"Mad Max Mad Max is a 1979 Australian dystopian action film directed by George Miller, produced by Byron Kennedy, and starring Mel Gibson as ""Mad"" Max Rockatansky, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley, Tim Burns, and Roger Ward. James McCausland and Miller wrote the screenplay from a story by Miller and Kennedy. The film presents a tale of societal collapse, murder, and revenge set in a future Australia, in which an unhinged policeman becomes embroiled in a violent feud with a savage motorcycle gang. Principal photography took place in and around Melbourne, Australia, and lasted six weeks. The film initially"
"Max Rockatansky Max Rockatansky is the title character and protagonist of the post-apocalyptic action films from the ""Mad Max"" franchise, which spans 1979 to 2015. He appears in the films ""Mad Max"", ""Mad Max 2"", ""Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome"", and """". Created by director George Miller and producer Byron Kennedy, the character was played by actor Mel Gibson in the first three films, and by Tom Hardy in the fourth. In ""Mad Max"", Max Rockatansky is a Main Force Patrol officer tasked with maintaining law and order on the roads of a dystopic Victoria, Australia. Max is quiet, rarely speaking"
"are made only to Australian citizens. Nominations Mel Gibson Mel Colmcille Gerard Gibson (born January 3, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his action hero roles, namely his breakout role as Max Rockatansky in the first three films in the ""Mad Max"" post-apocalyptic action series, and as Martin Riggs in the ""Lethal Weapon"" buddy cop film series. Gibson was born in Peekskill, New York. He moved with his parents to Sydney, Australia, when he was 12 years old, and studied acting at the National Institute of Dramatic Art, where he starred opposite Judy Davis"
"for free to third world nations, disbands the FBI and Secret Service, and becomes the leader of ""the most truly hedonistic society the world has ever known"". Ultimately however, Max and his cohorts may face future intergenerational warfare from an unexpected source: pre-teen children. When a young girl finds out Max's age (which is now 24), she sneers, ""That's old!"" Later, after Max kills a crawdad that was a pet to several young kids, then mocks their youth and powerlessness, one of the kids resolves, ""We're gonna put everybody over ten out of business."" The film was shot in 15"
"spent several years in ""development hell"". In 1995, George Miller re-acquired the rights to future ""Mad Max"" films from Warner Bros. The idea for a fourth occurred to Miller in August 1998 when he was walking in an intersection in Los Angeles. About a year later, while travelling from Los Angeles to Australia, the idea coalesced. Miller conceived a story where ""violent marauders were fighting, not for oil or for material goods, but for human beings."" The film was set to shoot in 2001 through 20th Century Fox, but was postponed because of the September 11 attacks that same year."
"Max (2002 film) Max is a 2002 British-Hungarian-Canadian fictional drama film, that depicts a friendship between a Jewish art dealer, Max Rothman, and a young Austrian painter, Adolf Hitler. The film explores Hitler's views which began to take shape under Nazi ideology; while also studying the artistic and design implications of the Third Reich and how their visual appeal helped hypnotize the German people. The film goes on to study the question of what could have been had Hitler been accepted as an artist. The film was the directorial debut of Menno Meyjes, who also wrote the film. The year"
"gets a clear picture of a deadly political cover-up. Seeking to expose his brother's killer, Max enters a murderous game of cat and mouse, stalked by a cold-blooded assassin (Michael Ironside) who has Max dead in his sights. The film was shot in the September and October 1990 in locations in and around Calgary, Alberta. Production took 20 days. Malofilm, a distributor from Montreal, and Pierre David, in Los Angeles, were partially funding the project, along with seed-money from the Alberta government. The film was released in Canada and the United States in 1992, being distributed by Malofilm, but did"
"and ""Mad Max meets The China Syndrome""; the latter referring to the car chase and nuclear accident. The film was rated M in Australia. An earthquake in rural Australia causes a dangerous leak at WALDO (acronyms of Western Atomic Longterm Dumping Organisation), a nuclear waste storage facility. Heinrich Schmidt (Ross Thompson) an engineer badly contaminated in the accident, knows that the leak will poison the groundwater for hundreds of miles around and wants to warn the public. His boss, however, is only interested in protecting himself and believes that the accident should be covered up, when in fact the contamination"
"place in an apocalyptic, ""Mad Max""-like future. A disaster occurred and everyone on Earth has to wear special masks to survive. Trade runs between villages to make money can still be done but the main method for making money is to loot destroyed enemies of cargo and weapons. The game takes place in an apocalyptic version of Europe, with different zones depicting countries like Germany, France, England, and many more. Five vehicles, from a simple van to the gigantic BelAZ, are available to drive. The guns vary from roof-mounted machine guns, shotguns, and mortars to laser and energy weapons. The"
"roads. Still, as filming progressed the Victoria Police became interested in the production, helping the crew by closing down roads and escorting the vehicles. Because of the film's low budget, all but one of the police uniforms in the film were made of vinyl leather, with only one genuine leather uniform made for stunt sequences involving Bisley and Gibson. Shooting took place in and around Melbourne. Many of the car chase scenes for ""Mad Max"" were filmed near the town of Little River, northeast of Geelong. The early town scenes with the Toe Cutter Gang were filmed in the main"
"Mel Gibson Mel Colmcille Gerard Gibson (born January 3, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his action hero roles, namely his breakout role as Max Rockatansky in the first three films in the ""Mad Max"" post-apocalyptic action series, and as Martin Riggs in the ""Lethal Weapon"" buddy cop film series. Gibson was born in Peekskill, New York. He moved with his parents to Sydney, Australia, when he was 12 years old, and studied acting at the National Institute of Dramatic Art, where he starred opposite Judy Davis in ""Romeo and Juliet"". During the 1980s,"
"in World War II, since he witnessed the latter raping a fourteen-year-old girl when he was stationed in Australia. Max was sentenced to life at a hard labor prison camp but was released thirteen years later. Max nurtured his grudge against Sam during his time which exacerbated due to his wife divorcing him and his only son dying in an accident. Unlike the films, Max refers to Sam as ""lieutenant"" instead of ""counselor"". Max's background differs from the films in that he hails from West Virginia and has three brothers, all of whom were criminals (with one killed during a"
"Joanne Samuel Joanne Samuel (born 5 August 1957) is an Australian actress who is best known for her role as the screen wife of Mel Gibson's title character in the 1979 film ""Mad Max"". Samuel was born in Camperdown, Sydney, Australia. Prior to her appearance in ""Mad Max"", Samuel had made guest appearances in police procedurals ""Matlock Police"" and ""Homicide"". She was then a regular cast member in television soap operas ""Class of '74"", ""The Sullivans"" and ""The Young Doctors"". She left ""The Young Doctors"" very suddenly – the producers wrote her out of the show when she was offered"
"is an action-adventure game set in an open world post-apocalyptic environment, emphasizing vehicular combat, in which the player is the eponymous Mad Max (Bren Foster). According to its publisher, up to 60 percent of the game focuses on driving. Some weapons and tools, including flamethrowers and turbo boosts, are mounted directly onto the ""Magnum Opus"", while others, such as a grappling hook and sniper rifle, are used in conjunction with the vehicle by Chumbucket, Max's assistant, or Max himself. Max's ""Magnum Opus"", with its V8 engine and powerful ramming ability, can destroy enemies' vehicles and weaponry. When simultaneously driving and"
"outskirts of Mexico City, while the scenes for Elysium were shot in Vancouver and the wealthy Huixquilucan-Interlomas suburbs of Mexico City. Matt Damon shaved his head for the role of Max. The main role was first offered to Watkin Tudor Jones (aka Ninja), a South African rapper, who despite being a fan of ""District 9"" (he has a D9 tattoo on his inner lip) did not take the role. The role was then offered to rapper Eminem, but he wanted the film to be shot in Detroit. That was not an option for the two studios, so Blomkamp moved on"
"Film"" ranked him #75 in their Top 100 Movie Characters of All Time. Max Rockatansky Max Rockatansky is the title character and protagonist of the post-apocalyptic action films from the ""Mad Max"" franchise, which spans 1979 to 2015. He appears in the films ""Mad Max"", ""Mad Max 2"", ""Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome"", and """". Created by director George Miller and producer Byron Kennedy, the character was played by actor Mel Gibson in the first three films, and by Tom Hardy in the fourth. In ""Mad Max"", Max Rockatansky is a Main Force Patrol officer tasked with maintaining law and order"
"international film/television industry. Upon his return he embarked upon a television and film course at the University of NSW. Kennedy met George Miller at the University of Melbourne in 1969. The first mini-film made by both was ""Violence in the Cinema"", filmed in Yarraville, Melbourne. The film won international acclaim and this led to the formation of the new film company ""Kennedy Miller"", which was incorporated in 1975 with both George Miller and Byron Kennedy as co-directors. Their first major movie together was the international smash hit ""Mad Max"" (1979). This film set a record for the highest-grossing film relative"
"Powerhouse Museum, the Museum of Sydney, the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the Museum of Contemporary Art. Sydney is home to five Arts teaching organisations, which have all produced world-famous students: The National Art School, The College of Fine Arts, the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), the Australian Film, Television & Radio School and the Conservatorium of Music (now part of the University of Sydney). New South Wales is the setting and shooting location of many Australian films, including ""Mad Max 2"", which was shot near the mining town of Broken Hill. The state has also attracted"
"was in the United States Army for 20 years, which caused them to move frequently in the United States and Europe. Max was born in a US Army hospital in Heidelberg, Germany. Valerio lived in many US states including Maryland, Washington, California, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Colorado, as well as in Canada, and again in Germany as a child and teenager. Growing up Valerio had a hard time relating to girls. He felt that he did not fit in because of his masculine nature and at times would offer to play male roles but it would not approved by the female"
"Byron Kennedy Byron Kennedy (18 August 1949 – 17 July 1983) was an Australian film producer known for the ""Mad Max"" series of films. Byron Kennedy was born in Melbourne. At the age of 18, he formed his own production company named ""Warlok Films"" and produced many amateur short films under this logo. In 1970, at the age of 21, he won The Kodak Trophy, Australia's Ten Best on Eight, for the short film ""Hobson's Bay"", a short documentary film about the Melbourne port suburb of Williamstown. This award enabled him to travel overseas and gain invaluable knowledge of the"
"is dismayed when Annie's ancient cave paintings depict Ballard's city. After a police officer, MacCarthy, activated Ballard's tracking device despite his protests, an advance party of Jen-Diki arrive in Australia. Brian Hannant had been drawn to the rock formation at Wilpena Pound in South Australia while making ""Mad Max 2"". This inspired him to write a script with John Baxter in the early 1980s. According to Baxter the script was originally called ""Time Rider"", about a geologist who, while investigating magnetic anomalies around Wilpena Pound in South Australia, encourages a man from the future, who is a scout sent back"
"post-apocalyptic world of ""Mad Max"" and the roads were ruled by heavily armed biker-gangs. In response, average citizens had to arm their cars in self-defense, and by the time the country began to recover autoduelling had become the nation's most popular sport (both on the open road and in specially built arenas). The main character, Chevy Vasquez, lost his parents and sister to a biker gang attack during those dark years, and is now a successful arena autoduellist. He is approached by a wealthy individual who wants to back Vasquez in ""The Delorean Run!"". It was intended that each issue"
"television films, and animated films. Gibson got his breakthrough role as the leather-clad post-apocalyptic survivor in George Miller's ""Mad Max"". The independently financed blockbuster helped to make him an international star. In the United States, the actors' Australian accents were dubbed with American accents. The original film spawned two sequels: ""Mad Max 2"" (known in North America as ""The Road Warrior""), and ""Mad Max 3"" (known in North America as ""Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome""). A fourth movie, """" (2015), was made with Tom Hardy in the title role. The 1981 Peter Weir film ""Gallipoli"" is about a group of young"
"on 20 May 2003. Special features include interviews with the cast and crew as well as an audio commentary on the entire film with director Menno Meyjes. The film went on to gross $539,879 in 37 theaters during its 15-week American release. Max (2002 film) Max is a 2002 British-Hungarian-Canadian fictional drama film, that depicts a friendship between a Jewish art dealer, Max Rothman, and a young Austrian painter, Adolf Hitler. The film explores Hitler's views which began to take shape under Nazi ideology; while also studying the artistic and design implications of the Third Reich and how their visual"
"""Mad Max"", turned globetrotting sports photographer. Max quit kickboxing after accidentally killing a fellow boxer during an unlikely comeback in the ring, but still suffers from flashbacks to the fight. After a bar scuffle over a biker girl (Nikki Ziering), his agent (Diego Walraff) sends him to Guam for a publicity photo shoot. There, Max encounters Tahsi (Richard Roundtree), his former kickboxing coach, now an antiques dealer, and promises to catch up with him later. While photographing an outrigger canoe race from a jet ski, Max rescues Christy Goody (Tawney Sablan), a vacationer who was about to be unwittingly run"
"My Friend Max My Friend Max () is a 1994 Canadian drama film, written by Guy Fournier and Jefferson Lewis, directed by Michel Brault. The film was selected as the Canadian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 67th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. The film is set in contemporary Quebec City, Quebec. Catherine (Marthe Keller), a concert pianist, is surprised one night by the arrival of her childhood friend Max (Geneviève Bujold), whom she hasn't seen for 25 years. Catherine and Max were students together at the Music Conservatory in Quebec City, and"
"a big shift in the way that life in Australia is represented in TV drama. In the past, many shows had not reflected all the different cultures which exist side-by-side in Australia's big cities, and ""Heartbreak High"" broke the mould by acknowledging and celebrating the country's cultural mix. Lathouris is co-screenwriter (alongside George Miller) of """" (2015). Nico Lathouris Nico Lathouris is an Australian-born actor and writer of Greek descent. Lathouris has worked on the television series ""Police Rescue"". He appeared in George Miller's film ""Mad Max"" (1979) as a car mechanic. He also ran film and drama workshops for"
"to escape from C Max. Mathe, who had extensive military training gained during the Mozambique civil war, is reported to have escaped by covering his body in Vaseline and squeezing through his tiny cell window . Mathe had been detained on more than 50 charges, including murder, rape, armed robbery and hijacking. He was recaptured two weeks after his escape following a large manhunt. C Max C Max is the maximum security division of the Pretoria Correctional Services located in Central Pretoria, South Africa. It is run by the South African Department of Correctional Services. The division is specifically designed"
"let the Mexican general get back on his horse. He rides out of town triumphantly with his men chanting proudly: ""Viva Max!"" A controversy occurred when certain historical groups (namely The Daughters of the Republic of Texas) objected to the filming of the Alamo to the point of staging protests on location. This caused some scenes to be filmed at an Alamo replica in Brackettville, Texas and interior shots at studios in Italy instead of in San Antonio at the actual Alamo. Viva Max! Viva Max! is a 1969 comedy film starring Peter Ustinov, Jonathan Winters and John Astin, directed"
"Maddox, the man who gives RoboCop his military training. The film was finally released in the United States on February 12, 2014. RoboCop RoboCop is a 1987 American cyberpunk action film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner. The film stars Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferrer, and Ronny Cox. Set in a crime-ridden Detroit, Michigan, in the near future, ""RoboCop"" centers on police officer Alex Murphy (Weller) who is murdered by a gang of criminals and subsequently revived by the megacorporation Omni Consumer Products (OCP) as a superhuman cyborg law"
"Mad Foxes Max Foxes (originally titled Los Violadores) is a Spanish exploitation film and thriller film directed by Paul Grau. A wealthy Spanish playboy seeks violent revenge on the Nazi biker gang that murders his family. Critics have called ""Mad Foxes"" ""the ultimate exploitation movie"" and ""one of the nuttiest films ever."" Australian film critic and editor of ""Senses of Cinema"" Alexandra Heller-Nicholas in her book ""Rape-Revenge Films: A Critical Study"" (2011) called the film a ""brazenly incoherent mélange of kung fu, softcore porn, Nazi fetishism and bike film pegged loosely to a rape-revenge structure, albeit one caught in a"
"Mighty Max (TV series) Mighty Max is an American animated action/sci-fi television series that aired from 12 September 1993 to 2 December 1994 based upon the British Mighty Max toys, an outgrowth of the Polly Pocket line, created by Bluebird Toys in 1992. It ran for two seasons, with a total of 40 episodes airing during the show's run. The series follows Max, an adventurous preteen boy who receives in the mail a small statue of a fowl, inscribed with Egyptian hieroglyphs whereof the translation states: ""You have been chosen to be the cap-bearer. Go to the mini-mart and wait"
"desert which detracted from the post-apocalyptic feeling that Miller wanted. Shooting ultimately took place in Namibia the following year. The film was released on 15 May 2015. It features British actor Tom Hardy as Mad Max and Charlize Theron as Imperator Furiosa. Gibson was originally attached to star in ""Fury Road"" during its failed 2003 production attempt. Miller and McCarthy found during the writing process for ""Mad Max: Fury Road"" that they had enough story material for two additional scripts. One of these, entitled ""Mad Max: Furiosa"", had already been completed, and Miller hoped to film it after the release"