Mad Max (1980)
AIP Production #8001
Jeff and Cheryl tour the Australian post-apocalyptic hellscape of the near future by watching Mad Max.
Directed by George Miller
Screenplay by James McCausland and George Miller
Story by George Miller and Byron Kennedy
Produced by Byron Kennedy for Kennedy Miller Productions
Starring:
Mel Gibson as “Mad” Max Rockatansky
Joanne Samuel as Jessie Rockatansky
Hugh Keays-Byrne as Toecutter
Steve Bisley as Jim "Goose" Rains
Tim Burns as Johnny the Boy
Roger Ward as Fred "Fifi" Macaffee
David Bracks as Mudguts
David Cameron as the Underground Mechanic
Robina Chaffey as the Singer
Stephen Clark as Sarse
Reg Evans as Station Master
Max Fairchild as Benno
Sheila Florance as May Swaisey
Vincent Gil as Crawford "The Nightrider" Montazano
Jonathan Hardy as Labatouche
Brendan Heath as "Sprog" Rockatansky
Paul Johnstone as Cundalini
View the Mad Max trailer here.
You can stream Mad Max on Tubi or Amazon Prime, or rent it on Apple TV+.
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Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)
