edit]
Originally the filming was scheduled to take ten weeks – six weeks of first unit, and four weeks on stunt and chase sequences. However four days into shooting, Rosie Bailey, who was originally cast as Max's wife, was injured in a bike accident. Production was halted and Bailey was replaced by Joanne Samuel, causing a delay of two weeks.
In the end, the shoot took six weeks over November and December 1977 with a further six weeks second unit. The unit reconvened two months later and spent another two weeks doing second unit shots and re-staging some stunts in May.[4]
Shooting took place in and around Melbourne. Many of the car chase scenes for Mad Max were filmed near the town of Little River, just north of Geelong. The early town scenes with the Toe Cutter Gang were filmed in the main street of Clunes, just north of Ballarat. Much of the streetscape remains unchanged. Some scenes were filmed at Tin City at Stockton Beach.[14][15]
Mad Max was one of the first Australian films to be shot with a widescreen anamorphic lens,[5][16] although Peter Weir's The Cars That Ate Paris (1974) was shot in anamorphic four years earlier.[17]
Post-production[edit]
The film's post-production was done at a friend's apartment in North Melbourne, with Wilson and Kennedy editing the film in the small lounge room on a home-built editing machine that Kennedy's father, an engineer, had designed for them. Wilson and Kennedy also edited the sound there.
Tony Patterson edited the film for four months, then had to leave because he was contracted to make Dimboola. George Miller took over editing with Cliff Hayes and they worked on it for three months. Kennedy and Miller did the final cut.[4]
Music[edit]
The musical score of Mad Max was composed and conducted by Australian composer Brian May (not to be confused with the guitarist of the English rock band Queen). George Miller wanted a gothic, Bernard Herrmann-type score and hired May after hearing his work for Patrick (1978).[2]

Mad Max

Soundtrack album by Brian May

Released
1980
 26 October 1993 (CD release)
Genre
Film music
Label
Varèse Sarabande
Brian May chronology

Patrick
 (1978) Mad Max
 (1979) Snapshot
 (1979)

 
Mad Max chronology

 Mad Max
 (1979) Mad Max 2
 (1982)
 
A soundtrack album was released in 1980 by Varèse Sarabande. This was followed by a CD release in 1993, featuring an additional track.

Side one
 
No.
Title
Length

1. "Main Title"   2:03
2. "Max the Hunter"   2:10
3. "Max Decides On Vengeance"   2:40
4. "The Final Chase"   1:47
5. "The Terrible Death of Jim Goose"   1:02
6. "We'll Give 'Em Back Their Heroes"   1:13
7. "Pain and Triumph"   2:15
8. "Dazed Goose"   0:35
9. "Foreboding in the Vast Landscape"   2:08

Side two
 
No.
Title
Length

10. "Declaration of War"   1:30
11. "Flight from the Evil Toecutter"   2:25
12. "Pursuit and Tragedy"   1:55
13. "Jesse Alone, Uneasy and Exhausted"   1:40
14. "The Beach House"   1:55
15. "The Nightrider Rave"   1:20
16. "Jesse Searches for Her Child"   0:55
17. "Rampage of the Toecutter"   1:47
18. "The Crazing of Johnny the Boy"   2:05

Bonus tracks (1993 CD release)
 
No.
Title
Length

19. "Outtakes Suite" (in 5 parts; indexed) 6:00
Release[edit]
Mad Max was first released in Australia through Roadshow Entertainment (now Village Roadshow Pictures) in 1979.[18]
The movie was sold overseas for $1.8 million, with American International Pictures releasing in the United States and Warner Bros. handling the rest of the world.[5]
When shown in the United States during 1980, the original Australian dialogue was redubbed by an American crew.[19] American International Pictures distributed this dub after it underwent a management re-organisation.[20] Much of the Australian slang and terminology was also replaced with American usages (examples: "Oi!" became "Hey!", "See looks!" became "See what I see?", "windscreen" became "windshield", "very toey" became "super hot", and "proby" — probationary officer — became "rookie"). AIP also altered the operator's duty call on Jim Goose's bike in the beginning of the film (it ended with "Come on, Goose, where are you?"). The only dubbing exceptions were the voice of the singer in the Sugartown Cabaret (played by Robina Chaffey), the voice of Charlie (played by John Ley) through the mechanical voice box, and Officer Jim Goose (Steve Bisley), singing as he drives a truck before being ambushed. Since Mel Gibson was not well known to American audiences at the time, trailers and television spots in the United States emphasised the film's action content.
The original Australian dialogue track was finally released in North America in 2000 in a limited theatrical reissue by MGM, the film's current rights holders. It has since been released in the U.S. on DVD with the U.S. and Australian soundtracks on separate tracks.[21][22]
New Zealand and Sweden banned the film, the former due to the scene where Goose is burned alive inside his vehicle. It mirrored an incident with a real gang shortly before the film's release. It was later shown in New Zealand in 1983 after the success of the sequel, with an 18 certificate.[23] The ban in Sweden was removed in 2005. The film has been shown on TV since, and is also in video stores.
Reception[edit]
Upon its release, the film polarised critics. In a 1979 review, the Australian social commentator and film producer Phillip Adams condemned Mad Max, saying that it had "all the emotional uplift of Mein Kampf" and would be "a special favourite of rapists, sadists, child murderers and incipient [Charles] Mansons."[24] After its United States release, Tom Buckley of The New York Times called the film "ugly and incoherent".[25] However, Variety magazine praised the directorial debut by Miller.[26] In 2004, The New York Times placed the film on its Best 1000 Movies Ever list.[27]
Mad Max grossed A$5,355,490 at the box office in Australia and almost US$100 million worldwide.[28][29] Since it was independently financed with a reported budget of just A$400,000, it was a major financial success; for 20 years, the movie held a record as the highest profit-to-cost ratio of a motion picture, conceding the record only in 1999 to The Blair Witch Project.[30] The film was awarded three Australian Film Institute Awards in 1979 (for editing, sound, and musical score). It was also nominated for Best Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor (Hugh Keays-Byrne) by the American Film Institute. The film also won the Special Jury Award at the Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival.[31]
Mad Max currently holds a 91% of 44 positive critic reviews on review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, marked "Fresh", with consensus being "Staging the improbable car stunts and crashes to perfection, director George Miller succeeds completely in bringing the violent, post-apocalyptic world of Mad Max to visceral life."[32]
Accolades[edit]

Award
Category
Subject
Result
AACTA Award
(1979 AFI Awards) Best Film Byron Kennedy Nominated
Best Direction George Miller Nominated
Best Original Screenplay George Miller Nominated
James McCausland Nominated
Best Editing Cliff Hayes Won
Tony Paterson Won
Best Original Music Score Brian May Won
Best Sound Ned Dawson Won
Byron Kennedy Won
Roger Savage Won
Gary Wilkins Won
In popular culture[edit]
Main article: Mad Max series legacy and influence in popular culture
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "Gasoline" series 5, episode 18
2.^ Jump up to: a b c Scott Murray & Peter Beilby, "George Miller: Director", Cinema Papers, May–June 1979 p369-371
3.Jump up ^ James McCausland (4 December 2006). "Scientists' warnings unheeded". The Courier-Mail (News.com.au). Retrieved 2010-04-26.
4.^ Jump up to: a b c d Peter Beilby & Scott Murray, "Byron Kennedy", Cinema Papers, May–June 1979 p366
5.^ Jump up to: a b c David Stratton, The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival, Angus & Robertson, 1980 p241-243
6.Jump up ^ Mary Packard and the editors of Ripley Entertainment, ed. (2001). Ripley's Believe It or Not! Special Edition. Leanne Franson (illustrations) (1st ed. ed.). Scholastic Inc. ISBN 0-439-26040-X.
7.Jump up ^ "Mad Max Cars – Max's Yellow Interceptor (4 Door XB Sedan)". Madmaxmovies.com. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
8.Jump up ^ "''Mad Max'' Cars – Big Boppa/Big Bopper". Madmaxmovies.com. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
9.Jump up ^ "''Mad Max'' Cars – March Hare". Madmaxmovies.com. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
10.Jump up ^ "''Mad Max'' Movies – The History of the ''Interceptor'', Part 1". Madmaxmovies.com. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
11.Jump up ^ "Cars of the Stars Motor Museum". Carsofthestars.com. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
12.Jump up ^ "''Mad Max'' Cars – The Nightrider's Monaro". Madmaxmovies.com. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
13.Jump up ^ "''Mad Max'' Cars – Toecutter's Gang (Bikers)". Madmaxmovies.com. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
14.Jump up ^ http://www.theherald.com.au/story/2013518/welcome-to-tin-city-stockton/
15.Jump up ^ https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3Key/LA20130827018
16.Jump up ^ "Technical Specifications for Mad Max". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
17.Jump up ^ "Technical Specifications for The Cars That Ate Paris". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2014-09-28.
18.Jump up ^ Moran, Albert; Vieth, Errol (2005). "Kennedy Miller Productions". Historical Dictionary of Australian and New Zealand Cinema. Scarecrow Press (Rowman & Littlefield). p. 174. ISBN 0-8108-5459-7. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
19.Jump up ^ Herx, Henry (1988). "Mad Max". The Family Guide to Movies on Video. The Crossroad Publishing Company. p. 163 (pre-release version). ISBN 0-8245-0816-5.
20.Jump up ^ McFarlane, Brian (1988). Australian Cinema. Columbia University Press. p. 30. ISBN 0-231-06728-3. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
21.Jump up ^ "Gibson's Voice Returns on New 'Mad Max' DVD". Los Angeles Times. 29 December 2001. Retrieved 2011-07-17.[dead link]
22.Jump up ^ "Mad Max (1979)". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-07-17.
23.Jump up ^ Carroll, Larry (3 February 2009). "Greatest Movie Badasses Of All Time: Mad Max – Movie News Story | MTV Movie News". Mtv.com. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
24.Jump up ^ Phillip Adams, The Bulletin, 1 May 1979; cited by urban cinefile, 2010, "Mad Max". Adams has since remained a prominent opponent of screen violence. He has also been consistent in his criticism of Mel Gibson's political and social opinions.
25.Jump up ^ Buckley, Tom (14 June 1980). "Mad Max". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-04-26.[dead link]
26.Jump up ^ "Mad Max Review – Read Variety's Analysis Of The Movie Mad Max". Variety.com. 1979-01-01. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
27.Jump up ^ "The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made". The New York Times. 29 April 2003. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
28.Jump up ^ "Film Victoria - Australian Films at the Australian Box Office" (PDF). Retrieved 1 December 2010.
29.Jump up ^ "Mad Max". The Numbers. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
30.Jump up ^ "Mad Max : SE". DVD Times. 19 January 2002. Retrieved 2009-03-12.
31.Jump up ^ Awards for Mad Max at the Internet Movie Database
32.Jump up ^ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mad_max/
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Mad Max 2

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"The Road Warrior" redirects here. For other uses, see Road warrior (disambiguation).

Mad Max 2
Mad max two the road warrior.jpg
Theatrical release poster
 
Directed by
George Miller
Produced by
Byron Kennedy
Written by
Terry Hayes
George Miller
Brian Hannant
 
Starring
Mel Gibson
 
Narrated by
Harold Baigent
Music by
Brian May
Cinematography
Dean Semler
Edited by
David Stiven
Michael Balson
Tim Wellburn
 

Production
 company

Kennedy Miller Productions
 
Distributed by
Warner Bros.

Release dates

24 December 1981 (Australia)
 

Running time
 96 minutes[1]
Country
Australia
Language
English
Budget
A$4.5 million[2]
Box office
A$10.8 million (Australia)[3]
US$23.7 million (USA)[4]
$34.5 million (Worldwide)
 
Mad Max 2 (also known as The Road Warrior and Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior) is a 1981 Australian post-apocalyptic action film directed by George Miller. The film is the second installment in the Mad Max film series, with Mel Gibson starring as Max Rockatansky. The film's tale of a community of settlers moved to defend themselves against a roving band of marauders follows an archetypical "Western" frontier movie motif, as does Max's role as a hardened man who rediscovers his humanity when he decides to help the settlers.[5] Filming took part in locations around Broken Hill, in the outback of New South Wales.[6]
Mad Max 2 was released on 24 December 1981, and received ample critical acclaim. Observers praised the visuals and Gibson's role. Noteworthy elements of the film also include cinematographer Dean Semler's widescreen photography of Australia's vast desert landscapes; the sparing use of dialogue throughout the film; costume designer Norma Moriceau's punk mohawked, leather bondage gear-wearing bikers; and its fast-paced, tightly edited and violent battle and chase scenes.
The film's comic-book post-apocalyptic/punk style popularised the genre in film and fiction writing. It was also a box office success, winning the Best International Film from six nominations at the Saturn Award ceremony, including: Best Director for Miller; Best Actor for Gibson; Best Supporting Actor for Bruce Spence; Best Writing for Miller, Hayes and Hannant; Best Costume for Norma Moriceau. Mad Max 2 became a cult film: fan clubs and "road warrior"-themed activities continue into the 21st century. The film was followed by Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome in 1985, with a fourth film in the series, Mad Max: Fury Road, slated for release on 15 May 2015.[7]


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Release 4.1 Critical reception
4.2 Awards
4.3 Legacy
5 Soundtrack
6 See also
7 References
8 External links

Plot[edit]
The supplies of gasoline have been nearly exhausted in the near future following a global war. Law and order have vanished, taking with them Australia's Main Force Patrol (MFP). Ex-MFP officer "Mad" Max Rockatansky (Mel Gibson) roams the now depopulated and desolate desert in his scarred, black supercharged V-8 Pursuit Special, scavenging for food, drink, and gas. His only companions are an Australian Cattle Dog and a rare functioning firearm–a sawn-off shotgun–for which ammunition is very scarce.
The film opens with Max trying to escape a group of gang members, led by a crazed motorcycle rider named Wez (Vernon Wells). Max manages to crash two of the gang member's vehicles and injure Wez; recognizing his defeat, Wez flees. After collecting some fuel from the destroyed cars and checking a nearby Mack semi-truck, Max inspects a nearby autogyro for fuel. Its pilot, the Gyro Captain (Bruce Spence), ambushes Max and manages to capture him briefly before being overpowered. In exchange for his own life, the pilot guides Max to a small oil refinery nearby. Max arrives just as the facility is under siege by a gang of marauders riding a motley collection of cars and motorbikes. The gang leader, known as 'The Humungus' (Kjell Nilsson), tries to convince the refinery's defenders to surrender the facility in exchange for safe passage out of the area.
A group of defenders attempts to break out of the compound, but the marauders capture, torture, and kill all but one of them, who is rescued by Max. Max makes a deal with the mortally-wounded sole survivor: he will bring him back to the compound in exchange for a tank of fuel. The man dies shortly after they enter the facility, and the facility leader, Pappagallo (Michael Preston), reneges on the deal. His group is on the verge of killing Max when the marauders return, and Humungus repeats his offer. Max offers Pappagallo a different deal: he will retrieve the abandoned Mack semi-truck, which is capable of hauling the tanker trailer that the facility inhabitants use to store the fuel they refine, in exchange for freedom, his vehicle, and as much fuel as he can take with him. The group accepts, but keeps Max's car to ensure his cooperation. Max sneaks out, joining forces with the Gyro Captain to return to the truck.
After finding the truck, Max drives it back to the compound, evading Humungus' men. The defenders want Max to escape with the group, but Max opts to collect his petrol and leave. However, his attempt to break through the siege fails: Wez gives chase in The Humungus' nitrous oxide-equipped car and runs Max off of the road, wrecking his vehicle and severely injuring him. The marauders kill Max's dog with a crossbow, then attempt to siphon the fuel from the Pursuit Special's tanks, but trigger an explosive booby trap, which kills some of the attackers. Max, left for dead, is rescued by the Gyro Captain as he is trying to crawl back to the refinery.
With no other means of escape and with the refinery's defenders preparing to make their escape, Max insists on driving the repaired truck. He leaves the compound in the heavily-armoured truck, accompanied by a "Feral Kid" (Emil Minty) he has befriended and by other inhabitants aboard as defenders. Pappagallo escorts him out in a captured marauder vehicle. The Humungus and most of his warriors pursue the tanker, leaving the remaining inhabitants free to flee the compound in a ramshackle caravan and buses, blowing up the refinery as they leave. Papagallo and the other defenders of the tanker, as well as numerous marauders, are killed during the chase and the Gyro Captain is shot down. Max and the Feral Kid find themselves alone, pursued by the marauders. Wez manages to board the truck and attack Max, but a head-on collision with Humungus' car kills both Wez and Humungus. Max loses control of the tanker and it rolls off the road. As the injured Max carries the Feral Kid from the wrecked tanker, he sees not oil, but sand, leaking from the tank.
The truck and its trailer are thus exposed as a decoy, allowing the other settlers to escape with the precious fuel in oil drums inside their vehicles. With Papagallo dead, the Gyro Captain succeeds him as their chief and leads the settlers to the coast, where they establish the "Great Northern Tribe." Max remains alone in the desert, once again becoming a drifter. Years later, the Feral Kid, now the Northern Tribe's new leader(voice by Harold Baigent), reminisces about the legend of the mythical "Road Warrior" (Max) who now exists only in distant memory.
Cast[edit]
Mel Gibson as "Mad" Max Rockatansky, a former member of the Australian highway patrol called the Main Force Patrol (MFP). However, after a biker gang kills his family, he leaves the force and hunts down and kills all of the gang members. The trauma transforms him into the embittered, "burnt out...shell of a man". The narration describes him as The Road Warrior, who despite his acerbic nature, elects to assist the settlers in their plan. However once his part is complete, he becomes a drifter once again, choosing not to follow them North.
Bruce Spence as the Gyro Captain, a wanderer who looks for fuel and supplies. However, instead of driving a car, the Captain flies in a ramshackle old gyrocopter powered by a VW air-cooled engine. He, too, decides to throw in his lot with the settlers, and help defend their compound. A Time reviewer called the Captain "a deranged parody of the World War I aerial ace: scarecrow skinny, gaily clad, sporting a James Coburn smile with advanced caries"; despite his quirks, however, the Captain proves to be wily and courageous. After the death of Pappagallo, the Gyro Captain succeeds him as the leader of the settlers.[8]
Emil Minty as the Feral Kid, a boy who lives in the wasteland near the refinery settlement. His speaks only in growls and grunts. The boy wears shorts and boots made from hide, and defends himself with a lethal metal boomerang which he can catch using an improvised mail glove.[8] The narration of the opening and closing sequences, provided by Harold Baigent, proves in the closing sequence to be that of the Feral Kid, grown to adulthood by then, and remembering the circumstances of his youthful encounter with "Mad" Max.
Michael Preston as Pappagallo, the idealistic leader of the settlers in the barricaded oil refinery. Even though the settlers' compound is besieged by a violent gang, Pappagallo "...carries the weight of his predicament with swaggering dignity."[8]
Virginia Hey as the Warrior Woman, an Amazon-like female member of the settlers who initially distrusts Max.
Kjell Nilsson as The Humungus, the violent, yet charismatic and articulate leader of a "vicious gang of post-holocaust, motorcycle-riding vandals" who "loot, rape, and kill the few remaining wasteland dwellers". Announced by the Toadie as the "warrior of the wasteland, the Lord Humungus, [and] the ayatollah of rock-and-rollah", The Humungus' "malevolence courses through his huge pectorals, [and] pulses visibly under his bald, sutured scalp."[8] The Humungus' face is never seen, as he wears a hockey goalie's mask. In a 1985 interview with Danny Peary, Miller posited that he thought the character "was a former military officer who suffered severe facial burns," and who "might have served in the same outfit as his counterpart, Pappagallo."[9]
Vernon Wells as Wez, a mohawked, leather-clad biker who serves as The Humungus' lieutenant in the gang. Vincent Canby, the New York Times reviewer called the Wez character the "most evil of The Humungus's followers...[a] huge brute who rides around on his bike, snarling psychotically."[10] In the same Danny Peary interview, Miller states the characters of Wez and Max are near mirror images of each other, with each being chained by the leaders of their respective camps, and who both find themselves spurred on by the death of a loved one somewhere in their past, in Wez's case the relatively recent death of The Golden Youth at the hand of The Feral Kid.[9] Empire magazine listed Wez as the greatest movie henchman of all time.[11]
Max Phipps as the Toadie, the gang crier. He is a thin, bespectacled man. He wears a decorated mink stole as a hat and has many automobile badges and hood ornaments on his clothes. His behavior with The Humungus and Wez make him a classic sycophant. Toadie takes pleasure in molesting helpless prisoners, but the gang has little respect for him.
Arkie Whiteley as The Captain's Girl, a beautiful young woman among the settlers who became the Gyro Captain's lover.
Moira Claux as Big Rebecca, a female warrior among the settlers who wields a bow and arrow.
David Downer as Nathan, a member of the settlers who tries to escape the settlement and is fatally wounded by some of the Humungus's bikers.
Production[edit]
After Mad Max, Miller received a number of offers from Hollywood, including one to direct First Blood. He met Terry Hayes when Hayes did the novelisation of Mad Max and, together, they worked on a screenplay for another film, a special effects horror movie. However, after a while, Miller became more interested in doing a sequel to Mad Max, as a larger budget would allow him to be more ambitious. He hired the old Metro Cinema in Kings Cross [clarification needed], and Brian Hannant came on board as co-writer and second unit director. Miller says that he was greatly influenced by the films of Akira Kurosawa.[2]
Principal photography took place near Broken Hill over twelve weeks. The original cut was a lot bloodier and more violent but it was cut down heavily by Australian censors. There weren't just some shots which were cut but entire scenes and sequences were deleted completely or edited for an "M" rating. When it was submitted to the MPAA, two additional scenes (Wez graphically pulling an arrow out of his arm and a close-up shot of him pulling the boomerang out of his dead boyfriend's head) were cut down. Although there is a version that includes MPAA cuts, there never was any full uncut version with pre-MPAA cuts included. [2] [12]
Release[edit]
When Mad Max was released in 1980 in the United States, it did not receive a proper release from its distributor, American International Pictures. AIP was in the final stages of a change of ownership after being bought by Filmways, Inc. a year earlier. AIP's then-current problems affected the release of the film and its box office in the U.S., although Mad Max proved much more successful when released internationally.[13] Warner Bros. decided to release Mad Max 2 in the United States, but they recognized that the first film was not popular in North America. Although the original Mad Max was becoming popular through cable channel showings, Warner Bros. decided to change the name of its sequel to The Road Warrior. The advertising for the film, including print ads, trailers, and TV commercials, did not refer to the Max character at all, and all shied away from the fact that the film was a sequel. For the majority of viewers, their first inkling of Road Warrior being a sequel to Mad Max was when they saw the black and white, archival footage from the previous film, during the prologue.
The film was a commercial success, earning $3.7 million in rentals in Australia. As The Road Warrior in North America, it was a greater success. The film earned $11.3 million in rentals and $23.6 million in grosses.[2] Vestron Video capitalized by releasing Mad Max on video and subtitling it "the thrilling predecessor to The Road Warrior." Despite the title change, grosses from the U.S. release were on par with the other countries of the world. Warner Bros. felt comfortable to keep the title of the third Mad Max film, Beyond Thunderdome, intact for that film's American release.
Critical reception[edit]
Mad Max 2 received universal critical acclaim and is regarded by many as one of the best films of 1981.[14][15] The film holds a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes as of 9 November 2014.[16] Film critic Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four and praised its "skillful filmmaking," and called it "a film of pure action, of kinetic energy", which is "one of the most relentlessly aggressive movies ever made". While Ebert points out that the film does not develop its "vision of a violent future world ... with characters and dialogue", and uses only the "barest possible bones of a plot", he praises its action sequences. Ebert calls the climactic chase sequence "unbelievably well-sustained" and states that the "special effects and stunts...are spectacular", creating a "frightening, sometimes disgusting, and (if the truth be told) exhilarating" effect.[17]
In his review for The New York Times, Vincent Canby wrote, "Never has a film's vision of the post-nuclear-holocaust world seemed quite as desolate and as brutal, or as action-packed and sometimes as funny as in George Miller's apocalyptic The Road Warrior, an extravagant film fantasy that looks like a sadomasochistic comic book come to life".[10] In his review for Newsweek, Charles Michener praised Mel Gibson's "easy, unswaggering masculinity", saying that "[his] hint of Down Under humor may be quintessentially Australian but is also the stuff of an international male star".[18]
Gary Arnold, in his review for The Washington Post, wrote, "While he seems to let triumph slip out of his grasp, Miller is still a prodigious talent, capable of a scenic and emotional amplitude that recalls the most stirring attributes in great action directors like Kurosawa, Peckinpah and Leone".[19] Pauline Kael called Mad Max 2 a "mutant" film that was "...sprung from virtually all action genres", creating "...one continuous spurt of energy" by using "jangly, fast editing". However, Kael criticised director George Miller's "attempt to tap into the universal concept of the hero", stating that this attempt "makes the film joyless", "sappy", and "sentimental".
The film's depiction of a post-apocalyptic future was widely copied by other filmmakers and in science fiction novels, to the point that its gritty "junkyard society of the future look...is almost taken for granted in the modern science-fiction action film."[5] The Encyclopedia Of Science Fiction says that Mad Max 2, "with all its comic-strip energy and vividness...is exploitation cinema at its most inventive."
Richard Scheib calls Mad Max 2, "one of the few occasions where a sequel makes a dramatic improvement in quality over its predecessor." He calls it a "kinetic comic-book of a film," an "exhilarating non-stop rollercoaster ride of a film that contains some of the most exciting stunts and car crashes ever put on screen." Scheib states that the film transforms the "post-holocaust landscape into the equivalent of a Western frontier," such that "Mel Gibson's Max could just as easily be Clint Eastwood's tight-lipped Man With No Name" helping "decent frightened folk" from the "marauding Redskins".[5]
Awards[edit]
The film received much recognition from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films. It won the Saturn Award for Best International Film. It received additional nominations for Best Director, Best Writing, and Best Costume Design. Mel Gibson and Bruce Spence received nods for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, respectively. George Miller won the Grand Prize at the Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival. Mad Max 2 was also nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation and was awarded the Los Angeles Film Critics Association award for Best Foreign Film. The film was also recognised by the Australian Film Institute, winning awards for best direction, costume design, editing, production design and sound. It received additional nominations for the cinematography and musical score.[20]
Legacy[edit]
Main article: Mad Max series legacy and influence in popular culture
The Mad Max series of films, with their emphasis on dystopian, apocalyptic, and post-apocalyptic themes and imagery, have inspired some artists to recreate the look and feel of some aspect of the series in their work. As well, fan clubs and "road warrior"-themed activities continue into the 21st century. In 2008, Mad Max 2 was selected by Empire magazine as one of The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time.[21] Similarly, The New York Times placed the film on its Best 1000 Movies Ever list.[22] Entertainment Weekly ranked Mad Max 2 93rd on their 100 Greatest Movies of All Time in 1999, 41st on their updated All-Time 100 Greatest Films in 2013, and the character Mad Max as 11th on their list of The All Time Coolest Heroes in Pop Culture.[23]
The film now has a permanent legacy in the small town of Silverton which is 25 kilometres from Broken Hill in NSW Australia. The museum was established by Adrian and Linda Bennett and is the only one of its kind in the world. Its location is due to much of the film being made around Silverton on the Mundi Mundi Lookout Road. Scenes were also shot at "the Pinnacles" which is West of Broken Hill and the famous scene where the Interceptor rolls over and is destroyed in a fire ball by Toadie's trying to drain the precious fuel was shot on the Menindee Road just out of Broken Hill.
Soundtrack[edit]

Mad Max 2

Soundtrack album by Brian May

Released
1982
Genre
Film music
Length
35:08
Label
Atlantic Records
Producer
Chris Kuchler, Tom Null
Brian May chronology

Race for the Yankee Zephyr
 (1981) Mad Max 2
 (1982) Breakfast in Paris
 (1982)

 
Mad Max chronology

Mad Max
 (1979) Mad Max 2
 (1982) Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
 (1985)
 

Professional ratings

Review scores

Source
Rating
AllMusic 3/5 stars[24]
AVForms 8/10 stars[25]
The film score was composed and conducted by Australian composer Brian May. The 35 minute-long recording is available on CD on the Varèse Sarabande label, catalog number VCD 47262. The music is presented out of order and sometimes retitled; part of the track titled "Finale and Largo" is actually the main title, "Montage" was written for the truck chase scene (and as such would fit between "Break Out" and "Largo") and the "Main Title" is actually the post-title montage. The sound effects suite that concludes the disc has two cues, "Boomerang Attack" and "Gyro Flight", that do not appear elsewhere on the album (the former is actually presented without any overlaying effects).
The soundtrack begins with the music for the "Montage/Main Title" sequence, which gives the back-story to the descent into war and chaos. The next selections accompany the action-packed sequences as Max and the settlers battle with the gang ("Confrontation"; "Marauder's Massacre", "Max Enters Compound"; "Gyro Saves Max"; and "Break Out"). The final tracks include the "Finale and Largo" and the "End Title" music, which is used while the narrator describes the settler's escape to the coast to start a new life. The recording also includes a suite of special effects sounds, such as The Feral Kid's "Boomerang Attack"; "Gyro Flight"; "The Big Rig Starts"; "Breakout"; and the climactic effects for "The Refinery Explodes", when the booby-trapped oil refinery turns into a fireball.

Track listing
 
No.
Title
Length

1. "Montage/Main Title"   4:53
2. "Confrontation"   2:32
3. "Marauder's Massacre"   3:13
4. "Max Enters Compound"   4:08
5. "Gyro Saves Max"   3:55
6. "Break Out"   3:26
7. "Finale and Largo"   5:06
8. "End Title"   3:19
9. "SFX Suite" (Boomerang Attack/Gyro Flight/The Big Rig Starts/Break Out/The Refinery Explodes/Reprise) 4:36
See also[edit]
Seven Sisters (oil companies) (reference in the movie to the conspiracy theory)
References[edit]
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2.^ Jump up to: a b c d David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p81-84
3.Jump up ^ Film Victoria – Australian Films at the Australian Box Office Retrieved 2012-04-19
4.Jump up ^ Box Office Information for Mad Max 2 Retrieved 21 May 2010
5.^ Jump up to: a b c Scheib, Richard (1990). "Mad Max 2 aka The Road Warrior". Moria. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
6.Jump up ^ Mad Max 2 / The Road Warrior Filming Locations. Madmaxmovies.com. Retrieved on 18 November 2011.
7.Jump up ^ "'Mad Max: Fury Road' Set For Summer 2015". Deadline.com. 1970-01-01. Retrieved 2013-11-21.
8.^ Jump up to: a b c d Corliss, Richard (10 May 1982). "Apocalypse... Pow!". Time. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
9.^ Jump up to: a b Danny Peary on "Mad Max 2/The Road Warrior.". Thefilmist.wordpress.com. Retrieved on 18 November 2011.
10.^ Jump up to: a b Canby, Vincent (28 April 1982). "Road Warrior". New York Times. Retrieved 24 May 2010. "has a film's vision of the post-nuclear-holocaust world seemed quite as desolate and as brutal, or as action-packed and sometimes as funny as in George Miller's apocalyptic The Road Warrior, an extravagant film fantasy that looks like a sadomasochistic comic book come to life."
11.Jump up ^ Top 10 Movie Henchmen. Empireonline.com. Retrieved on 18 November 2011.
12.Jump up ^ http://users.tpg.com.au/boschy69/chopping/titles_m.html#Mad_Max_II
13.Jump up ^ "Mad Max - Box Office Data". The Numbers.com. 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
14.Jump up ^ "The Greatest Films of 1981". Filmsite.org. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
15.Jump up ^ "The Best Movies of 1981 by Rank". Films101.com. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
16.Jump up ^ "The Road Warrior Movie Reviews, Pictures". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
17.Jump up ^ Ebert, Roger (1 January 1981). "The Road Warrior". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
18.Jump up ^ Michener, Charles (31 May 1982). "Shane in Black Leather". Newsweek.
19.Jump up ^ Arnold, Gary (20 August 1982). "The Warrior Western Back on the Road Again". The Washington Post.
20.Jump up ^ "Mad Max 2: Award Wins and Nominations". IMDb.com. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
21.Jump up ^ "Empire's The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time". Empire Magazine. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
22.Jump up ^ "The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made". The New York Times. 29 April 2003. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
23.Jump up ^ "Entertainment Weekly's 20 All Time Coolest Heroes in Pop Culture". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
24.Jump up ^ "The Road Warrior: Mad Max 2 (Original Soundtrack)". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
25.Jump up ^ McEneany, Chris (25 August 2013). "Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior OST Soundtrack Review". AVForms. M2N Limited. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
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Mad Max 2

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"The Road Warrior" redirects here. For other uses, see Road warrior (disambiguation).

Mad Max 2
Mad max two the road warrior.jpg
Theatrical release poster
 
Directed by
George Miller
Produced by
Byron Kennedy
Written by
Terry Hayes
George Miller
Brian Hannant
 
Starring
Mel Gibson
 
Narrated by
Harold Baigent
Music by
Brian May
Cinematography
Dean Semler
Edited by
David Stiven
Michael Balson
Tim Wellburn
 

Production
 company

Kennedy Miller Productions
 
Distributed by
Warner Bros.

Release dates

24 December 1981 (Australia)
 

Running time
 96 minutes[1]
Country
Australia
Language
English
Budget
A$4.5 million[2]
Box office
A$10.8 million (Australia)[3]
US$23.7 million (USA)[4]
$34.5 million (Worldwide)
 
Mad Max 2 (also known as The Road Warrior and Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior) is a 1981 Australian post-apocalyptic action film directed by George Miller. The film is the second installment in the Mad Max film series, with Mel Gibson starring as Max Rockatansky. The film's tale of a community of settlers moved to defend themselves against a roving band of marauders follows an archetypical "Western" frontier movie motif, as does Max's role as a hardened man who rediscovers his humanity when he decides to help the settlers.[5] Filming took part in locations around Broken Hill, in the outback of New South Wales.[6]
Mad Max 2 was released on 24 December 1981, and received ample critical acclaim. Observers praised the visuals and Gibson's role. Noteworthy elements of the film also include cinematographer Dean Semler's widescreen photography of Australia's vast desert landscapes; the sparing use of dialogue throughout the film; costume designer Norma Moriceau's punk mohawked, leather bondage gear-wearing bikers; and its fast-paced, tightly edited and violent battle and chase scenes.
The film's comic-book post-apocalyptic/punk style popularised the genre in film and fiction writing. It was also a box office success, winning the Best International Film from six nominations at the Saturn Award ceremony, including: Best Director for Miller; Best Actor for Gibson; Best Supporting Actor for Bruce Spence; Best Writing for Miller, Hayes and Hannant; Best Costume for Norma Moriceau. Mad Max 2 became a cult film: fan clubs and "road warrior"-themed activities continue into the 21st century. The film was followed by Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome in 1985, with a fourth film in the series, Mad Max: Fury Road, slated for release on 15 May 2015.[7]


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Release 4.1 Critical reception
4.2 Awards
4.3 Legacy
5 Soundtrack
6 See also
7 References
8 External links

Plot[edit]
The supplies of gasoline have been nearly exhausted in the near future following a global war. Law and order have vanished, taking with them Australia's Main Force Patrol (MFP). Ex-MFP officer "Mad" Max Rockatansky (Mel Gibson) roams the now depopulated and desolate desert in his scarred, black supercharged V-8 Pursuit Special, scavenging for food, drink, and gas. His only companions are an Australian Cattle Dog and a rare functioning firearm–a sawn-off shotgun–for which ammunition is very scarce.
The film opens with Max trying to escape a group of gang members, led by a crazed motorcycle rider named Wez (Vernon Wells). Max manages to crash two of the gang member's vehicles and injure Wez; recognizing his defeat, Wez flees. After collecting some fuel from the destroyed cars and checking a nearby Mack semi-truck, Max inspects a nearby autogyro for fuel. Its pilot, the Gyro Captain (Bruce Spence), ambushes Max and manages to capture him briefly before being overpowered. In exchange for his own life, the pilot guides Max to a small oil refinery nearby. Max arrives just as the facility is under siege by a gang of marauders riding a motley collection of cars and motorbikes. The gang leader, known as 'The Humungus' (Kjell Nilsson), tries to convince the refinery's defenders to surrender the facility in exchange for safe passage out of the area.
A group of defenders attempts to break out of the compound, but the marauders capture, torture, and kill all but one of them, who is rescued by Max. Max makes a deal with the mortally-wounded sole survivor: he will bring him back to the compound in exchange for a tank of fuel. The man dies shortly after they enter the facility, and the facility leader, Pappagallo (Michael Preston), reneges on the deal. His group is on the verge of killing Max when the marauders return, and Humungus repeats his offer. Max offers Pappagallo a different deal: he will retrieve the abandoned Mack semi-truck, which is capable of hauling the tanker trailer that the facility inhabitants use to store the fuel they refine, in exchange for freedom, his vehicle, and as much fuel as he can take with him. The group accepts, but keeps Max's car to ensure his cooperation. Max sneaks out, joining forces with the Gyro Captain to return to the truck.
After finding the truck, Max drives it back to the compound, evading Humungus' men. The defenders want Max to escape with the group, but Max opts to collect his petrol and leave. However, his attempt to break through the siege fails: Wez gives chase in The Humungus' nitrous oxide-equipped car and runs Max off of the road, wrecking his vehicle and severely injuring him. The marauders kill Max's dog with a crossbow, then attempt to siphon the fuel from the Pursuit Special's tanks, but trigger an explosive booby trap, which kills some of the attackers. Max, left for dead, is rescued by the Gyro Captain as he is trying to crawl back to the refinery.
With no other means of escape and with the refinery's defenders preparing to make their escape, Max insists on driving the repaired truck. He leaves the compound in the heavily-armoured truck, accompanied by a "Feral Kid" (Emil Minty) he has befriended and by other inhabitants aboard as defenders. Pappagallo escorts him out in a captured marauder vehicle. The Humungus and most of his warriors pursue the tanker, leaving the remaining inhabitants free to flee the compound in a ramshackle caravan and buses, blowing up the refinery as they leave. Papagallo and the other defenders of the tanker, as well as numerous marauders, are killed during the chase and the Gyro Captain is shot down. Max and the Feral Kid find themselves alone, pursued by the marauders. Wez manages to board the truck and attack Max, but a head-on collision with Humungus' car kills both Wez and Humungus. Max loses control of the tanker and it rolls off the road. As the injured Max carries the Feral Kid from the wrecked tanker, he sees not oil, but sand, leaking from the tank.
The truck and its trailer are thus exposed as a decoy, allowing the other settlers to escape with the precious fuel in oil drums inside their vehicles. With Papagallo dead, the Gyro Captain succeeds him as their chief and leads the settlers to the coast, where they establish the "Great Northern Tribe." Max remains alone in the desert, once again becoming a drifter. Years later, the Feral Kid, now the Northern Tribe's new leader(voice by Harold Baigent), reminisces about the legend of the mythical "Road Warrior" (Max) who now exists only in distant memory.
Cast[edit]
Mel Gibson as "Mad" Max Rockatansky, a former member of the Australian highway patrol called the Main Force Patrol (MFP). However, after a biker gang kills his family, he leaves the force and hunts down and kills all of the gang members. The trauma transforms him into the embittered, "burnt out...shell of a man". The narration describes him as The Road Warrior, who despite his acerbic nature, elects to assist the settlers in their plan. However once his part is complete, he becomes a drifter once again, choosing not to follow them North.
Bruce Spence as the Gyro Captain, a wanderer who looks for fuel and supplies. However, instead of driving a car, the Captain flies in a ramshackle old gyrocopter powered by a VW air-cooled engine. He, too, decides to throw in his lot with the settlers, and help defend their compound. A Time reviewer called the Captain "a deranged parody of the World War I aerial ace: scarecrow skinny, gaily clad, sporting a James Coburn smile with advanced caries"; despite his quirks, however, the Captain proves to be wily and courageous. After the death of Pappagallo, the Gyro Captain succeeds him as the leader of the settlers.[8]
Emil Minty as the Feral Kid, a boy who lives in the wasteland near the refinery settlement. His speaks only in growls and grunts. The boy wears shorts and boots made from hide, and defends himself with a lethal metal boomerang which he can catch using an improvised mail glove.[8] The narration of the opening and closing sequences, provided by Harold Baigent, proves in the closing sequence to be that of the Feral Kid, grown to adulthood by then, and remembering the circumstances of his youthful encounter with "Mad" Max.
Michael Preston as Pappagallo, the idealistic leader of the settlers in the barricaded oil refinery. Even though the settlers' compound is besieged by a violent gang, Pappagallo "...carries the weight of his predicament with swaggering dignity."[8]
Virginia Hey as the Warrior Woman, an Amazon-like female member of the settlers who initially distrusts Max.
Kjell Nilsson as The Humungus, the violent, yet charismatic and articulate leader of a "vicious gang of post-holocaust, motorcycle-riding vandals" who "loot, rape, and kill the few remaining wasteland dwellers". Announced by the Toadie as the "warrior of the wasteland, the Lord Humungus, [and] the ayatollah of rock-and-rollah", The Humungus' "malevolence courses through his huge pectorals, [and] pulses visibly under his bald, sutured scalp."[8] The Humungus' face is never seen, as he wears a hockey goalie's mask. In a 1985 interview with Danny Peary, Miller posited that he thought the character "was a former military officer who suffered severe facial burns," and who "might have served in the same outfit as his counterpart, Pappagallo."[9]
Vernon Wells as Wez, a mohawked, leather-clad biker who serves as The Humungus' lieutenant in the gang. Vincent Canby, the New York Times reviewer called the Wez character the "most evil of The Humungus's followers...[a] huge brute who rides around on his bike, snarling psychotically."[10] In the same Danny Peary interview, Miller states the characters of Wez and Max are near mirror images of each other, with each being chained by the leaders of their respective camps, and who both find themselves spurred on by the death of a loved one somewhere in their past, in Wez's case the relatively recent death of The Golden Youth at the hand of The Feral Kid.[9] Empire magazine listed Wez as the greatest movie henchman of all time.[11]
Max Phipps as the Toadie, the gang crier. He is a thin, bespectacled man. He wears a decorated mink stole as a hat and has many automobile badges and hood ornaments on his clothes. His behavior with The Humungus and Wez make him a classic sycophant. Toadie takes pleasure in molesting helpless prisoners, but the gang has little respect for him.
Arkie Whiteley as The Captain's Girl, a beautiful young woman among the settlers who became the Gyro Captain's lover.
Moira Claux as Big Rebecca, a female warrior among the settlers who wields a bow and arrow.
David Downer as Nathan, a member of the settlers who tries to escape the settlement and is fatally wounded by some of the Humungus's bikers.
Production[edit]
After Mad Max, Miller received a number of offers from Hollywood, including one to direct First Blood. He met Terry Hayes when Hayes did the novelisation of Mad Max and, together, they worked on a screenplay for another film, a special effects horror movie. However, after a while, Miller became more interested in doing a sequel to Mad Max, as a larger budget would allow him to be more ambitious. He hired the old Metro Cinema in Kings Cross [clarification needed], and Brian Hannant came on board as co-writer and second unit director. Miller says that he was greatly influenced by the films of Akira Kurosawa.[2]
Principal photography took place near Broken Hill over twelve weeks. The original cut was a lot bloodier and more violent but it was cut down heavily by Australian censors. There weren't just some shots which were cut but entire scenes and sequences were deleted completely or edited for an "M" rating. When it was submitted to the MPAA, two additional scenes (Wez graphically pulling an arrow out of his arm and a close-up shot of him pulling the boomerang out of his dead boyfriend's head) were cut down. Although there is a version that includes MPAA cuts, there never was any full uncut version with pre-MPAA cuts included. [2] [12]
Release[edit]
When Mad Max was released in 1980 in the United States, it did not receive a proper release from its distributor, American International Pictures. AIP was in the final stages of a change of ownership after being bought by Filmways, Inc. a year earlier. AIP's then-current problems affected the release of the film and its box office in the U.S., although Mad Max proved much more successful when released internationally.[13] Warner Bros. decided to release Mad Max 2 in the United States, but they recognized that the first film was not popular in North America. Although the original Mad Max was becoming popular through cable channel showings, Warner Bros. decided to change the name of its sequel to The Road Warrior. The advertising for the film, including print ads, trailers, and TV commercials, did not refer to the Max character at all, and all shied away from the fact that the film was a sequel. For the majority of viewers, their first inkling of Road Warrior being a sequel to Mad Max was when they saw the black and white, archival footage from the previous film, during the prologue.
The film was a commercial success, earning $3.7 million in rentals in Australia. As The Road Warrior in North America, it was a greater success. The film earned $11.3 million in rentals and $23.6 million in grosses.[2] Vestron Video capitalized by releasing Mad Max on video and subtitling it "the thrilling predecessor to The Road Warrior." Despite the title change, grosses from the U.S. release were on par with the other countries of the world. Warner Bros. felt comfortable to keep the title of the third Mad Max film, Beyond Thunderdome, intact for that film's American release.
Critical reception[edit]
Mad Max 2 received universal critical acclaim and is regarded by many as one of the best films of 1981.[14][15] The film holds a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes as of 9 November 2014.[16] Film critic Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four and praised its "skillful filmmaking," and called it "a film of pure action, of kinetic energy", which is "one of the most relentlessly aggressive movies ever made". While Ebert points out that the film does not develop its "vision of a violent future world ... with characters and dialogue", and uses only the "barest possible bones of a plot", he praises its action sequences. Ebert calls the climactic chase sequence "unbelievably well-sustained" and states that the "special effects and stunts...are spectacular", creating a "frightening, sometimes disgusting, and (if the truth be told) exhilarating" effect.[17]
In his review for The New York Times, Vincent Canby wrote, "Never has a film's vision of the post-nuclear-holocaust world seemed quite as desolate and as brutal, or as action-packed and sometimes as funny as in George Miller's apocalyptic The Road Warrior, an extravagant film fantasy that looks like a sadomasochistic comic book come to life".[10] In his review for Newsweek, Charles Michener praised Mel Gibson's "easy, unswaggering masculinity", saying that "[his] hint of Down Under humor may be quintessentially Australian but is also the stuff of an international male star".[18]
Gary Arnold, in his review for The Washington Post, wrote, "While he seems to let triumph slip out of his grasp, Miller is still a prodigious talent, capable of a scenic and emotional amplitude that recalls the most stirring attributes in great action directors like Kurosawa, Peckinpah and Leone".[19] Pauline Kael called Mad Max 2 a "mutant" film that was "...sprung from virtually all action genres", creating "...one continuous spurt of energy" by using "jangly, fast editing". However, Kael criticised director George Miller's "attempt to tap into the universal concept of the hero", stating that this attempt "makes the film joyless", "sappy", and "sentimental".
The film's depiction of a post-apocalyptic future was widely copied by other filmmakers and in science fiction novels, to the point that its gritty "junkyard society of the future look...is almost taken for granted in the modern science-fiction action film."[5] The Encyclopedia Of Science Fiction says that Mad Max 2, "with all its comic-strip energy and vividness...is exploitation cinema at its most inventive."
Richard Scheib calls Mad Max 2, "one of the few occasions where a sequel makes a dramatic improvement in quality over its predecessor." He calls it a "kinetic comic-book of a film," an "exhilarating non-stop rollercoaster ride of a film that contains some of the most exciting stunts and car crashes ever put on screen." Scheib states that the film transforms the "post-holocaust landscape into the equivalent of a Western frontier," such that "Mel Gibson's Max could just as easily be Clint Eastwood's tight-lipped Man With No Name" helping "decent frightened folk" from the "marauding Redskins".[5]
Awards[edit]
The film received much recognition from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films. It won the Saturn Award for Best International Film. It received additional nominations for Best Director, Best Writing, and Best Costume Design. Mel Gibson and Bruce Spence received nods for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, respectively. George Miller won the Grand Prize at the Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival. Mad Max 2 was also nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation and was awarded the Los Angeles Film Critics Association award for Best Foreign Film. The film was also recognised by the Australian Film Institute, winning awards for best direction, costume design, editing, production design and sound. It received additional nominations for the cinematography and musical score.[20]
Legacy[edit]
Main article: Mad Max series legacy and influence in popular culture
The Mad Max series of films, with their emphasis on dystopian, apocalyptic, and post-apocalyptic themes and imagery, have inspired some artists to recreate the look and feel of some aspect of the series in their work. As well, fan clubs and "road warrior"-themed activities continue into the 21st century. In 2008, Mad Max 2 was selected by Empire magazine as one of The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time.[21] Similarly, The New York Times placed the film on its Best 1000 Movies Ever list.[22] Entertainment Weekly ranked Mad Max 2 93rd on their 100 Greatest Movies of All Time in 1999, 41st on their updated All-Time 100 Greatest Films in 2013, and the character Mad Max as 11th on their list of The All Time Coolest Heroes in Pop Culture.[23]
The film now has a permanent legacy in the small town of Silverton which is 25 kilometres from Broken Hill in NSW Australia. The museum was established by Adrian and Linda Bennett and is the only one of its kind in the world. Its location is due to much of the film being made around Silverton on the Mundi Mundi Lookout Road. Scenes were also shot at "the Pinnacles" which is West of Broken Hill and the famous scene where the Interceptor rolls over and is destroyed in a fire ball by Toadie's trying to drain the precious fuel was shot on the Menindee Road just out of Broken Hill.
Soundtrack[edit]

Mad Max 2

Soundtrack album by Brian May

Released
1982
Genre
Film music
Length
35:08
Label
Atlantic Records
Producer
Chris Kuchler, Tom Null
Brian May chronology

Race for the Yankee Zephyr
 (1981) Mad Max 2
 (1982) Breakfast in Paris
 (1982)

 
Mad Max chronology

Mad Max
 (1979) Mad Max 2
 (1982) Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
 (1985)
 

Professional ratings

Review scores

Source
Rating
AllMusic 3/5 stars[24]
AVForms 8/10 stars[25]
The film score was composed and conducted by Australian composer Brian May. The 35 minute-long recording is available on CD on the Varèse Sarabande label, catalog number VCD 47262. The music is presented out of order and sometimes retitled; part of the track titled "Finale and Largo" is actually the main title, "Montage" was written for the truck chase scene (and as such would fit between "Break Out" and "Largo") and the "Main Title" is actually the post-title montage. The sound effects suite that concludes the disc has two cues, "Boomerang Attack" and "Gyro Flight", that do not appear elsewhere on the album (the former is actually presented without any overlaying effects).
The soundtrack begins with the music for the "Montage/Main Title" sequence, which gives the back-story to the descent into war and chaos. The next selections accompany the action-packed sequences as Max and the settlers battle with the gang ("Confrontation"; "Marauder's Massacre", "Max Enters Compound"; "Gyro Saves Max"; and "Break Out"). The final tracks include the "Finale and Largo" and the "End Title" music, which is used while the narrator describes the settler's escape to the coast to start a new life. The recording also includes a suite of special effects sounds, such as The Feral Kid's "Boomerang Attack"; "Gyro Flight"; "The Big Rig Starts"; "Breakout"; and the climactic effects for "The Refinery Explodes", when the booby-trapped oil refinery turns into a fireball.

Track listing
 
No.
Title
Length

1. "Montage/Main Title"   4:53
2. "Confrontation"   2:32
3. "Marauder's Massacre"   3:13
4. "Max Enters Compound"   4:08
5. "Gyro Saves Max"   3:55
6. "Break Out"   3:26
7. "Finale and Largo"   5:06
8. "End Title"   3:19
9. "SFX Suite" (Boomerang Attack/Gyro Flight/The Big Rig Starts/Break Out/The Refinery Explodes/Reprise) 4:36
See also[edit]
Seven Sisters (oil companies) (reference in the movie to the conspiracy theory)
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "MAD MAX 2 (18)". British Board of Film Classification. 19 January 1982. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
2.^ Jump up to: a b c d David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p81-84
3.Jump up ^ Film Victoria – Australian Films at the Australian Box Office Retrieved 2012-04-19
4.Jump up ^ Box Office Information for Mad Max 2 Retrieved 21 May 2010
5.^ Jump up to: a b c Scheib, Richard (1990). "Mad Max 2 aka The Road Warrior". Moria. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
6.Jump up ^ Mad Max 2 / The Road Warrior Filming Locations. Madmaxmovies.com. Retrieved on 18 November 2011.
7.Jump up ^ "'Mad Max: Fury Road' Set For Summer 2015". Deadline.com. 1970-01-01. Retrieved 2013-11-21.
8.^ Jump up to: a b c d Corliss, Richard (10 May 1982). "Apocalypse... Pow!". Time. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
9.^ Jump up to: a b Danny Peary on "Mad Max 2/The Road Warrior.". Thefilmist.wordpress.com. Retrieved on 18 November 2011.
10.^ Jump up to: a b Canby, Vincent (28 April 1982). "Road Warrior". New York Times. Retrieved 24 May 2010. "has a film's vision of the post-nuclear-holocaust world seemed quite as desolate and as brutal, or as action-packed and sometimes as funny as in George Miller's apocalyptic The Road Warrior, an extravagant film fantasy that looks like a sadomasochistic comic book come to life."
11.Jump up ^ Top 10 Movie Henchmen. Empireonline.com. Retrieved on 18 November 2011.
12.Jump up ^ http://users.tpg.com.au/boschy69/chopping/titles_m.html#Mad_Max_II
13.Jump up ^ "Mad Max - Box Office Data". The Numbers.com. 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
14.Jump up ^ "The Greatest Films of 1981". Filmsite.org. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
15.Jump up ^ "The Best Movies of 1981 by Rank". Films101.com. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
16.Jump up ^ "The Road Warrior Movie Reviews, Pictures". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
17.Jump up ^ Ebert, Roger (1 January 1981). "The Road Warrior". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
18.Jump up ^ Michener, Charles (31 May 1982). "Shane in Black Leather". Newsweek.
19.Jump up ^ Arnold, Gary (20 August 1982). "The Warrior Western Back on the Road Again". The Washington Post.
20.Jump up ^ "Mad Max 2: Award Wins and Nominations". IMDb.com. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
21.Jump up ^ "Empire's The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time". Empire Magazine. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
22.Jump up ^ "The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made". The New York Times. 29 April 2003. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
23.Jump up ^ "Entertainment Weekly's 20 All Time Coolest Heroes in Pop Culture". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
24.Jump up ^ "The Road Warrior: Mad Max 2 (Original Soundtrack)". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
25.Jump up ^ McEneany, Chris (25 August 2013). "Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior OST Soundtrack Review". AVForms. M2N Limited. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
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Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

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Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
Mad max beyond thunderdome.jpg
Original theatrical release poster by Richard Amsel
 
Directed by
George Miller
George Ogilvie
 
Produced by
George Miller
Written by
Terry Hayes
George Miller
 
Starring
Mel Gibson
Tina Turner
 
Music by
Maurice Jarre
Cinematography
Dean Semler
Edited by
Richard Francis-Bruce

Production
 company

Kennedy Miller Productions
 
Distributed by
Warner Bros.

Release dates

10 July 1985
 

Running time
 107 minutes[1]
Country
Australia
Language
English
Budget
$12 million
Box office
$36.2 million[2]
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, also known as Mad Max 3: Beyond Thunderdome or simply Mad Max 3, is a 1985 Australian post-apocalyptic action adventure film co-directed by George Miller and George Ogilvie, written by Miller and Terry Hayes and starring Mel Gibson and Tina Turner. It is the third installment in the action movie Mad Max series, its story taking place 15 years after that of the previous film (20 after the original film). The original music score was composed by Maurice Jarre.
Though uncredited, the film borrows "whole ideas, themes and characterizations" from Riddley Walker, the 1980 post-apocalyptic novel by Russell Hoban.[3]
This is the last film to feature Gibson as Max Rockatansky, who will be replaced by Tom Hardy in the upcoming Mad Max: Fury Road.[4] It is the first, and currently only, film in the series to be rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America; both previous entries and Fury Road are rated R.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Release 4.1 Critical reception
5 Soundtrack
6 In popular culture
7 References
8 External links

Plot[edit]


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Fifteen years after defeating the Lord Humungus, Max Rockatansky (Mel Gibson) crosses the Australian desert in a camel-drawn wagon when he is attacked by a pilot named Jedediah (Bruce Spence), and his son in a Transavia PL-12 Airtruk, stealing his wagon and belongings. Continuing on foot, Max follows their trail to the seedy community of Bartertown. Max is at first refused entry as he has nothing to trade but, after witnessing Max's quick reflexes and courage, the gatekeeper reconsiders. Max is brought before the founder and ruler of Bartertown, the ruthless Aunty Entity (Tina Turner). She offers to resupply his vehicle and equipment if he completes a task for her, and after surviving the "audition" where her guards attack him, decides he's up to it.
Aunty explains that Bartertown depends on a crude methane refinery powered by pig feces. The refinery is run by a dwarf called Master (Angelo Rossitto), and his giant bodyguard Blaster (Paul Larsson). "Master Blaster" holds an uneasy truce with Aunty for control of Bartertown; however, Master has begun to challenge Aunty's leadership. Aunty instructs Max to provoke a confrontation with Blaster in Thunderdome, a gladiatorial arena where conflicts are resolved by a duel to the death. Max enters the refinery to size up Master Blaster; befriending Pig Killer (Robert Grubb), a convict sentenced to work for slaughtering a pig to feed his family. Max finds his stolen vehicle in Master Blaster's possession, and helps disarm his booby-trapped engine to converse with him. He discovers that Blaster is exceptionally strong, but extremely sensitive to high-pitched noises (the alarm on his booby trap bomb, as well as a high-pitched whistle Max carries).
Max faces Blaster and uses his weakness to gain the upper hand. He refuses to kill him after discovering he is developmentally disabled and has the functional mentality of a child, telling Aunty it wasn't part of their deal, revealing her plot. Master is furious, and vows to shut down the refinery, and by extension Bartertown. An enraged Aunty has Blaster executed, and orders Max be punished for breaking the law, by breaking a deal. His punishment is spun upon "The Wheel", and results in him being exiled, to the wasteland. He is bound, masked and sent on a horse in a random direction out of town.
As his horse perishes in the harsh desert climate, Max frees himself and presses on. In Bartertown, the refinery begins to break down and Master is forced to fix it if he wants to avoid being fed to the pigs. Near death, Max is found by a desert dweller named Savannah Nix (Helen Buday), who hauls him back to her home, a primitive community of children and teenagers living in an oasis. The children, survivors of a crashed Qantas Boeing 747, were left by their parents who went to find civilization. They believe Max to be the Flight Captain, returned to fix the plane and fly them to civilization. Max denies being the captain and insists that they remain in the relative safety of the oasis, knowing that the only "civilization" within reach is Bartertown.
Some of the children, led by Savannah, decide to leave anyway, determined to find the prophesied "Tomorrow-morrow Land". Max stops them by force, but another tribe member known as Scrooloos (Rod Zuanic), sets them free during the night, and goes off with them. Their leader Slake M'Thirst (Tom Jennings), asks Max to go after them, and he agrees, taking a few of the children to help. They find Savannah's group in danger but are unable to save one of the children from a sand pit. With no supplies left they are forced to head for Bartertown.
They sneak in and with Pig Killer's help free Master and escape in a train-truck, the center of the town's generator, causing explosions heavily damaging Bartertown. Aunty leads the inhabitants in pursuit, catching up to the train. Max's group manages to slow them down while Scrooloos hijacks one of the pursuing vehicles (which turns out to be Max's from the start of the film). The group comes across Jedediah and his son, and Max coerces Jedediah into helping his group escape with their plane. Max uses his vehicle to clear a path through Aunty's men, allowing the plane to take off and escape, leaving him at Aunty's mercy. Aunty spares his life, having come to respect him, and departs.
Jedidiah flies the children (presumably under Max's orders) to the coast, where they discover the decimated ruins of Sydney. Years later, the children have established a small society of themselves and other lost wanderers, and are now living in the ruins. Savannah, now leader of the group, recites a nightly story of their journey and the man who saved them, while Max, still alive in the desert, wanders on to places unknown.
Cast[edit]
Mel Gibson as "Mad" Max Rockatansky, a former MFP officer and lone warrior, Max roves the desert aimlessly, his existence entirely based around self-survival.
Tina Turner as Aunty Entity, the ruthless, determined ruler of Bartertown. Entity is a glamorous, Amazon-like figure who recognizes a strength of character in Max, and hopes to exploit him in order to gain sole control of Bartertown from Master. Despite her brutality and Bartertown's chaos, Entity is an intelligent, cultured woman, who holds a hope of one day rebuilding society to its former glory. In regards of the character, Miller said, "We needed someone whose vitality and intelligence would make her control over Bartertown credible. She had to be a positive character rather than a conventional evil 'bad guy.' We had worked on the script with (Turner) in mind. But we had no idea if she'd be interested."[5]
Bruce Spence as Jedediah the Pilot
Adam Cockburn as Jedediah Jr., Jedediah's son, who often helps his father steal supplies, flying his dad's plane whilst Jedediah procures the goods.
Frank Thring as The Collector, head of Bartertown's trade and exchange network.
Angelo Rossitto as Master, a diminutive former engineer, who parlays his technical expertise into building the methane extractor responsible for Bartertown's electricity. When the film begins, Master has grown power-crazed under the protection of Blaster, and the reverence he receives from the people of Bartertown. Frequently humiliates Entity into acknowledging his power over her. When Blaster is killed however, Master becomes a far more subdued, humble character, and eventually escapes with the help of Max, Pig Killer, and the children.
Paul Larsson as Blaster, Master's silent, mentally-impaired bodyguard.
Angry Anderson as Ironbar Bassey, head of Bartertown's security and Aunty Entity's Number One Henchman. Despite his short height he is a fierce warrior figure, wearing a doll's head standard on his back, who comes to dislike Max more and more as the film proceeds. After several near-death incidents where his survival becomes more and more unlikely, he is eventually "killed" in the film's climatic chase sequence, though he is last seen giving the middle finger to the escaping heroes, so his ultimate fate is unknown.
Robert Grubb as Pig Killer, a convict in Bartertown sentenced to work in the methane refinery, shoveling pig feces. He befriends Max, and when Max and the children return to rescue Master, Pig Killer escapes to help them.
Helen Buday as Savannah Nix, leader of a tribe of child survivors (or the children of those survivors) from a crashed 747. Savannah is the one who ensures the tribe remembers its past through the "tells," and acts as a surrogate mother figure to many of them. She is also the partner of Slake.
Tom Jennings as Slake M'Thirst, the male leader of the child tribe.
Edwin Hodgeman as Dr. Dealgood, the flamboyant Master of Ceremonies and chief auctioneer of Bartertown.
Production[edit]
The film was the first Mad Max film made without producer Byron Kennedy, who was killed in a helicopter crash in 1983. There is a title card at the end that says, "...For Byron".
Miller co-directed with George Ogilvie with whom he had worked on the 1983 miniseries The Dismissal. They used a group workshopping rehearsal technique that they had developed.[6]
The main location was at the mining town of Coober Pedy with the set for Bartertown built at an old brickworks in Sydney's western suburbs, and the children's camp shot at the Blue Mountains.[6]
Release[edit]
Although the film's budget was more extravagant than its predecessors, its box office yield was only moderate in comparison.[6] Beyond Thunderdome grossed $4,272,802 at the box office in Australia.[7]
Critical reception[edit]
Critical reaction to the film was generally positive; it holds an 81% rating on Rotten Tomatoes,[8] although reviewers were mixed regarding whether they considered the film the highest or lowest point of the Mad Max trilogy. Most of the criticism was focused on the children in the second half of the film, which many felt was too reminiscent of the Lost Boys from Peter Pan.[9] On the other hand, critics praised the Thunderdome scene in particular; film critic Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times called the Thunderdome "the first really original movie idea about how to stage a fight since we got the first karate movies" and praised the fight between Max and Blaster as "one of the great creative action scenes in the movies."[10] He awarded the film 4 stars out of 4 and later placed the film on his list of the 10 best pictures of 1985.[11] Variety wrote that film "opens strong" and has good acting from Gibson, Turner, and the children.[12]
American Film Institute lists
AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs: "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" – Nominated[13]
AFI's 10 Top 10 – Nominated Science Fiction Film[14]
Soundtrack[edit]
Main article: Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (soundtrack)
Capitol Records originally released the soundtrack album in 1985. It included the film's theme song, Turner's "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)", which reached #1 in Canada, #2 in the U.S. and #3 in the British single charts; it plays over the end credits. Turner's "One of the Living", which plays over the opening credits, was rerecorded for single release, and reached #15 in both Canada and the U.S., but only #55 in Britain. A double CD containing only Jarre's original music was issued in 2010 on Tadlow Music/Silva Screen Records.
In popular culture[edit]
Main article: Mad Max series legacy and influence in popular culture
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 10 July 1985. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
2.Jump up ^ "Box Office Information for Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
3.Jump up ^ "Summer of '85: We Don't Need Another Hero: Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome". Slant Magazine. 19 June 2010. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
4.Jump up ^ Total Film
5.Jump up ^ "Tina Turner Excels in First Dramatic Role in 'Mad Max' Movie". Jet (Johnson Publishing Company) 68 (20): 30. 29 July 1985. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
6.^ Jump up to: a b c David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p85-87
7.Jump up ^ Film Victoria – Australian Films at the Australian Box Office
8.Jump up ^ "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome Movie Reviews, Pictures". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
9.Jump up ^ Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome – Movie Reviews, Trailers, Pictures – Rotten Tomatoes
10.Jump up ^ "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome". Chicago Sun-Times.
11.Jump up ^ Ebert's 10 Best Lists: 1967-present via the Internet Archive. Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
12.Jump up ^ "Review: ‘Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome’". Variety. 1985. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
13.Jump up ^ AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs Nominees
14.Jump up ^ AFI's 10 Top 10 Ballot
External links[edit]
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Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

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Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
Mad max beyond thunderdome.jpg
Original theatrical release poster by Richard Amsel
 
Directed by
George Miller
George Ogilvie
 
Produced by
George Miller
Written by
Terry Hayes
George Miller
 
Starring
Mel Gibson
Tina Turner
 
Music by
Maurice Jarre
Cinematography
Dean Semler
Edited by
Richard Francis-Bruce

Production
 company

Kennedy Miller Productions
 
Distributed by
Warner Bros.

Release dates

10 July 1985
 

Running time
 107 minutes[1]
Country
Australia
Language
English
Budget
$12 million
Box office
$36.2 million[2]
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, also known as Mad Max 3: Beyond Thunderdome or simply Mad Max 3, is a 1985 Australian post-apocalyptic action adventure film co-directed by George Miller and George Ogilvie, written by Miller and Terry Hayes and starring Mel Gibson and Tina Turner. It is the third installment in the action movie Mad Max series, its story taking place 15 years after that of the previous film (20 after the original film). The original music score was composed by Maurice Jarre.
Though uncredited, the film borrows "whole ideas, themes and characterizations" from Riddley Walker, the 1980 post-apocalyptic novel by Russell Hoban.[3]
This is the last film to feature Gibson as Max Rockatansky, who will be replaced by Tom Hardy in the upcoming Mad Max: Fury Road.[4] It is the first, and currently only, film in the series to be rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America; both previous entries and Fury Road are rated R.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Release 4.1 Critical reception
5 Soundtrack
6 In popular culture
7 References
8 External links

Plot[edit]


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Fifteen years after defeating the Lord Humungus, Max Rockatansky (Mel Gibson) crosses the Australian desert in a camel-drawn wagon when he is attacked by a pilot named Jedediah (Bruce Spence), and his son in a Transavia PL-12 Airtruk, stealing his wagon and belongings. Continuing on foot, Max follows their trail to the seedy community of Bartertown. Max is at first refused entry as he has nothing to trade but, after witnessing Max's quick reflexes and courage, the gatekeeper reconsiders. Max is brought before the founder and ruler of Bartertown, the ruthless Aunty Entity (Tina Turner). She offers to resupply his vehicle and equipment if he completes a task for her, and after surviving the "audition" where her guards attack him, decides he's up to it.
Aunty explains that Bartertown depends on a crude methane refinery powered by pig feces. The refinery is run by a dwarf called Master (Angelo Rossitto), and his giant bodyguard Blaster (Paul Larsson). "Master Blaster" holds an uneasy truce with Aunty for control of Bartertown; however, Master has begun to challenge Aunty's leadership. Aunty instructs Max to provoke a confrontation with Blaster in Thunderdome, a gladiatorial arena where conflicts are resolved by a duel to the death. Max enters the refinery to size up Master Blaster; befriending Pig Killer (Robert Grubb), a convict sentenced to work for slaughtering a pig to feed his family. Max finds his stolen vehicle in Master Blaster's possession, and helps disarm his booby-trapped engine to converse with him. He discovers that Blaster is exceptionally strong, but extremely sensitive to high-pitched noises (the alarm on his booby trap bomb, as well as a high-pitched whistle Max carries).
Max faces Blaster and uses his weakness to gain the upper hand. He refuses to kill him after discovering he is developmentally disabled and has the functional mentality of a child, telling Aunty it wasn't part of their deal, revealing her plot. Master is furious, and vows to shut down the refinery, and by extension Bartertown. An enraged Aunty has Blaster executed, and orders Max be punished for breaking the law, by breaking a deal. His punishment is spun upon "The Wheel", and results in him being exiled, to the wasteland. He is bound, masked and sent on a horse in a random direction out of town.
As his horse perishes in the harsh desert climate, Max frees himself and presses on. In Bartertown, the refinery begins to break down and Master is forced to fix it if he wants to avoid being fed to the pigs. Near death, Max is found by a desert dweller named Savannah Nix (Helen Buday), who hauls him back to her home, a primitive community of children and teenagers living in an oasis. The children, survivors of a crashed Qantas Boeing 747, were left by their parents who went to find civilization. They believe Max to be the Flight Captain, returned to fix the plane and fly them to civilization. Max denies being the captain and insists that they remain in the relative safety of the oasis, knowing that the only "civilization" within reach is Bartertown.
Some of the children, led by Savannah, decide to leave anyway, determined to find the prophesied "Tomorrow-morrow Land". Max stops them by force, but another tribe member known as Scrooloos (Rod Zuanic), sets them free during the night, and goes off with them. Their leader Slake M'Thirst (Tom Jennings), asks Max to go after them, and he agrees, taking a few of the children to help. They find Savannah's group in danger but are unable to save one of the children from a sand pit. With no supplies left they are forced to head for Bartertown.
They sneak in and with Pig Killer's help free Master and escape in a train-truck, the center of the town's generator, causing explosions heavily damaging Bartertown. Aunty leads the inhabitants in pursuit, catching up to the train. Max's group manages to slow them down while Scrooloos hijacks one of the pursuing vehicles (which turns out to be Max's from the start of the film). The group comes across Jedediah and his son, and Max coerces Jedediah into helping his group escape with their plane. Max uses his vehicle to clear a path through Aunty's men, allowing the plane to take off and escape, leaving him at Aunty's mercy. Aunty spares his life, having come to respect him, and departs.
Jedidiah flies the children (presumably under Max's orders) to the coast, where they discover the decimated ruins of Sydney. Years later, the children have established a small society of themselves and other lost wanderers, and are now living in the ruins. Savannah, now leader of the group, recites a nightly story of their journey and the man who saved them, while Max, still alive in the desert, wanders on to places unknown.
Cast[edit]
Mel Gibson as "Mad" Max Rockatansky, a former MFP officer and lone warrior, Max roves the desert aimlessly, his existence entirely based around self-survival.
Tina Turner as Aunty Entity, the ruthless, determined ruler of Bartertown. Entity is a glamorous, Amazon-like figure who recognizes a strength of character in Max, and hopes to exploit him in order to gain sole control of Bartertown from Master. Despite her brutality and Bartertown's chaos, Entity is an intelligent, cultured woman, who holds a hope of one day rebuilding society to its former glory. In regards of the character, Miller said, "We needed someone whose vitality and intelligence would make her control over Bartertown credible. She had to be a positive character rather than a conventional evil 'bad guy.' We had worked on the script with (Turner) in mind. But we had no idea if she'd be interested."[5]
Bruce Spence as Jedediah the Pilot
Adam Cockburn as Jedediah Jr., Jedediah's son, who often helps his father steal supplies, flying his dad's plane whilst Jedediah procures the goods.
Frank Thring as The Collector, head of Bartertown's trade and exchange network.
Angelo Rossitto as Master, a diminutive former engineer, who parlays his technical expertise into building the methane extractor responsible for Bartertown's electricity. When the film begins, Master has grown power-crazed under the protection of Blaster, and the reverence he receives from the people of Bartertown. Frequently humiliates Entity into acknowledging his power over her. When Blaster is killed however, Master becomes a far more subdued, humble character, and eventually escapes with the help of Max, Pig Killer, and the children.
Paul Larsson as Blaster, Master's silent, mentally-impaired bodyguard.
Angry Anderson as Ironbar Bassey, head of Bartertown's security and Aunty Entity's Number One Henchman. Despite his short height he is a fierce warrior figure, wearing a doll's head standard on his back, who comes to dislike Max more and more as the film proceeds. After several near-death incidents where his survival becomes more and more unlikely, he is eventually "killed" in the film's climatic chase sequence, though he is last seen giving the middle finger to the escaping heroes, so his ultimate fate is unknown.
Robert Grubb as Pig Killer, a convict in Bartertown sentenced to work in the methane refinery, shoveling pig feces. He befriends Max, and when Max and the children return to rescue Master, Pig Killer escapes to help them.
Helen Buday as Savannah Nix, leader of a tribe of child survivors (or the children of those survivors) from a crashed 747. Savannah is the one who ensures the tribe remembers its past through the "tells," and acts as a surrogate mother figure to many of them. She is also the partner of Slake.
Tom Jennings as Slake M'Thirst, the male leader of the child tribe.
Edwin Hodgeman as Dr. Dealgood, the flamboyant Master of Ceremonies and chief auctioneer of Bartertown.
Production[edit]
The film was the first Mad Max film made without producer Byron Kennedy, who was killed in a helicopter crash in 1983. There is a title card at the end that says, "...For Byron".
Miller co-directed with George Ogilvie with whom he had worked on the 1983 miniseries The Dismissal. They used a group workshopping rehearsal technique that they had developed.[6]
The main location was at the mining town of Coober Pedy with the set for Bartertown built at an old brickworks in Sydney's western suburbs, and the children's camp shot at the Blue Mountains.[6]
Release[edit]
Although the film's budget was more extravagant than its predecessors, its box office yield was only moderate in comparison.[6] Beyond Thunderdome grossed $4,272,802 at the box office in Australia.[7]
Critical reception[edit]
Critical reaction to the film was generally positive; it holds an 81% rating on Rotten Tomatoes,[8] although reviewers were mixed regarding whether they considered the film the highest or lowest point of the Mad Max trilogy. Most of the criticism was focused on the children in the second half of the film, which many felt was too reminiscent of the Lost Boys from Peter Pan.[9] On the other hand, critics praised the Thunderdome scene in particular; film critic Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times called the Thunderdome "the first really original movie idea about how to stage a fight since we got the first karate movies" and praised the fight between Max and Blaster as "one of the great creative action scenes in the movies."[10] He awarded the film 4 stars out of 4 and later placed the film on his list of the 10 best pictures of 1985.[11] Variety wrote that film "opens strong" and has good acting from Gibson, Turner, and the children.[12]
American Film Institute lists
AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs: "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" – Nominated[13]
AFI's 10 Top 10 – Nominated Science Fiction Film[14]
Soundtrack[edit]
Main article: Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (soundtrack)
Capitol Records originally released the soundtrack album in 1985. It included the film's theme song, Turner's "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)", which reached #1 in Canada, #2 in the U.S. and #3 in the British single charts; it plays over the end credits. Turner's "One of the Living", which plays over the opening credits, was rerecorded for single release, and reached #15 in both Canada and the U.S., but only #55 in Britain. A double CD containing only Jarre's original music was issued in 2010 on Tadlow Music/Silva Screen Records.
In popular culture[edit]
Main article: Mad Max series legacy and influence in popular culture
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 10 July 1985. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
2.Jump up ^ "Box Office Information for Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
3.Jump up ^ "Summer of '85: We Don't Need Another Hero: Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome". Slant Magazine. 19 June 2010. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
4.Jump up ^ Total Film
5.Jump up ^ "Tina Turner Excels in First Dramatic Role in 'Mad Max' Movie". Jet (Johnson Publishing Company) 68 (20): 30. 29 July 1985. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
6.^ Jump up to: a b c David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p85-87
7.Jump up ^ Film Victoria – Australian Films at the Australian Box Office
8.Jump up ^ "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome Movie Reviews, Pictures". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
9.Jump up ^ Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome – Movie Reviews, Trailers, Pictures – Rotten Tomatoes
10.Jump up ^ "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome". Chicago Sun-Times.
11.Jump up ^ Ebert's 10 Best Lists: 1967-present via the Internet Archive. Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
12.Jump up ^ "Review: ‘Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome’". Variety. 1985. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
13.Jump up ^ AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs Nominees
14.Jump up ^ AFI's 10 Top 10 Ballot
External links[edit]
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Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome at the Internet Movie Database
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome at the TCM Movie Database
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome at Rotten Tomatoes


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Mad Max: Fury Road

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Mad Max: Fury Road
Theatrical release poster
Theatrical release poster
 
Directed by
George Miller
Produced by
Doug Mitchell
George Miller
P. J. Voeten
 
Written by
George Miller
Brendan McCarthy
Nico Lathouris
 
Starring
Tom Hardy
Charlize Theron
Nicholas Hoult
Hugh Keays-Byrne
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
Riley Keough
Zoë Kravitz
Abbey Lee
Courtney Eaton
 
Music by
Junkie XL
Cinematography
John Seale
Edited by
Margaret Sixel

Production
 company
 
Kennedy Miller Mitchell
Village Roadshow Pictures
 
Distributed by
Warner Bros. Pictures

Release dates

14 May 2015 (Cannes)
15 May 2015 (United States)
 

Running time
 120 minutes[1][2]
Country
Australia
United States
 
Language
English
Budget
$150 million[3]
Mad Max: Fury Road is an upcoming post-apocalyptic action film directed, produced, and co-written by George Miller, and the fourth film of Miller's Mad Max franchise. The first film of the franchise in 30 years, Fury Road stars Tom Hardy as "Mad" Max Rockatansky, making it also the first Mad Max film not to feature Mel Gibson in the title role. It also stars Charlize Theron.
The film will have its world premiere on 14 May 2015 at the 68th Cannes Film Festival in an out of competition screening, followed by a wide theatrical release on 15 May 2015.


Contents  [hide]
1 Premise
2 Cast
3 Production 3.1 Development
3.2 Filming
3.3 Post-production
3.4 Music
4 Release
5 Sequels
6 References
7 External links

Premise[edit]
Several years after a series of catastrophic worldwide calamities, Max (Tom Hardy), a former highway patrolman, meets Furiosa (Charlize Theron), a woman attempting to cross an immense desert.[4] With her are former female captives collectively known as the Five Wives (Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Riley Keough, Zoë Kravitz, Abbey Lee, and Courtney Eaton), of the tyrannical Immortan Joe (Hugh Keays-Byrne) and his bloodthirsty gang. Their only hope of reaching safety is Max and his expansive knowledge of the desert's many dangers. When Max is captured by Joe, his only chance of escape depends on Furiosa and her band of liberated women, each of whom is considered a precious object vital to the continued survival of the human race.[5]
Cast[edit]
Tom Hardy as "Mad" Max Rockatansky
Charlize Theron as Imperator Furiosa
Nicholas Hoult as Nux
Hugh Keays-Byrne as Immortan Joe
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley as The Splendid Angharad
Riley Keough as Capable
Zoë Kravitz as Toast the Knowing
Abbey Lee as The Dag
Courtney Eaton as Cheedo the Fragile
Nathan Jones as Rictus Erectus
Josh Helman as Slit
Megan Gale as Valkyrie
John Howard as The People Eater
Richard Carter as the Bullet Farmer
iOTA as Coma-Doof Warrior
Angus Sampson as the Organic Mechanic
Jennifer Hagan as Miss Giddy
Melissa Jaffer
Gillian Jones
Joy Smithers
Production[edit]
Development[edit]
Plans for the fourth film of the Mad Max series hit financial difficulties and the project spent around 25 years in "development hell".[6] George Miller announced in 2003 that a script had been written for a fourth film, and that pre-production was in the early stages.[7] Although the project was given the green light for a US$100 million budget to begin filming in Australia in May 2003, Mad Max 4 entered hiatus due to security concerns related to trying to film in Namibia because the United States and many other countries had tightened travel and shipping restrictions.[8] With the outbreak of the Iraq War, Mad Max 4 was abandoned as it was considered a potentially politically sensitive film. Although Mel Gibson had been cast to return as Max, he lost interest after production was cancelled.[8]

 

 Director George Miller announced in 2003 that a script had been written for a fourth film, and that pre-production was in the early stages.
In November 2006, Miller stated that he intended to make Fury Road, and considered doing the film without Gibson: "There's a real hope. The last thing I wanted to do is another Mad Max, but this script came along, and I'm completely carried away with it."[9][10] The film's screenplay was co-written with cult British comic creator Brendan McCarthy, who also designed many of the new characters and vehicles.[11] Miller again confirmed his intention to make another Mad Max at the 2007 Aurora film maker initiative. However, he stated that he thought Mel Gibson would not be interested in the film because of his age.[12][13] On 5 March 2009, it was announced that an R-rated 3D animated feature film was in pre-production and would be taking much of the plot from Fury Road,[14] although Mel Gibson would not be in the film and Miller was looking for a "different route", a "renaissance" of the franchise.[14] Miller cited the film Akira as an inspiration for what he wanted to do with the franchise. George Miller was also developing an action-adventure tie-in video game based on the fourth film, along with God of War II video game designer Cory Barlog. Both projects were expected to take two to two-and-a-half years, according to Miller, with a release date of either 2011 or 2012. The Fury Road film was going to be produced at Dr.D Studios, a digital art studios founded in 2008 by George Miller and Doug Mitchell.[14]
On 18 May 2009, it was reported that location scouting was underway for Mad Max 4.[15] After exploring the possibility of an animated 3D film, George Miller decided instead to shoot a 3D live action film, and at this point plans to make the animated film were immediately dropped, and by May 2009, location scouting for the Mad Max sequel had begun.[15] An Australian press said in May 2009: "MAD [sic] Max is revving up for a long-awaited return to the big screen, almost 25 years after Tina Turner ran Mel Gibson out of Bartertown. Director George Miller is gearing up to shoot the fourth film in the ground-breaking Aussie road warrior franchise, industry sources say. Scouting for locations is under way for the movie, which many thought would never get off the ground. It could go into production later this year."[16]
In October 2009, Miller announced that that filming of Fury Road would commence at Broken Hill, New South Wales in early 2011, ending years of speculation.[17] This announcement attracted widespread media attention in Australia, with speculation at that time on whether Mel Gibson would return as Max.[18] That same month, British actor Tom Hardy was in negotiations to take the lead role of Max, while it was also announced that Charlize Theron would also play a major role in the film.[19] In June 2010, Hardy announced on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross that he would play the title role in a new version of Mad Max.[20] In July 2010, Miller announced plans to shoot two Mad Max films back-to-back, entitled Mad Max: Fury Road and Mad Max: Furiosa.[21] In November 2011, filming was moved from Broken Hill to Namibia, after unexpected heavy rains turned the desert there into a lush landscape of wildflowers, inappropriate for the look of the movie.[22]
In a July 2014 interview at Comic-Con, Miller said he designed the film in storyboard form before writing the screenplay, working with five storyboard artists. It came out as about 3,500 panels, almost the same number of shots as in the finished film. He wanted the film to be almost a continuous chase, with relatively little dialogue, and to have the visuals come first.[23] Paraphrasing Hitchcock, Miller said that he wanted the film to be understood in Japan without the use of subtitles.[24]
Filming[edit]
Principal photography began in July 2012 in Namibia.[25] Filming also took place at Potts Hill and Penrith Lakes in Western Sydney.[26] In October 2012, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Warner Bros. sent an executive to keep the production on track.[27] The filming wrapped on 17 December 2012.[28] In February 2013, a leaked draft from the Namibian Coast Conservation and Management group accused the producers of damaging parts of the Namib Desert, endangering a number of plant and animal species.[29][30] However, the Namibia Film Commission said it had "no reservations" after visiting the set during production. It disputed claims reported in the media, calling the accusations "unjust rhetoric".[31] In September 2013, it was announced that the film would undergo reshoots in November 2013.[32]
Cinematographer John Seale, who came out of retirement to shoot Fury Road,[33] outfitted his camera crew with six Arri Alexas, as well as a number of Canon EOS 5Ds that were used as crash cams for the action sequences.[34]
In July 2014, director George Miller described the film as "a very simple allegory, almost a western on wheels".[35] Miller claimed that 90% of the effects were practical.[36] Second unit director and supervising stunt coordinator Guy Norris was in charge of over 150 stunt performers, which included Cirque du Soleil performers and Olympic athletes.[37][33]
Post-production[edit]
The lead visual effects company for Mad Max: Fury Road was Iloura, who delivered more than 1,500 effects shots for the film.[38] Additional visual effects studios that worked on the film include Method Studios, Stereo D, 4DMax, BlackGinger, The Third Floor, and Dr. D Studios.[39][40]
Weta Digital was originally involved with the film when it was scheduled for a 2012 release.[41] The company was to be handling visual effects, conceptual designs, specialty make-up effects, and costume designs until production was postponed from its November 2010 start date.[42]
Music[edit]
Main article: Mad Max: Fury Road (soundtrack)
The musical score for Mad Max: Fury Road was composed by Junkie XL.[43] Prior to Junkie XL's involvement, John Powell and Marco Beltrami were attached at separate times to score the film.[44][45] After hearing Junkie XL's score for 300: Rise of an Empire,[46] Miller met with the composer in Sydney. "I got very inspired and started writing pieces of music for scenes," said Junkie XL. "The initial main themes were written in the four weeks after that first meeting and those themes never changed."[47] A soundtrack album is scheduled to be released by WaterTower Music on 12 May 2015.[48]
Release[edit]
Mad Max: Fury Road will have its world premiere on 14 May 2015 at the 68th Cannes Film Festival in an out of competition screening,[49] and will be released in theaters on 15 May 2015.[50] Leading up its release, the film was digitally re-mastered into the IMAX 3D format. It will be released into IMAX theaters in select international territories on 13 May 2015.[51]
Beginning 20 May 2015, Vertigo will release three comic book prequels, one per month, that detail the backstory for a character in the film. A hardcover collection of art inspired by the film will be released 6 May 2015.[52]
Sequels[edit]
Back in 2012, Miller said that he originally wanted to shoot Fury Road along with its intended sequel, Mad Max: Furiosa back to back, but Warner Bros. has since made no confirmation that there will be any more films in the franchise.[53] In March 2015, during an interview with Esquire magazine, Hardy revealed that he was attached to star in three more Mad Max films following Mad Max: Fury Road.[54]
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10.Jump up ^ Ngo, Binh (26 January 2007). "Director Miller Wants More Penguins, "Mad Max 4" Without Mel Gibson". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 25 May 2007.
11.Jump up ^ "Exclusive: A Look At Brendan McCarthy And Grant Morrison's Long Lost Movie Pitch, Shatterland - Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors". Bleedingcool.com. 30 August 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
12.Jump up ^ Stewart, Ryan (14 March 2007). "Mad Max 4 Announced -- Mel Gibson Will Not Star!". Cinematical.com. Retrieved 25 May 2007.
13.Jump up ^ Australian Associated Press (15 March 2007). "Miller planning Mad Max 4". NEWS.com.au. Retrieved 25 May 2007.
14.^ Jump up to: a b c "EXCLUSIVE: Fourth ‘Mad Max’ In Development…As 3-D Anime Feature". Moviesblog.mtv.com. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
15.^ Jump up to: a b "Rumor: Mad Max 4 is Live Action, Scouting Locations Now?". FirstShowing.net. 2009-05-18. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
16.Jump up ^ Roach, Vicky (18 May 2009). "All revved up for Max's return". Herald Sun. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
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18.Jump up ^ "Mad Max is back - but is Mel?". ninemsn.com.au. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
19.Jump up ^ "Tom Hardy Talks Mad Max 4; Teresa Palmer is in the Film [Updated]". Screenrant.com. 27 June 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
20.Jump up ^ Rosenberg, Adam. "Tom Hardy landing the starring role in "Mad Max: Fury Road" is an amazing turn of events for that franchise.". moviesblog.mtv.com. mtv.com. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
21.Jump up ^ Brown, Todd (2 July 2010). "George Miller Following 'Mad Max: Fury Road' with 'Mad Max: Furiosa". TwitchFilm.com. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
22.Jump up ^ Hildebrand, Joe (8 November 2011). "It's Mad Max out of Africa - and Broken Hill isn't happy about it". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, New South Wales). Retrieved 23 November 2011.
23.Jump up ^ Radish, Christina. "Writer/Director George Miller Talks MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, Returning to the Post-Apocalyptic World, Thousands of Storyboards, and More at Comic-Con". Collider.com. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
24.Jump up ^ Rottenberg, Josh (27 July 2014). "‘Mad Max: Fury Road': George Miller on car crashes, Tom Hardy’s animal magnetism". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
25.Jump up ^ "Tom Hardy Uncertain About 'Mad Max: Fury Road' Start Date [UPDATED]". Screenrant.com. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
26.Jump up ^ "Mad Max: Fury Road to Roar Through Sydney Streets". Urban Cinefile. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
27.Jump up ^ "Warner Bros. Sends 'Studio Representative' to Namibia to Keep 'Fury Road' on Track (Exclusive)". Hollywoodreporter.com. 18 October 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
28.Jump up ^ Brown, Todd (16 December 2012). "It's A Wrap! MAD MAX: FURY ROAD Completes Principal Photography". Twitch Film. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
29.Jump up ^ "Fragile desert 'damaged' by Mad Max film crew". 3 News NZ. 6 March 2013.
30.Jump up ^ "Mad Max: Fury Road sparks real-life fury with claims of damage to desert". The Guardian. 5 March 2013.
31.Jump up ^ Goundry, Nick (7 March 2013). "Namibia Film Commission disputes Mad Max 4 location filming damage claim". The Location Guide. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
32.Jump up ^ "Mad Max: Fury Road Going Back for Reshoots". ComingSoon.net. 3 September 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
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35.Jump up ^ "Comic-Con 2014: Mad Max: Fury Road roars into view". The Guardian. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
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41.Jump up ^ "Weta to Work on Mad Max: Fury Road". Weta Digital. Archived from the original on 4 July 2010. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
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43.Jump up ^ "‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ to Feature Music by Junkie XL". Film Music Reporter. 16 October 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
44.Jump up ^ Goldwasser, Dan (November 2006). "John Powell - Interview". Soundtrack.Net. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
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46.Jump up ^ Roberts, Sheila (18 March 2014). "Composer Junkie XL Talks 300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE, DIVERGENT, Possibly Collaborating with Hans Zimmer on INTERSTELLAR, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, and More". Collider.com. Complex. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
47.Jump up ^ Weintraub, Steve (11 March 2015). "Junkie XL Talks RUN ALL NIGHT, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, BATMAN V SUPERMAN, and More". Collider.com. Complex. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
48.Jump up ^ "WaterTower Music to Release ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ Soundtrack". Film Music Reporter. 5 March 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
49.Jump up ^ Gregg Kilday (25 March 2015). "Cannes: 'Mad Max: Fury Road' to Screen". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
50.Jump up ^ "'Mad Max: Fury Road' Set For Summer 2015". Deadline.com. 20 November 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
51.Jump up ^ "Warner Bros. Pictures And Village Roadshow Pictures' Mad Max: Fury Road To Charge Into Select Overseas IMAX® Theatres Starting May 13". PR Newswire. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
52.Jump up ^ McMillan, Graeme (12 February 2015). "Artists involved include Dave McKean and 'Love and Rockets' co-creator Gilbert Hernandez.". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
53.Jump up ^ Dave McNarry (April 2, 2015). "Tom Hardy Attached to Three More ‘Mad Max’ Films". Variety. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
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External links[edit]
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Mad Max: Fury Road at the Internet Movie Database
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Mad Max: Fury Road
Theatrical release poster
Theatrical release poster
 
Directed by
George Miller
Produced by
Doug Mitchell
George Miller
P. J. Voeten
 
Written by
George Miller
Brendan McCarthy
Nico Lathouris
 
Starring
Tom Hardy
Charlize Theron
Nicholas Hoult
Hugh Keays-Byrne
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
Riley Keough
Zoë Kravitz
Abbey Lee
Courtney Eaton
 
Music by
Junkie XL
Cinematography
John Seale
Edited by
Margaret Sixel

Production
 company
 
Kennedy Miller Mitchell
Village Roadshow Pictures
 
Distributed by
Warner Bros. Pictures

Release dates

14 May 2015 (Cannes)
15 May 2015 (United States)
 

Running time
 120 minutes[1][2]
Country
Australia
United States
 
Language
English
Budget
$150 million[3]
Mad Max: Fury Road is an upcoming post-apocalyptic action film directed, produced, and co-written by George Miller, and the fourth film of Miller's Mad Max franchise. The first film of the franchise in 30 years, Fury Road stars Tom Hardy as "Mad" Max Rockatansky, making it also the first Mad Max film not to feature Mel Gibson in the title role. It also stars Charlize Theron.
The film will have its world premiere on 14 May 2015 at the 68th Cannes Film Festival in an out of competition screening, followed by a wide theatrical release on 15 May 2015.


Contents  [hide]
1 Premise
2 Cast
3 Production 3.1 Development
3.2 Filming
3.3 Post-production
3.4 Music
4 Release
5 Sequels
6 References
7 External links

Premise[edit]
Several years after a series of catastrophic worldwide calamities, Max (Tom Hardy), a former highway patrolman, meets Furiosa (Charlize Theron), a woman attempting to cross an immense desert.[4] With her are former female captives collectively known as the Five Wives (Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Riley Keough, Zoë Kravitz, Abbey Lee, and Courtney Eaton), of the tyrannical Immortan Joe (Hugh Keays-Byrne) and his bloodthirsty gang. Their only hope of reaching safety is Max and his expansive knowledge of the desert's many dangers. When Max is captured by Joe, his only chance of escape depends on Furiosa and her band of liberated women, each of whom is considered a precious object vital to the continued survival of the human race.[5]
Cast[edit]
Tom Hardy as "Mad" Max Rockatansky
Charlize Theron as Imperator Furiosa
Nicholas Hoult as Nux
Hugh Keays-Byrne as Immortan Joe
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley as The Splendid Angharad
Riley Keough as Capable
Zoë Kravitz as Toast the Knowing
Abbey Lee as The Dag
Courtney Eaton as Cheedo the Fragile
Nathan Jones as Rictus Erectus
Josh Helman as Slit
Megan Gale as Valkyrie
John Howard as The People Eater
Richard Carter as the Bullet Farmer
iOTA as Coma-Doof Warrior
Angus Sampson as the Organic Mechanic
Jennifer Hagan as Miss Giddy
Melissa Jaffer
Gillian Jones
Joy Smithers
Production[edit]
Development[edit]
Plans for the fourth film of the Mad Max series hit financial difficulties and the project spent around 25 years in "development hell".[6] George Miller announced in 2003 that a script had been written for a fourth film, and that pre-production was in the early stages.[7] Although the project was given the green light for a US$100 million budget to begin filming in Australia in May 2003, Mad Max 4 entered hiatus due to security concerns related to trying to film in Namibia because the United States and many other countries had tightened travel and shipping restrictions.[8] With the outbreak of the Iraq War, Mad Max 4 was abandoned as it was considered a potentially politically sensitive film. Although Mel Gibson had been cast to return as Max, he lost interest after production was cancelled.[8]

 

 Director George Miller announced in 2003 that a script had been written for a fourth film, and that pre-production was in the early stages.
In November 2006, Miller stated that he intended to make Fury Road, and considered doing the film without Gibson: "There's a real hope. The last thing I wanted to do is another Mad Max, but this script came along, and I'm completely carried away with it."[9][10] The film's screenplay was co-written with cult British comic creator Brendan McCarthy, who also designed many of the new characters and vehicles.[11] Miller again confirmed his intention to make another Mad Max at the 2007 Aurora film maker initiative. However, he stated that he thought Mel Gibson would not be interested in the film because of his age.[12][13] On 5 March 2009, it was announced that an R-rated 3D animated feature film was in pre-production and would be taking much of the plot from Fury Road,[14] although Mel Gibson would not be in the film and Miller was looking for a "different route", a "renaissance" of the franchise.[14] Miller cited the film Akira as an inspiration for what he wanted to do with the franchise. George Miller was also developing an action-adventure tie-in video game based on the fourth film, along with God of War II video game designer Cory Barlog. Both projects were expected to take two to two-and-a-half years, according to Miller, with a release date of either 2011 or 2012. The Fury Road film was going to be produced at Dr.D Studios, a digital art studios founded in 2008 by George Miller and Doug Mitchell.[14]
On 18 May 2009, it was reported that location scouting was underway for Mad Max 4.[15] After exploring the possibility of an animated 3D film, George Miller decided instead to shoot a 3D live action film, and at this point plans to make the animated film were immediately dropped, and by May 2009, location scouting for the Mad Max sequel had begun.[15] An Australian press said in May 2009: "MAD [sic] Max is revving up for a long-awaited return to the big screen, almost 25 years after Tina Turner ran Mel Gibson out of Bartertown. Director George Miller is gearing up to shoot the fourth film in the ground-breaking Aussie road warrior franchise, industry sources say. Scouting for locations is under way for the movie, which many thought would never get off the ground. It could go into production later this year."[16]
In October 2009, Miller announced that that filming of Fury Road would commence at Broken Hill, New South Wales in early 2011, ending years of speculation.[17] This announcement attracted widespread media attention in Australia, with speculation at that time on whether Mel Gibson would return as Max.[18] That same month, British actor Tom Hardy was in negotiations to take the lead role of Max, while it was also announced that Charlize Theron would also play a major role in the film.[19] In June 2010, Hardy announced on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross that he would play the title role in a new version of Mad Max.[20] In July 2010, Miller announced plans to shoot two Mad Max films back-to-back, entitled Mad Max: Fury Road and Mad Max: Furiosa.[21] In November 2011, filming was moved from Broken Hill to Namibia, after unexpected heavy rains turned the desert there into a lush landscape of wildflowers, inappropriate for the look of the movie.[22]
In a July 2014 interview at Comic-Con, Miller said he designed the film in storyboard form before writing the screenplay, working with five storyboard artists. It came out as about 3,500 panels, almost the same number of shots as in the finished film. He wanted the film to be almost a continuous chase, with relatively little dialogue, and to have the visuals come first.[23] Paraphrasing Hitchcock, Miller said that he wanted the film to be understood in Japan without the use of subtitles.[24]
Filming[edit]
Principal photography began in July 2012 in Namibia.[25] Filming also took place at Potts Hill and Penrith Lakes in Western Sydney.[26] In October 2012, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Warner Bros. sent an executive to keep the production on track.[27] The filming wrapped on 17 December 2012.[28] In February 2013, a leaked draft from the Namibian Coast Conservation and Management group accused the producers of damaging parts of the Namib Desert, endangering a number of plant and animal species.[29][30] However, the Namibia Film Commission said it had "no reservations" after visiting the set during production. It disputed claims reported in the media, calling the accusations "unjust rhetoric".[31] In September 2013, it was announced that the film would undergo reshoots in November 2013.[32]
Cinematographer John Seale, who came out of retirement to shoot Fury Road,[33] outfitted his camera crew with six Arri Alexas, as well as a number of Canon EOS 5Ds that were used as crash cams for the action sequences.[34]
In July 2014, director George Miller described the film as "a very simple allegory, almost a western on wheels".[35] Miller claimed that 90% of the effects were practical.[36] Second unit director and supervising stunt coordinator Guy Norris was in charge of over 150 stunt performers, which included Cirque du Soleil performers and Olympic athletes.[37][33]
Post-production[edit]
The lead visual effects company for Mad Max: Fury Road was Iloura, who delivered more than 1,500 effects shots for the film.[38] Additional visual effects studios that worked on the film include Method Studios, Stereo D, 4DMax, BlackGinger, The Third Floor, and Dr. D Studios.[39][40]
Weta Digital was originally involved with the film when it was scheduled for a 2012 release.[41] The company was to be handling visual effects, conceptual designs, specialty make-up effects, and costume designs until production was postponed from its November 2010 start date.[42]
Music[edit]
Main article: Mad Max: Fury Road (soundtrack)
The musical score for Mad Max: Fury Road was composed by Junkie XL.[43] Prior to Junkie XL's involvement, John Powell and Marco Beltrami were attached at separate times to score the film.[44][45] After hearing Junkie XL's score for 300: Rise of an Empire,[46] Miller met with the composer in Sydney. "I got very inspired and started writing pieces of music for scenes," said Junkie XL. "The initial main themes were written in the four weeks after that first meeting and those themes never changed."[47] A soundtrack album is scheduled to be released by WaterTower Music on 12 May 2015.[48]
Release[edit]
Mad Max: Fury Road will have its world premiere on 14 May 2015 at the 68th Cannes Film Festival in an out of competition screening,[49] and will be released in theaters on 15 May 2015.[50] Leading up its release, the film was digitally re-mastered into the IMAX 3D format. It will be released into IMAX theaters in select international territories on 13 May 2015.[51]
Beginning 20 May 2015, Vertigo will release three comic book prequels, one per month, that detail the backstory for a character in the film. A hardcover collection of art inspired by the film will be released 6 May 2015.[52]
Sequels[edit]
Back in 2012, Miller said that he originally wanted to shoot Fury Road along with its intended sequel, Mad Max: Furiosa back to back, but Warner Bros. has since made no confirmation that there will be any more films in the franchise.[53] In March 2015, during an interview with Esquire magazine, Hardy revealed that he was attached to star in three more Mad Max films following Mad Max: Fury Road.[54]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "MAD MAX: FURY ROAD (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
2.Jump up ^ "2015 Official Selection". Cannes. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
3.Jump up ^ Sperling, Nicole (7 July 2014). "Drive Like Hell". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
4.Jump up ^ "Mad Max: Fury Road trailer drops and it’s insane". News.com.au. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
5.Jump up ^ Warner Bros. Pictures (31 March 2015). "Mad Max: Fury Road - Official Main Trailer [HD]". Youtube.com. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
6.Jump up ^ "Mad Max: Fury Road Might Be Great". IGN. 2 October 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
7.Jump up ^ Source: Metro, Toronto, Canada. 11 December 2002.
8.^ Jump up to: a b "'Mad Max: Fury Road' Set Photos". Screenrant.com. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
9.Jump up ^ Morris, Clint (October 31, 2006). "Mad Max is dead, says Gibson". Moviehole.net. Archived from the original on 26 March 2007. Retrieved 25 May 2007.
10.Jump up ^ Ngo, Binh (26 January 2007). "Director Miller Wants More Penguins, "Mad Max 4" Without Mel Gibson". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 25 May 2007.
11.Jump up ^ "Exclusive: A Look At Brendan McCarthy And Grant Morrison's Long Lost Movie Pitch, Shatterland - Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors". Bleedingcool.com. 30 August 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
12.Jump up ^ Stewart, Ryan (14 March 2007). "Mad Max 4 Announced -- Mel Gibson Will Not Star!". Cinematical.com. Retrieved 25 May 2007.
13.Jump up ^ Australian Associated Press (15 March 2007). "Miller planning Mad Max 4". NEWS.com.au. Retrieved 25 May 2007.
14.^ Jump up to: a b c "EXCLUSIVE: Fourth ‘Mad Max’ In Development…As 3-D Anime Feature". Moviesblog.mtv.com. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
15.^ Jump up to: a b "Rumor: Mad Max 4 is Live Action, Scouting Locations Now?". FirstShowing.net. 2009-05-18. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
16.Jump up ^ Roach, Vicky (18 May 2009). "All revved up for Max's return". Herald Sun. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
17.Jump up ^ "Mad Max to the Rescue... again". dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
18.Jump up ^ "Mad Max is back - but is Mel?". ninemsn.com.au. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
19.Jump up ^ "Tom Hardy Talks Mad Max 4; Teresa Palmer is in the Film [Updated]". Screenrant.com. 27 June 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
20.Jump up ^ Rosenberg, Adam. "Tom Hardy landing the starring role in "Mad Max: Fury Road" is an amazing turn of events for that franchise.". moviesblog.mtv.com. mtv.com. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
21.Jump up ^ Brown, Todd (2 July 2010). "George Miller Following 'Mad Max: Fury Road' with 'Mad Max: Furiosa". TwitchFilm.com. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
22.Jump up ^ Hildebrand, Joe (8 November 2011). "It's Mad Max out of Africa - and Broken Hill isn't happy about it". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, New South Wales). Retrieved 23 November 2011.
23.Jump up ^ Radish, Christina. "Writer/Director George Miller Talks MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, Returning to the Post-Apocalyptic World, Thousands of Storyboards, and More at Comic-Con". Collider.com. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
24.Jump up ^ Rottenberg, Josh (27 July 2014). "‘Mad Max: Fury Road': George Miller on car crashes, Tom Hardy’s animal magnetism". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
25.Jump up ^ "Tom Hardy Uncertain About 'Mad Max: Fury Road' Start Date [UPDATED]". Screenrant.com. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
26.Jump up ^ "Mad Max: Fury Road to Roar Through Sydney Streets". Urban Cinefile. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
27.Jump up ^ "Warner Bros. Sends 'Studio Representative' to Namibia to Keep 'Fury Road' on Track (Exclusive)". Hollywoodreporter.com. 18 October 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
28.Jump up ^ Brown, Todd (16 December 2012). "It's A Wrap! MAD MAX: FURY ROAD Completes Principal Photography". Twitch Film. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
29.Jump up ^ "Fragile desert 'damaged' by Mad Max film crew". 3 News NZ. 6 March 2013.
30.Jump up ^ "Mad Max: Fury Road sparks real-life fury with claims of damage to desert". The Guardian. 5 March 2013.
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External links[edit]
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Mad Max: Fury Road at the Internet Movie Database
Mad Max: Fury Road at Box Office Mojo
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