Mad Max / Crossroads International Finance Co. ; written by James McCausland and George Miller ; produced by Byron Kennedy ; directed by George Miller with Mel Gibson.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: M133099 | Metro Goldwyn MayerLanguage: English Original language: English Publisher: [Los Angeles, California] : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2015]Edition: 35th anniversary editionDescription: 1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- Mad Max (Motion picture : 1979)
- Directed by George Miller ; written by James McCausland, George Miller ; music by Brian May ; produced by Byron Kennedy.
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Main Library | DVD | ACTION Mad Max | Available | 33111009506052 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This stunning, post-apocalyptic action thriller from director George Miller stars Mel Gibson as Max Rockatansky, a policeman in the near future who is tired of his job. Since the apocalypse, the lengthy, desolate stretches of highway in the Australian outback have become bloodstained battlegrounds. Max has seen too many innocents and fellow officers murdered by the bomb's savage offspring, bestial marauding bikers for whom killing, rape, and looting is a way of life. He just wants to retire and spend time with his wife and son but lets his boss talk him into taking a peaceful vacation and he starts to reconsider. Then his world is shattered as a gang led by the evil Toecutter (Hugh Keays-Byrne) murders his family in retaliation for the death of one of its members. Dead inside, Max straps on his helmet and climbs into a souped-up V8 racing machine to seek his bloody revenge. Despite an obviously low budget and a plot reminiscent of many spaghetti Westerns, Mad Max is tremendously exciting, thanks to some of the most spectacular road stunts ever put on film. Cinematographer David Eggby and stunt coordinator Grant Page did some of their best work under Miller's direction and crafted a gritty, gripping thrill ride which spawned two sequels, numerous imitations, and made Mel Gibson an international star. One sequence, in which a man is chained to a car and must cut off a limb before the machine explodes is one of the most tense scenes of the decade. The American version dubbed all the voices -- including Gibson's -- in a particularly cartoonish manner. Trivia buffs should note that Max's car is a 1973 Ford Falcon GT Coupe with a 300 bhp 351C V8 engine, customized with the front end of a Ford Fairmont and other modifications. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi
Widescreen (2.35:1) and full screen (1.33:1).
Bonus features: commentary.
Directed by George Miller ; written by James McCausland, George Miller ; music by Brian May ; produced by Byron Kennedy.
Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley.
In a world after a nuclear war, where gas is scarce, civilization is slowly fading away. After one cop's family is killed by a ruthless gang, he goes after them, seeking revenge.
MPAA rating: R.
DVD.
English dialogue; French or Spanish subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).