In 2020, a fifth film, to be titled Furiosa, was announced. The film became the first in the Mad Max series, giving rise to three sequels: Mad Max 2 (1981), Beyond Thunderdome (1985), and Fury Road (2015). The success of Mad Max has been credited for further opening up the global market to Australian New Wave films. Filmed on a budget of A$400,000, it earned more than US$100 million worldwide in gross revenue and set a Guinness record for most profitable film. The film initially received a polarized reception upon its release in April 1979, although it won four AACTA Awards. Principal photography for Mad Max took place in and around Melbourne and lasted for six weeks. James McCausland and Miller wrote the screenplay from a story by Miller and Kennedy. Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley, Tim Burns, and Roger Ward also star. Mel Gibson stars as "Mad" Max Rockatansky, a police officer turned vigilante in a near-future Australia in the midst of societal collapse. It looks like a variation of that is back in Mad Max: Fury Road. That alone ensures I’ll be buying a ticket.Mad Max is a 1979 Australian dystopian action film directed by George Miller and produced by Byron Kennedy. One of my favorite cars from The Road Warrior was the early 1970s Ford pickup that Humungous’s henchmen used to harass the pilgrims. Just your basic 1932 Ford 5-Window Coupe, fitted with organ-pipe exhaust, mounted to a truck chassis, and accessorized with a rack for carrying prisoners. The fenders on this one have been moved out 18-inches on either side. ![]() The grille looks like it comes from a ’47 Buick, but we’re open to guesses.ĭodge trucks are getting a lot of love in this movie, probably because of their elaborate grilles. Real tough to tell here, from this split second screen-grab from the trailer. ![]() We’re identifying this as a 1952 Australian Ford Ute mounted to some kin of a pickup chassis, based on the bullet grille, the rear fenders, and what looks like a rear step-and-tow bumper mounted up front. It spends a fair bit of time off the ground. Judging from the gigantic emblem in the center of the grille, this unpainted monster truck started life as a 1942 Dodge. The truck’s cab is extended with the back half of some indefinite 1940s-era sedan. Unclear what the model of truck here is, but it’s obviously had some modification. Like The Road Warrior, it looks like the main characters spend at least some quality time behind the wheel of a fuel truck. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like it lasts long. We wonder what Freidrich Geiger - who designed it - would have thought about it being used in this fashion. It’s shown several times in the trailer that launched right after Comic Con.įrom the wheel wells down, you’ve got a 10-wheeled tractor of some undetermined lineage, but on top, there’s a Euro-spec Mercedes-Benz W116 chassis, the basis for the S-Class between 19. Gigahorse sports twin V-8, supercharged engines, “ coupled by a tractor pull-style planetary coupling and dumptruck-type 4WD diffs.” This beast is constructed of two ’59 Cadillac coupes placed atop a monster truck chassis. ![]() According to, “It is still unclear whether it was purchased just for the purpose of the publicity event, or whether it will actually feature in the film,” but one enterprising internet geek found it in a still: Early on it wasn’t a sure bet whether it was actually going to appear in the film or not. This one showed up on the same SkyTV pr eview. The car showed up on SkyTV in Australia as a bit of a preview of what’s to come. There are a few modifications evident, including the headlamp covers, which look different from the last time we saw this car in 1982. The basis is an Australian Ford Falcon XB GT coupe, with a Weiand blower sticking through the hood. This is the car you’ve seen before, first in Mad Max, and then in The Road Warrior. Here’s a quick look at a few of the most interesting vehicles: Unlike the disastrous Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome, everything we’ve seen about it so far suggests that cars are going to be a major part of the action. Mad Max: Fury Road hits theaters TONIGHT, and I’m scheduled to see it at 7:00, and again at the drive-in on Saturday.
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