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14th Mad Fact about Mad Max The Mazda Bongo van smashed in the opening scene of the first movie is actually director George Miller's own car as they'd run out of money. That's commitment.
The dog in Road Warrior was saved from being euthanized by the filmmakers, One day before he was to be put to sleep. After filming he was adopted by one of the Camera operators.
Tommy Vercetti The budget was too low, they couldn't afford a legitimate trained dog actor and accompanying human handler (IOWs like Eddie in the TV show "Frasier") so instead they went to the local dog pound and found that sheep dog mix. Sheep dogs are very intelligent and that particular dog must have shown a natural ability or had been previously well trained, so they saved it one day before it was scheduled to be put down, and you cannot tell anywhere in the movie that its not a professionally trained acting dog, lucky lucky dog.
KlunkerRider i bet you $500 the Camera man who took the dog named him either Dog or Max lol i have a mute Beagle Sheep dog man. hes cool as hell. not Blue Healer Mix. but smart as fuck lol
The original Mad Max movie is raw power dripping with pure insanity. It was made on a budget that wouldn't cover the catering costs of a major motion picture too. So why can't other movies be as good? Why, why, why!
Just look at a film like Deadpool. It had the lowest budget out of all the superhero movies that came out this year, yet, it is hands down the best. It is mainly because Tim Miller (the director) had to work with a small budget of 58 mil which was cut down from the original 65 mil hence, actually trying and working hard to make a great film and he succeeded. However, Batman v Superman (250 mil), Civil War (250 mil), and Apocalypse (178 mil) had huge budgets but were disappointments (with the exception of Civil War, even though I think it is not as good everyone says it is). That's because many directors and studios think more money the better, and a better film, when that is not always the case. That is when 9 times out of 10, indie films are so much better because they have smaller budgets to work with and making a more personal film with great writing.
***** we've scientifically proven that excess resources leads to poor performance. The human mind appears to naturally succumb to this pitfall too. But at the same time studios, and directors have more of an agenda than just making a good movie. Sometimes a good movie today is better than a better movie tomorrow would be. Throwing money at things can speed processes up too.
Calling a Deadpool a good movie is a joke. Sure it is the best out of the superhero movies but still sucks ass and I regret watching it. While the tiny budget for Mad Max made the best movie of all times.
Even though the first Mad Max was so boring it took me 2 days to watch. I think the first Mad Max is remembered more for its legacy rather than the film itself. Mainly because I watched the film and only the last 15 minutes or so was entertaining. It was just a boring movie with some good performances and a good world. The second film is very well done, but a tad overrated. The third I have yet to watch. The fourth is just cinematic perfection.
Plus, I used Deadpool as an example more so for the fact it accomplished A LOT with a smaller budget. That's the point I was trying to get across, whether you liked the film or not.
I think it's really interesting that the Director and his team wrote detailed back stories for each character, weapon, vehicle etc in the films, to explain how they came to be the way they were, an incredible amount of effort when one of the main complaints about the Max films is their lack of a backstory. The MadMax Bible site has a couple of very interesting analyses of the timelines and backstories including information from production documents and scripts.
Doesn't even mention the 3rd film. I'm happy to admit i've only watched Chunderdome twice. The original a good 50+ till the tape melted and the 2nd at the least, 150 time after 3 years of watching it once a week, sometimes twice. Still sad about the first tape though...
Watched this trilogy right before I went to see the new one and it still holds up in this day and age. These facts just make me respect the filmmakers doubly so, if that's even possible.
kRoNiKnEoN by .MAD MAX. » Wed Oct 13, 2010 7:37 am The one I hear of the most is when the biker (wearing the orange helmet) gets hit on the back of the head (Kirks Bridge scene). The guy that did that stunt is dale B and he's very much alive. He's also a member here that has contributed TONS of pics and info to us fans. I remember being at a car show a while back when someone checking out my car told me that this guy was killed when he got hit on the back of the head by the bike wheel. I asked how he knows this and he said it was a distant relative..... I showed him the autographed pic of Dale (wearing the shirt I sent him that has a pic of my car on it) I have in the photo book I keep with the car and said...."that's funny, I just spoke to him a few weeks back on the phone and he sounded alive to me"
Kawasaki gave them 10 identical bikes to use in the film, if you look carefully toecutters bike is exactly the same as Goose's bike just a different colour, after the film Kawasaki asked for their bikes back (in the condition they where delivered on) they got 3 bikes back, Kawasaki where not pleased lol
Fun Fact: The Police Garage in the first film, is the underground Parking garage at Melbourne University. It still looks very much the same today. Yet the shot outside the police garage was shot at the pumping station at 'scienceworks'.
If you recall seeing the Kenworth K100 cabover and MT trailer in "Mad Max", they installed a fake painting of the headlights and grille on the bull bar because the driver didn't want his rig to get damage when plowing into Toecutter and his bike.
"The Road Warrior" is most people favorite, and with a reason too. However, Mad Max original has most amazing atmosphere ! This is the reason I can't separate two.
The explosion in the heroes compound in Mad Max 2 was the largest (At the time, I'm not sure about since) explosion ever put in a movie. It had its own mushroom cloud it was so big.
Rumor has it the ending of Mad Max is one of the major inspirations for the SAW films. I won't spoil the ending for anyone who hasn't seen it, but it's pretty badass, and there's at least a couple scenes from the SAW films lifted almost wholesale from it.
+Irondrone4 what the hell are you talking about ? this is a action film and your talking about saw a horror film get your movies right your taking to much weed
***** Have you seen both movies? Anyone who has knows exactly what we are talking about. Look up the scene if you are curious, but quit running your mouth like a numpty.
TBH, Fury Road is basically the car chase scene from Road Warrior, for two hours. Which is a pretty amazing thing. Fury Road is, imo, a better all around movie with the exception of Tom Hardy (who still did a very good job) playing Max, due to his issues holding the accent steady.
Michal Szymula Gold! Yeah that's the Toecutter.. (The Nightrider) "Remember him him when you look at the night sky! Cracks me up..me and at least 5 of my childhood friends can pretty much repeat the whole movie word for word when watching it.
Babylonthegreat Actually, have not seen The Road Warrior uncut on vhs until 1989. Purchased Mad Max also on vhs shortly after. Could have counted seeing these earlier on commercial TV in Los Angeles, though all the good scenes were (of course) cut up and edited!
Producer: Hey, dude, it would be best if you didn't eat anything for 12 hours?Stuntman: Why?Director: Well, if this stunt doesn't go exactly as planned, you might have to undergo emergency surgery to repair the damage and keep you alive. We wouldn't want the food in your stomach causing any....complication, you understand?...hey...where are you going? Com back...
you forget - these are aussies - I bet he couldn't wait to throw the truck in the ditch! you'll never see another movie with such crazy real deadly stunts ever again
Watched them who knows how many times. I grew up on them. Watched it as a little kid and learned that world is a cruel place. When I grew up it wasn't any different then portrayed in the movie. Minus the post apocalypse setting.
the first is my favorite , just that end scene with the toe cutter getting run over cant beat it , but its all personal preference , I would say Fury road is better than beyond thunder dome though, but nothing compared to the first two
finn bell I like Beyond Thunderdome but it does lack the action and seriousness of Mad Max and Mad Max 2. Beyond Thunderdome still remains an entertaining movie but that's all.
When I was a kid I saw Mad Max 2 13 times at the cinemas. I knew the guy in the projector room 😉 American werewolf in London was another good one back then.
Another Fact - the Guitar guy idea in Fury Road was included to satisfy a poncy plastic audience raised in an era when cinema is suppose to look like TV commercials and video games.
Pretty good stuff there, I'm excited to see the Ford Falcon V8 Intercepter in a movie car museum in Miami, it's just a three hour drive away from North Ft. Myers in Florida!
Just got home from watching Mad Max Fury Road. Not much story line and it's almost 1 long car chase but an extreme car chase. Having said that it was an awesome movie that will keep you engaged from start to finish and satisfies your inner warrior. The custom vehicles were far more elaborate than the ones I got close up to on the set of Beyond Thunderdome which were either Ford F100 4wd's or Holden 1 tonners with the bodies removed and cow and horse hides stretched over them. The big foot rock crawler in Fury Road was much nicer.
Absolutely LOVED #MadMax !! Highly recommend!! 2 hours packed with action it was such a WEIRD world yet fascinating! The costumes were on point, the actors were in character the whole time I felt like I was part of the action too! Lots of sound effects! I was mostly amused by the fact the cavalry brought their own guitarist and drummers to play along as their war went on! I loved the visuals, this was so unusual and to me unusual is interesting so I loved their "cult[ure] and crazy world! I had not heard ANYTHING about Mad Max prior to seeing this trailer. I don't even know who the actor "Max" is, I did not read anything about this on Wikipedia or any other site. Clean slate. This movie could stand alone no need to watch a gazillion other movies to understand it. Charlize Theron, stellar as always! It will all be clear as it progresses, there's climax all throughout highly progressive! The movie felt like it was about to end in 3 parts and I'm glad it didn't bc I craved for more! I can see how there can be more to this and I can't wait for the next installment! 5 stars for action and uniqueness oh by the way there's more action than talking in this movie so don't expect a chick flick bc this isn't! :D LOVED this madness GO SEE!!!
The tow truck drivers in the first Mad Max, were paid a slab (box) of beer and $20 cash each... which is actually a common payment method for favors in Australia.
Toecutter and his gang stayed in character during the entire shoot even between takes and would even go as far as leaving threatening notes it blood addressed to "The Bronze" in the MFP actors rooms
According to the DVD commentary on The Road Warrior, the dog in the movie was picked up at the last minute from a local dog shelter. It was just an ordinary mutt and didn't have any special training, but Miller says in the commentary that it was a "natural actor" and a "little star". It took a particular liking for Mel during the filming. After the movie was completed, the dog was given to one of the crew members. Where he spent the long remainder of his life herding sheep on the crew member's ranch.
Look carefully at the scene when Toe Cutter get's creamed by the semi in Mad Max 1. They had to put a false front on the nose of the semi, due to a lack of budget, so as to avoid doing real damage to the truck.
Not to take anything from the original Mad Max, one of my all-time favorites, but a lot of the scenes, action, camera angles, and concepts are lifted from Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry. And it's OK to enjoy both :)
In the first MM the bikey gang led by Hugh Keays-Byrne, were a threatening a bunch of dudes, no doubt they would have been in character all the way from Sydney to Melbourne. My friend did the hair and make up on the first and he said they were always in character, and really scarey to be around.
when you watch the Road Warrior in the last truck chase after Wez grapples the semi door, look at the next shot THERE IS A CAMERA MAN SITTING ON THE FLOOR NEXT TO MEL!!!! Always loved a good sci-fi action flick!
Mel Gibson is American, not Australian. I realize that he lived there and started his acting career there, but he was born in New York and is an American citizen.
+NoBrakes23 - Yep, he is an American and thats fine by me as Australian. His dad was draft dodger for him and his eldest son, and thats why they came to Australia to avoid going to Vietnam. Everyone uses this country for their benefit and never recognises it once they are famous. He wouldnt be famous without living our lifestyle, culture, or are film industry. Hence, why a lot of people come to Australia to promote themselves and make money, then when they are super famous, they cant be bothered with us anymore, unless they go broke. lol Mel turned out like a true American - an arsehole. lol
+NoBrakes23 ... And Mav F...That is not entirely true. He has a dual citizenship to both the U.S. & Australia. His father moved his rather large family there after being laid off as a brakeman for the railroad in New York. It really sounds like you have some anger issues you need to deal with ! Try therapy
+Mav F... I don't know what the "nope" is for. Seriously, do you kiss your mother with that mouth ? He has NOT been a jerk the entire time he has been in this country, his behavior recently hasn't been right or even cool but, he is a talented actor and an Academy Award winning director. What his father is or is not is irrelivant. Everyone of us is more than the some total of our parents !
They missed the fact that they had to overdub the voices from English into 'Mericun' for the US release of the original because Americans are, you know, exceptionally smart.
The first DVD I bought in 2001, was Mad Max I was so excited as I was reading the box in BLockbuster.."OMG it has the original actors voices !!!" I exclaimed in the store.. I hated that dialogue was re done when Id seen it in theaters. The voices of the actors convey the acting as top notch.
This had nothing to do with one countries "IQ" as you put it. It had to do with all the Aussie slang used. COnsidering back then there was no internet or any real way for people to look things up, most of the WORLD would have no CLUE what they were saying if they had kept in the slang. IMO, they should have just kept the accents and done away with the slang.
The Road Warrior is the greatest max film, it spawned its own Genre, there’s plenty of Italian And Filipino Road Warrior Clones, all good fun, well mostly !!!
Children of The porn even Max's throw together car/truck/piece of shit what ever the fuck ya wanna call it on Thunderdome was a Ford f150 frame with a cut up xa-xc ford falcon cab section dropped on it so yeah you're right.
The video states about Mel Gibson "The Australian got the role..." but Mel is an American, born in New York in 1956, and his family moved to Australia when he was 12.
The rumor about how Gibson got the role is simply not true. He was a well known actor in Australia at the time, and he came in and auditioned like normal. This is according to Miller himself.
Where I live they had the change the laws for younger drivers to not allow more than one of them in the car at once. Entire groups of friends were being lost in road crashes. Was one or two infernos that forced the lawmaker's hands. Police pursuit vehicles roam the highways.
You forgot the one about George Miller sacrificing his own car in a scene in the first Mad Max movie because the film budget was running out. In the first chase, Charlie and Roop hit a blue Mazda Bongo van. that was Miller's own car.The Kawasakis in that movie were donated for the film. The black Monaro coupe that was blown up in the first chase was actually a 6 cylinder. Just in case you're thinking "what a waste," it was in crap condition to begin with. I know the sound that engine was making, because I used to own an HQ Kingswood (the sedan version of that coupe) which had a 202, a modified exhaust and a Holley. Sounded exactly like it at 3000rpm
The 3 police vehilces at the begining of Mad Max, mel gibsons interceptor was a vic pol factory fitted 351 ex police car. The other, a ex melbourne police car fitted with a 302 and the final a ex melbourne taxi. The van (blue) was the directors that was smashed due to budget.
Here's a bit of info I read after the first movie came out. Not sure how true it is. NOBODY was hurt DURING the filming of the movie. But 3 members of the crew were in a car accident on the way to the set one day.
***** Wow, he didn't say Australian BORN. He just said Australian which is correct. He is American born, but he is Australian. Please think before you post ignorance.
***** "I don't think of myself as either American or Australian really, I'm a true hybrid. It's a good thing for me because both of them are really good countries" - Mel Bibson
***** It's actually more interesting than that. Mel's paternal grandmother, Eva Mylott, was an Australian opera singer who married an American in New York in 1917 and died in an accident there in 1920.
***** Mel gibson once stated that he is not Australian and gets annoyed when people call him one. He simply lived there. Also he hasn't done an aussie film since Max 3. So as far as we are concerned...he is an american, end of story
Fact 14: Mel Gibson only had eleven (11) lines in the original... Fact 15: the Supercharger on Max's Interceptor was not real & was run via an electric motor hence why it could be turned on & off... Fact 16: the original Mad Max was filmed in Spotswood an inner-city suburb of melbourne (Halls of Justice) at an old power station & the rest was filmed around the bayside suburb of Geelong, which is where Anarchy Rd (a real road) is situated. Fact 17: Mad Max 2/ Roadworrior was filmed outside of Broken Hill in outback New South Wales.
Yes you did miss one. In Mad Max 1 there is a scene where are car smashes through a caravan. Apparently this is the first time that such a stunt had been attempted anywhere in the world.
One of the things left out was, one of the stunt men riding a motorcycle was run over and killed by one of the big rigs. And they left that scene in the movie.
Another story from the first is that one motorcycle stunt man was offered a share in the profits of $100 on the spot. Thinking the film would disappear into obsurity he took the cash. If he took a cut he would have made many thousand of dollars.
Here's some facts: -The supercharger in the first mad max is fake and driven by an electric motor. -In early 2016 the owner of the mad max museum went back to the site where mad max 2 was made and dug 6 feet into the dirt and found 2 motorcycles that was blown up and left in the base -The main mad max car used in the second film was the exact car that was use in the first film, so if you see two cars one from each film you know that at least the one out of the first film is fake
These movies are effective in that the stunts were real and the audience instinctively knows it. Unlike today's movies that rely on CG. There's just no sense that anyone was really in any danger.
Mel did NOT get the part the way this video says. This is the "myth." Mel was not beat up, he was not bruised, he was there himself to audition and got the role.
1:08 What other films has he been in where he wears a mask? He played Bane and wore a mask for less than half of Fury Road......... I wouldn't call that a love of masked roles
The new Mad Max is (and i hope this won't spoil the film for anyone) IS OFF THE FUCKING CHAIN!!! And considering 9.999999999999999/10 when you hear the words "re-shoot" your blood should start to chill. Reshoots are never a good sign. I couldn't tell for one second that there were reshoots, in a film like The Wolfman, you can definitely tell.
Everybody seems to prefer Mad Max 2 but I never understood why. I watched it twice, I sincerely tried to look for its qualities, but I never found them. I sincerely prefer all the other Mad Max movies by far. Can anyone here argue about why (s)he appreciates that movie?
+AigreSonge Easy. It has the purest post-apocalyptic feel to it, whereas Thunderdome doesn't know whether it's supposed to be Mad Max or Peter Pan. The first film is closer to normal society and thus dystopian at best, with law enforcement and other things still functioning. The romance may turn some people off. It's also very random and idiosyncratic, which some people might not "get". Personally I enjoy the idiosyncrasies, and it's hard to argue against him losing his wife being the key to what turns him into Mad Max in the first place. But Mad Max 2 shows you what he *becomes*, which is the epitome of the genre.
No... I Prefer part 1 actually over part 2And everyone that I know agrees with this philosophyI don't want to argueI'm not going tobut what I can say isPart 1 is the best by farPart 2 si very very very good, no question, and very close to beating part 1, but doesn't quite get therethunderdome doesn't come close to beating 1 or 2, but it's still very goodas for Fury Road...... hehe yeah, whatever hehe
Well, like others already said, the purest post-apocalyptic feel and you must remember, it created a whole new genre which has appeared in countless games, movies and comics. Games like Fallout wouldn't be here without it. I don't understand why its qualities escape your grasp, because it is considered one of the greatest action movies ever. Also almost all scenes are perfectly shot and the whole simple script works beautifully. The first Mad Max movie of course creates this whole world, and while some seem to dislike it, I would say it is a classic dystopian movie with Australian spices, made with a minimal budget, which caused its entry to the Guinness Book of World Records. The third one is a bit silly, although there are some good qualities there as well. Fury Road is a good movie, but Hardy was way bland/dull compared Gibson and was so lost in this movie, which mostly was about Furiosa. Also those flashbacks were stupid. And why include so many guns? The whole point of earlier Mad Max world was the lack of everything, including firearms (that late 80's Glock is weird too in a movie which contains mostly cars from the 70's). Also when looking at the whole world and how it worked, it seemed to be many decades after the apocalypse, not only 10 or 15.
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14th Mad Fact about Mad Max
The Mazda Bongo van smashed in the opening scene of the first movie is actually director George Miller's own car as they'd run out of money. That's commitment.
The dog in Road Warrior was saved from being euthanized by the filmmakers, One day before he was to be put to sleep. After filming he was adopted by one of the Camera operators.
john o OMG your telling me the dog acually got hurt in that movie???
Tommy Vercetti The budget was too low, they couldn't afford a legitimate trained dog actor and accompanying human handler (IOWs like Eddie in the TV show "Frasier") so instead they went to the local dog pound and found that sheep dog mix. Sheep dogs are very intelligent and that particular dog must have shown a natural ability or had been previously well trained, so they saved it one day before it was scheduled to be put down, and you cannot tell anywhere in the movie that its not a professionally trained acting dog, lucky lucky dog.
KlunkerRider i bet you $500 the Camera man who took the dog named him either Dog or Max lol i have a mute Beagle Sheep dog man. hes cool as hell. not Blue Healer Mix. but smart as fuck lol
KlunkerRider not a sheep dog mix its a cattle dog - Blue Heeler pure breed
mulcontent OK, still a "lucky dog" ;-)
The original Mad Max movie is raw power dripping with pure insanity. It was made on a budget that wouldn't cover the catering costs of a major motion picture too. So why can't other movies be as good? Why, why, why!
Just look at a film like Deadpool. It had the lowest budget out of all the superhero movies that came out this year, yet, it is hands down the best. It is mainly because Tim Miller (the director) had to work with a small budget of 58 mil which was cut down from the original 65 mil hence, actually trying and working hard to make a great film and he succeeded. However, Batman v Superman (250 mil), Civil War (250 mil), and Apocalypse (178 mil) had huge budgets but were disappointments (with the exception of Civil War, even though I think it is not as good everyone says it is). That's because many directors and studios think more money the better, and a better film, when that is not always the case. That is when 9 times out of 10, indie films are so much better because they have smaller budgets to work with and making a more personal film with great writing.
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we've scientifically proven that excess resources leads to poor performance. The human mind appears to naturally succumb to this pitfall too. But at the same time studios, and directors have more of an agenda than just making a good movie. Sometimes a good movie today is better than a better movie tomorrow would be. Throwing money at things can speed processes up too.
Calling a Deadpool a good movie is a joke. Sure it is the best out of the superhero movies but still sucks ass and I regret watching it. While the tiny budget for Mad Max made the best movie of all times.
Even though the first Mad Max was so boring it took me 2 days to watch. I think the first Mad Max is remembered more for its legacy rather than the film itself. Mainly because I watched the film and only the last 15 minutes or so was entertaining. It was just a boring movie with some good performances and a good world. The second film is very well done, but a tad overrated. The third I have yet to watch. The fourth is just cinematic perfection.
Plus, I used Deadpool as an example more so for the fact it accomplished A LOT with a smaller budget. That's the point I was trying to get across, whether you liked the film or not.
I think it's really interesting that the Director and his team wrote detailed back stories for each character, weapon, vehicle etc in the films, to explain how they came to be the way they were, an incredible amount of effort when one of the main complaints about the Max films is their lack of a backstory. The MadMax Bible site has a couple of very interesting analyses of the timelines and backstories including information from production documents and scripts.
I've seen mad max at least 100 times.Road warrior about the same.Love these movies.I was 12 at the time of Mad Max and was hooked big time.
Doesn't even mention the 3rd film. I'm happy to admit i've only watched Chunderdome twice. The original a good 50+ till the tape melted and the 2nd at the least, 150 time after 3 years of watching it once a week, sometimes twice.
Still sad about the first tape though...
Fact: The first Mad Max movie rocked in a way that no sequal or remake could ever match.
Respectfully disagree - "Road Warrior", as a sequel, was by far the better film. Most people better remember #2 rather than #1.
Watched this trilogy right before I went to see the new one and it still holds up in this day and age. These facts just make me respect the filmmakers doubly so, if that's even possible.
I'm really surprised that no one died or had life-threatening injuries in the making of the original mad max!! those crashes looked brutal!
Bnn.
***** the first 2 have some awesome and dangerous stunts. Big respect for the stunt crew of those films, and even more after watching this video.
***** he did die just to let u know
kRoNiKnEoN
by .MAD MAX. » Wed Oct 13, 2010 7:37 am
The one I hear of the most is when the biker (wearing the orange helmet) gets hit on the back of the head (Kirks Bridge scene). The guy that did that stunt is dale B and he's very much alive. He's also a member here that has contributed TONS of pics and info to us fans.
I remember being at a car show a while back when someone checking out my car told me that this guy was killed when he got hit on the back of the head by the bike wheel. I asked how he knows this and he said it was a distant relative..... I showed him the autographed pic of Dale (wearing the shirt I sent him that has a pic of my car on it) I have in the photo book I keep with the car and said...."that's funny, I just spoke to him a few weeks back on the phone and he sounded alive to me"
ok i belived that he died because getting hit on the head with a motor bike tire your sure to die or be really badly injured
They paid the extras with slabs of beer because it was cheaper than paying them with money.
***** 375ml cans
Mark Shipley Australian food is terrible. If I lived there, my only source of calories would be beer.
Fuck off, Australian foods the best
nustada Have you tried lamingtons made by grandmas? or pavlovas?
+Stoneyburke Vegemite is nice in my opinion in you're opinion it's not its all opinions
Kawasaki gave them 10 identical bikes to use in the film, if you look carefully toecutters bike is exactly the same as Goose's bike just a different colour, after the film Kawasaki asked for their bikes back (in the condition they where delivered on) they got 3 bikes back, Kawasaki where not pleased lol
Fun Fact: The Police Garage in the first film, is the underground Parking garage at Melbourne University. It still looks very much the same today. Yet the shot outside the police garage was shot at the pumping station at 'scienceworks'.
scienceworks is the best, its only a 5 min drive from my house!
(sorry for being 2 years too late)
If you recall seeing the Kenworth K100 cabover and MT trailer in "Mad Max", they installed a fake painting of the headlights and grille on the bull bar because the driver didn't want his rig to get damage when plowing into Toecutter and his bike.
"The Road Warrior" is most people favorite, and with a reason too. However, Mad Max original has most amazing atmosphere !
This is the reason I can't separate two.
Any time you see Mr. Gibson cast as an insane person, please remember: he's typecast.
lebarosky and he's not acting >,
The explosion in the heroes compound in Mad Max 2 was the largest (At the time, I'm not sure about since) explosion ever put in a movie. It had its own mushroom cloud it was so big.
Rumor has it the ending of Mad Max is one of the major inspirations for the SAW films. I won't spoil the ending for anyone who hasn't seen it, but it's pretty badass, and there's at least a couple scenes from the SAW films lifted almost wholesale from it.
Irondrone4 I know, the minute I saw that scene I'm like "Whoa, that Saw kid was a Mad Max fan, alright!
Lol that's funny cause the saw series and the mad max series are my favourite ones
Irondrone4 lol, didn't notice that till now.
+Irondrone4 what the hell are you talking about ? this is a action film
and your talking about saw a horror film get your movies right your taking to much weed
***** Have you seen both movies? Anyone who has knows exactly what we are talking about. Look up the scene if you are curious, but quit running your mouth like a numpty.
The 2nd Mad Max film or "The Road Warrior" is my fave. Am pretty excited to see how Fury Road will turn out.
TheColorblindpony Action wise, Its BETTER than road warrior, and I never though anyone could make a better road chase movie than that one.
TBH, Fury Road is basically the car chase scene from Road Warrior, for two hours. Which is a pretty amazing thing.
Fury Road is, imo, a better all around movie with the exception of Tom Hardy (who still did a very good job) playing Max, due to his issues holding the accent steady.
TheColorblindpony Cool! Am definitely going to see it this weekend, finally. Can't wait!
Michal Szymula i did it 2 days ago, and if you thing that the Humungus was twisted, you know nothing.
great movie, worth go to the cinemas
Michal Szymula fury road was freakin awesome saw 3 time already
13. Cundalini wants his hand back...
LoL! The Night Rider, "think of him when you look at the night sky". Pretty close?
Michal Szymula Gold! Yeah that's the Toecutter.. (The Nightrider) "Remember him him when you look at the night sky! Cracks me up..me and at least 5 of my childhood friends can pretty much repeat the whole movie word for word when watching it.
Babylonthegreat Good one!
coaxk Thanks man! The dialogue you've added is the best, though no doubt! :-)
Babylonthegreat Actually, have not seen The Road Warrior uncut on vhs until 1989. Purchased Mad Max also on vhs shortly after. Could have counted seeing these earlier on commercial TV in Los Angeles, though all the good scenes were (of course) cut up and edited!
Because of the budgetary limitations of the first Mad Max, a lot of filming was done without permits.
Producer: Hey, dude, it would be best if you didn't eat anything for 12 hours?Stuntman: Why?Director: Well, if this stunt doesn't go exactly as planned, you might have to undergo emergency surgery to repair the damage and keep you alive. We wouldn't want the food in your stomach causing any....complication, you understand?...hey...where are you going? Com back...
you forget - these are aussies - I bet he couldn't wait to throw the truck in the ditch!
you'll never see another movie with such crazy real deadly stunts ever again
Makes me want to watch the first again.
William Willemstyn III The best one ;-)
NOOOOO. No more talk! We go in, we watch 'em, we watch 'em all!
Watched them who knows how many times. I grew up on them. Watched it as a little kid and learned that world is a cruel place. When I grew up it wasn't any different then portrayed in the movie. Minus the post apocalypse setting.
Really well put together facts and contained new material I haven't seen in a bunch of other Mad Max facts videos. Two thumbs up.
Really enjoying these videos. Keep 'em coming!
Mad Max 2 is the best film of the 3. Fury Road is very good but still doesn't beat Mad Max 2.
road warrior is the best
that is number 2
Abel P. I know I was just saying it was great :P
the first is my favorite , just that end scene with the toe cutter getting run over cant beat it , but its all personal preference , I would say Fury road is better than beyond thunder dome though, but nothing compared to the first two
finn bell
I like Beyond Thunderdome but it does lack the action and seriousness of Mad Max and Mad Max 2. Beyond Thunderdome still remains an entertaining movie but that's all.
"fortunately, nothing happened." except one of the greatest scenes in the history of cinema...
Bring on the Mad Max 45th Anniversary in September at Maryborough Racecourse Victoria. The OG & best Mad Max.
When I was a kid I saw Mad Max 2 13 times at the cinemas. I knew the guy in the projector room 😉 American werewolf in London was another good one back then.
Even by today's standards, Mad Max 1 & 2 are still badass!! ( I haven't watched Beyond Thunderdome)
don't waste your time with Blunderdome - certainly don't waste any money for it.
Forget all the other movies Miller made ...Mad Max 1 is so Awesome 🙌
Another Fact - the Guitar guy idea in Fury Road was included to satisfy a poncy plastic audience raised in an era when cinema is suppose to look like TV commercials and video games.
Pretty good stuff there, I'm excited to see the Ford Falcon V8 Intercepter in a movie car museum in Miami, it's just a three hour drive away from North Ft. Myers in Florida!
The final scene in the first film, where Johnny the Boy is given the option to cut off his foot to escape inspired the entire Saw franchise.
Mad Max inspired Fists of the North Stat characters
Just got home from watching Mad Max Fury Road. Not much story line and it's almost 1 long car chase but an extreme car chase. Having said that it was an awesome movie that will keep you engaged from start to finish and satisfies your inner warrior. The custom vehicles were far more elaborate than the ones I got close up to on the set of Beyond Thunderdome which were either Ford F100 4wd's or Holden 1 tonners with the bodies removed and cow and horse hides stretched over them. The big foot rock crawler in Fury Road was much nicer.
Absolutely LOVED #MadMax !! Highly recommend!! 2 hours packed with action it was such a WEIRD world yet fascinating! The costumes were on point, the actors were in character the whole time I felt like I was part of the action too! Lots of sound effects! I was mostly amused by the fact the cavalry brought their own guitarist and drummers to play along as their war went on! I loved the visuals, this was so unusual and to me unusual is interesting so I loved their "cult[ure] and crazy world! I had not heard ANYTHING about Mad Max prior to seeing this trailer. I don't even know who the actor "Max" is, I did not read anything about this on Wikipedia or any other site. Clean slate. This movie could stand alone no need to watch a gazillion other movies to understand it. Charlize Theron, stellar as always! It will all be clear as it progresses, there's climax all throughout highly progressive! The movie felt like it was about to end in 3 parts and I'm glad it didn't bc I craved for more! I can see how there can be more to this and I can't wait for the next installment! 5 stars for action and uniqueness oh by the way there's more action than talking in this movie so don't expect a chick flick bc this isn't! :D LOVED this madness GO SEE!!!
The tow truck drivers in the first Mad Max, were paid a slab (box) of beer and $20 cash each... which is actually a common payment method for favors in Australia.
Toecutter and his gang stayed in character during the entire shoot even between takes and would even go as far as leaving threatening notes it blood addressed to "The Bronze" in the MFP actors rooms
According to the DVD commentary on The Road Warrior, the dog in the movie was picked up at the last minute from a local dog shelter. It was just an ordinary mutt and didn't have any special training, but Miller says in the commentary that it was a "natural actor" and a "little star". It took a particular liking for Mel during the filming. After the movie was completed, the dog was given to one of the crew members. Where he spent the long remainder of his life herding sheep on the crew member's ranch.
one of The Knight Riders dialogue in the first film was from the AC/DC song Rocker
Damn!! I never heard of the movie "Stoned" now that's another treasure I have to search for and see..
Look carefully at the scene when Toe Cutter get's creamed by the semi in Mad Max 1. They had to put a false front on the nose of the semi, due to a lack of budget, so as to avoid doing real damage to the truck.
Not to take anything from the original Mad Max, one of my all-time favorites, but a lot of the scenes, action, camera angles, and concepts are lifted from Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry. And it's OK to enjoy both :)
Yeah you forgot to mention that in the Road Warrior his Australian Cattle Dog/Blue Heeler didn't have a name. He just called it dog.
My gf has a Blue Healer...that dog is fucking crazy!!!
Road Warrior is by far the best Mad Max movie, so far.
In the first MM the bikey gang led by Hugh Keays-Byrne, were a threatening a bunch of dudes, no doubt they would have been in character all the way from Sydney to Melbourne. My friend did the hair and make up on the first and he said they were always in character, and really scarey to be around.
when you watch the Road Warrior in the last truck chase after Wez grapples the semi door, look at the next shot THERE IS A CAMERA MAN SITTING ON THE FLOOR NEXT TO MEL!!!! Always loved a good sci-fi action flick!
Mel Gibson is American, not Australian. I realize that he lived there and started his acting career there, but he was born in New York and is an American citizen.
+NoBrakes23 - Yep, he is an American and thats fine by me as Australian. His dad was draft dodger for him and his eldest son, and thats why they came to Australia to avoid going to Vietnam. Everyone uses this country for their benefit and never recognises it once they are famous. He wouldnt be famous without living our lifestyle, culture, or are film industry. Hence, why a lot of people come to Australia to promote themselves and make money, then when they are super famous, they cant be bothered with us anymore, unless they go broke. lol Mel turned out like a true American - an arsehole. lol
+NoBrakes23 ... And Mav F...That is not entirely true. He has a dual citizenship to both the U.S. & Australia. His father moved his rather large family there after being laid off as a brakeman for the railroad in New York. It really sounds like you have some anger issues you need to deal with ! Try therapy
+Mav F... I don't know what the "nope" is for. Seriously, do you kiss your mother with that mouth ? He has NOT been a jerk the entire time he has been in this country, his behavior recently hasn't been right or even cool but, he is a talented actor and an Academy Award winning director. What his father is or is not is irrelivant. Everyone of us is more than the some total of our parents !
Now that is called devotion to art. Putting your self in life threatening situations for the perfect shot
when she gets her ice cream and you hear from the roof as shes leaving the ice cream store "meeeow, meeeow baaaah" hahaha
They missed the fact that they had to overdub the voices from English into 'Mericun' for the US release of the original because Americans are, you know, exceptionally smart.
Aleks Hunter but thankfully the original Australian dub is an option on DVD/Blu-Ray.
Aleks Hunter Yeah have both copies but got the murican one by accident. Just a hoarder can't get rid of it.
The first DVD I bought in 2001, was Mad Max I was so excited as I was reading the box in BLockbuster.."OMG it has the original actors voices !!!" I exclaimed in the store.. I hated that dialogue was re done when Id seen it in theaters.
The voices of the actors convey the acting as top notch.
This had nothing to do with one countries "IQ" as you put it. It had to do with all the Aussie slang used. COnsidering back then there was no internet or any real way for people to look things up, most of the WORLD would have no CLUE what they were saying if they had kept in the slang. IMO, they should have just kept the accents and done away with the slang.
It is absolutely crazy that an emergency doctor designed the choreography of the sets. It is perfect irony.
In my opinion, the still frame used for this videos thumbnail single-handedly inspired the entire fallout video game series
Excellent, MM and MM2 will never be equaled.
The Road Warrior is the greatest max film, it spawned its own Genre, there’s plenty of Italian And Filipino Road Warrior Clones, all good fun, well mostly !!!
4:09 Woah! I thought that was a dummy flying through the air. Didn't know it was an actual stuntman!
He was stunt director, FURY ROAD
And flipped the Interceptor over in beginning..'to show young bucks how it's done'
Who else misses the old Red XA ford falcon with the duly wheels for the back. Man the guys at mad max really like the Ford Falcon.
Children of The porn even Max's throw together car/truck/piece of shit what ever the fuck ya wanna call it on Thunderdome was a Ford f150 frame with a cut up xa-xc ford falcon cab section dropped on it so yeah you're right.
The video states about Mel Gibson "The Australian got the role..." but Mel is an American, born in New York in 1956, and his family moved to Australia when he was 12.
1:47 thought that was Donald Trump for a second
It was.
The rumor about how Gibson got the role is simply not true. He was a well known actor in Australia at the time, and he came in and auditioned like normal. This is according to Miller himself.
4:09 WITNESS ME!
+Ronan Slevin got to do something first, bro
MEDIOCRE!
i always thought that was a ragdoll or somthing 0.0
The guy on the back probably was a doll, but there must have been someone driving that car.
*guy breaks leg and the film making became a chaos* WITNESSS!!!!!
Where I live they had the change the laws for younger drivers to not allow more than one of them in the car at once. Entire groups of friends were being lost in road crashes. Was one or two infernos that forced the lawmaker's hands. Police pursuit vehicles roam the highways.
huge respect for stunt people!!!!!!
Yes you did miss something about Max. Most of the time his sawed off was *empty.*
No CGI, just Balls
You forgot the one about George Miller sacrificing his own car in a scene in the first Mad Max movie because the film budget was running out. In the first chase, Charlie and Roop hit a blue Mazda Bongo van. that was Miller's own car.The Kawasakis in that movie were donated for the film. The black Monaro coupe that was blown up in the first chase was actually a 6 cylinder. Just in case you're thinking "what a waste," it was in crap condition to begin with. I know the sound that engine was making, because I used to own an HQ Kingswood (the sedan version of that coupe) which had a 202, a modified exhaust and a Holley. Sounded exactly like it at 3000rpm
the road in which the final chase scene was shot in "The Road Warrior", is actually somebodies driveway/ private road
The 3 police vehilces at the begining of Mad Max, mel gibsons interceptor was a vic pol factory fitted 351 ex police car.
The other, a ex melbourne police car fitted with a 302 and the final a ex melbourne taxi.
The van (blue) was the directors that was smashed due to budget.
Don't forget that the main villain in the road warrior is supposed to be Jim Goose
Kelby Watson Yeah that's correct. After he was burnt beyond recognition he became Humungus!
Ben Schmidt He musta started hitting the roids pretty hard
Ben Schmidt really?
Kelby Watson This was the original idea, but it was dropped. Humungus is NOT Jim Goose.
+Kelby Watson Seriously. Since when did Goose have the Humungous's accent?
Here's a bit of info I read after the first movie came out. Not sure how true it is. NOBODY was hurt DURING the filming of the movie. But 3 members of the crew were in a car accident on the way to the set one day.
Mad Max One Is the Best
no the road warrior
Road Warrior surpasses it
I prefer mad max 2 but there's nothing wrong with liking the One the best
But as far as sequels you gotta admit that Two is the best one in history
Not sure if someone else mentioned this but a lot of the people in Mad Max 1 were paid in beer because that's all they could afford to pay them with.
OMG!!! What I wouldn't give to be a stunt man and drive these incredible vehicles and then wreck them!!!! What a rush!!!!!
Tense and crazy shit, and I'm an Aussie too.
Is it true that many of the cast members were paid in a few tens of dollars and a "slab" of beer?
13th Mad Fact about Mad Max: Mel Gibson is American not Australian.
***** Wow, he didn't say Australian BORN. He just said Australian which is correct. He is American born, but he is Australian. Please think before you post ignorance.
***** "I don't think of myself as either American or Australian really, I'm
a true hybrid. It's a good thing for me because both of them are really
good countries" - Mel Bibson
mazon21 Well Mel, you da man.
***** It's actually more interesting than that. Mel's paternal grandmother, Eva Mylott, was an Australian opera singer who married an American in New York in 1917 and died in an accident there in 1920.
***** Mel gibson once stated that he is not Australian and gets annoyed when people call him one. He simply lived there. Also he hasn't done an aussie film since Max 3. So as far as we are concerned...he is an american, end of story
Fact 14: Mel Gibson only had eleven (11) lines in the original...
Fact 15: the Supercharger on Max's Interceptor was not real & was run via an electric motor hence why it could be turned on & off...
Fact 16: the original Mad Max was filmed in Spotswood an inner-city suburb of melbourne (Halls of Justice) at an old power station & the rest was filmed around the bayside suburb of Geelong, which is where Anarchy Rd (a real road) is situated.
Fact 17: Mad Max 2/ Roadworrior was filmed outside of Broken Hill in outback New South Wales.
Fucking hell. Broke his leg that already had a steel pin in it. Thats some hardcore stunt work. I hope he got paid enough for that heroic effort.
AWESOME!!! THANX
Bravo george , love those kwakas
when your job is so dangerous, you have to prep for surgery 12 hours in advance and have medical staff on hand before you even clock in
Yes you did miss one. In Mad Max 1 there is a scene where are car smashes through a caravan. Apparently this is the first time that such a stunt had been attempted anywhere in the world.
One of the things left out was, one of the stunt men riding a motorcycle was run over and killed by one of the big rigs. And they left that scene in the movie.
C Garcia urban legend
C Garcia Not true. *things, *scene
Ok that was toecutter the bad guy and the actor did not die he is in mad max fury road
Another story from the first is that one motorcycle stunt man was offered a share in the profits of $100 on the spot. Thinking the film would disappear into obsurity he took the cash. If he took a cut he would have made many thousand of dollars.
greetings from humungus your gravely disappoint me you hoard your gasoline.
I couldn't think of a name for my first dog, a Kelpie, but after watching MM2 I decided to call her "Dog". Go figure!
how did you get the drum like sound effect
holly shit. That's epic and cool. I love this movies
Here's some facts:
-The supercharger in the first mad max is fake and driven by an electric motor.
-In early 2016 the owner of the mad max museum went back to the site where mad max 2 was made and dug 6 feet into the dirt and found 2 motorcycles that was blown up and left in the base
-The main mad max car used in the second film was the exact car that was use in the first film, so if you see two cars one from each film you know that at least the one out of the first film is fake
great vid
Please, stop talking about Fury Road... We all are here for Mad Max. Understand? Thanks.
These movies are effective in that the stunts were real and the audience instinctively knows it. Unlike today's movies that rely on CG. There's just no sense that anyone was really in any danger.
Ash wants his boomstick back
it is weird how in the movies it has motorcycles but in Mad Max the video game it has no motorcycles
For those that have not yet seen Fury Road , y'all need to get on that asap ok, it's definitely worth it
Mel did NOT get the part the way this video says. This is the "myth." Mel was not beat up, he was not bruised, he was there himself to audition and got the role.
That is insane, Australia is hardcore.
1:08 What other films has he been in where he wears a mask? He played Bane and wore a mask for less than half of Fury Road......... I wouldn't call that a love of masked roles
Amazing
The new Mad Max is (and i hope this won't spoil the film for anyone)
IS OFF THE FUCKING CHAIN!!!
And considering 9.999999999999999/10 when you hear the words "re-shoot" your blood should start to chill. Reshoots are never a good sign.
I couldn't tell for one second that there were reshoots, in a film like The Wolfman, you can definitely tell.
Everybody seems to prefer Mad Max 2 but I never understood why. I watched it twice, I sincerely tried to look for its qualities, but I never found them. I sincerely prefer all the other Mad Max movies by far. Can anyone here argue about why (s)he appreciates that movie?
+AigreSonge Easy. It has the purest post-apocalyptic feel to it, whereas Thunderdome doesn't know whether it's supposed to be Mad Max or Peter Pan. The first film is closer to normal society and thus dystopian at best, with law enforcement and other things still functioning. The romance may turn some people off. It's also very random and idiosyncratic, which some people might not "get". Personally I enjoy the idiosyncrasies, and it's hard to argue against him losing his wife being the key to what turns him into Mad Max in the first place. But Mad Max 2 shows you what he *becomes*, which is the epitome of the genre.
No... I Prefer part 1 actually over part 2And everyone that I know agrees with this philosophyI don't want to argueI'm not going tobut what I can say isPart 1 is the best by farPart 2 si very very very good, no question, and very close to beating part 1, but doesn't quite get therethunderdome doesn't come close to beating 1 or 2, but it's still very goodas for Fury Road...... hehe yeah, whatever hehe
Well, like others already said, the purest post-apocalyptic feel and you must remember, it created a whole new genre which has appeared in countless games, movies and comics. Games like Fallout wouldn't be here without it.
I don't understand why its qualities escape your grasp, because it is considered one of the greatest action movies ever. Also almost all scenes are perfectly shot and the whole simple script works beautifully.
The first Mad Max movie of course creates this whole world, and while some seem to dislike it, I would say it is a classic dystopian movie with Australian spices, made with a minimal budget, which caused its entry to the Guinness Book of World Records.
The third one is a bit silly, although there are some good qualities there as well. Fury Road is a good movie, but Hardy was way bland/dull compared Gibson and was so lost in this movie, which mostly was about Furiosa. Also those flashbacks were stupid.
And why include so many guns? The whole point of earlier Mad Max world was the lack of everything, including firearms (that late 80's Glock is weird too in a movie which contains mostly cars from the 70's). Also when looking at the whole world and how it worked, it seemed to be many decades after the apocalypse, not only 10 or 15.
dude you really prefer thunderdome to 2????
the story the action the humour the acting