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Mad Max(Movie, 1979)

R
| 1h 31min | Genres: Adventure, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
Mad MaxRating: 3.3/5 (with 22482,248 votes) 802
Mad Max is a 1979 Australian dystopian action film directed by George Miller in his directorial debut, who co-wrote the screenplay with James McCausland, based on a story by Miller and Byron Kennedy. Mel Gibson stars as "Mad" Max Rockatansky, a police officer turned vigilante in a dystopian near-future Australia in the midst of societal collapse. Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley, Tim Burns and Roger Ward also appear in supporting roles. Principal photography for Mad Max took place in and around Melbourne and lasted for six weeks. The film initially received a polarized reception upon its release in April 1979, although it won four AACTA Awards. Filmed on a budget of A$400,000, it earned more than... ()
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Awards & Nominations for Mad Max

AACTA Award for Best Editing AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score AACTA Award for Best Film AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role AACTA Award for Best Cinematography AACTA Award for Best Costume Design AACTA Award for Best Editing AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score AACTA Award for Best Original Screenplay

About Mad Max

In the ravaged near-future, a savage motorcycle gang rules the road. Terrorizing innocent civilians while tearing up the streets, the ruthless gang laughs in the face of a police force hell-bent on stopping them.

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Additional Information

Production country: Australia
Shot in: Clunes
Plays in: Australia
Derivative works/Adaptions: "Apocalypse X" (find it on Amazon)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 34 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Persian (FA), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Croatian (HR), Hungarian (HU), Indonesian (ID), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 05/02/1980 (World premiere: 04/12/1979)
Director: George Miller
Film Editor: Clifford Hayes
Director of Photography: David Eggby
Composer: Brian May
Performer: Brian May
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Bolides hurlants"
"Mad Max: O ekdikitis tis nyhtas"
"مد مکس"
"매드 맥스 1"
"매드맥스"
"매드맥스 1"
"Mad Max: Loco Max"
"Pobesneli Max: Cestni bojevnik"
"Безумный Макс"
"Çılgın Max"
"衝鋒追魂手"

6 movies in the Mad Max Collection

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