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MAD MAX: BEYOND THUNDERDOME (1985) |
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MORGAN'S RATING |
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| Mad Max is back, in this third film in the popular series, about a violent and desolate post-apocalyptic world. This time, Max ventures into the city of Bartertown in order to retrieve some of his stolen goods. But Aunt Entity, the head of this mercenary hell, tells Max he can have his things back on one occasion: he must fight to the death with a huge creature known as "The Blaster." Max agrees...but that's only the beginning of his wild adventures on the road. |
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| Mel Gibson (Mad Max Rockatansky), Tina Turner (Aunty Entity), Bruce Spence (Jedediah the Pilot), Adam Cockburn (Jedediah Jr.), Frank Thring (The Collector), Angelo Rossitto (The Master), Paul Larsson (The Blaster), Angry Anderson (Ironbar), Robert Grubb (Pig Killer), George Spartels (Blackfinger), Edwin Hodgeman (Dr. Dealgood), Bob Hornery (Waterseller), Andrew Oh (Ton Ton Tattoo), Ollie Hall, Lee Rice, Max Worrall, Susan Leonard, Robert Simper, Virginia Wark, Geeling Ng, Ray Turnbull, Brian Ellison, Gerard Armstrong (Aunt's Guards), Helen Buday (Savannah Nix), Mark Spain (Mr. Skyfish), Mark Kounnas (Gekko), Rod Zuanic (Scrooloose), Justine Clarke (Anna Goanna), Shane Tickner (Eddie), Toni Allaylis (Cusha), James Wingrove (Tubba Tintye), Adam Scougall (Finn McCoo), Tom Jennings (Slake), Gerry D' Angelo, Travis Latter, Miguel Lopez, Paul Daniel (Hunters). |
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HOLD OUT FOR MAD MAX. THIS IS HIS GREATEST ADVENTURE. |
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FACTS |
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PRODUCTION INFORMATION |
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RELEASE DATE: July 12th, 1985 (USA)
BOX OFFICE OPENING: $7.2 million (USA)
BOX OFFICE RESULT: $36.2 million (USA)
- The script called for Aunt Entity (Tina Turner) to drive a vehicle. All of the vehicles were stick-shifts, which Turner couldn't drive, so a special automatic had to be constructed.
- One of the restaurants in the post-apocalyptic city is The Atomic Cafe, a reference to The Atomic Cafe (1982), a documentary about the Cold War, nuclear fear and propanganda films from the government.
- Director/Co-writer George Miller was given the rights to this and The Road Warrior (1981) to get him to stop aside as the director of Contact (1997).
- The character of "Captain Walker", the absent father-figure/savior/pilot is clearly a reference to "Captain Walker" from the film Tommy (1975). Also, the presence of Tina Turner (who portrayed Acid Queen in that film) strengthens the connections between the two films.
- Followed by a sequel: Mad Max: Fury Road (2004). |
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DIRECTORS: George Miller (The Road Warrior) and George Ogilvie.
WRITERS: George Miller and Terry Hayes.
PRODUCER: George Miller.
ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS: Steve Amezdroz and Marcus D'Arcy.
CO-PRODUCERS: Terry Hayes and Doug Mitchell.
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Maurice Jarre.
DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros. |
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QUOTES |
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Barter Town Crowd: Two men enter, one man leave! |
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Max: Thunderdome. How do I get in there?
Aunty Entity: That's easy. Pick a fight! |
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The Collector: Perhaps you've got something to trade after all.
Max: Keep talkin'
The Collector: Twenty-four-hours of your life, in return, you'll get back what was stolen.
Max: Sounds like a bargain.
The Collector: It's not. |
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Aunty Entity: Congratulations! You're the first to survive the auditon! |
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CRITICAL COMMENTS |
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| "More visionary and more entertaining than the first two." -- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times |
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Max: I don't know anything about methane.
Aunty Entity: You can shovel shit can't you? |
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| "The weakest of the Mad Max films, but the Thunderdome cage match is worth viewing." -- Brian McKay, EFilmCritic.com |
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Aunty Entity: You think I don't know the law? Wasn't it me who wrote it? And I say that this man has broken the law. Right or wrong, we had a deal. And the law says: bust a deal and face the wheel! |
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| "Both the most spectacular and the most cerebral installment to date." -- John Hartl, Film.com |
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Max: The first place you'll find is a sleaze-pit called Bartertown. Now if the earth doesn't swallow you up first, that place sure as hell will! |
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| "Not a shade on the originals, but still action to the max." -- Clint Morris, Moviehole |
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| "Despite some funky oddities and a smashing climatic chase, this pales in comparison to The Road Warrior." -- Chuck Rudolph, Matinee Magazine |
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Aunty Entity: Remember where you are -- this is Thunderdome, and death is listening, and will take the first man that screams. |
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| "Weakest entry in the series." -- Robert Roten, Laramie Movie Scope |
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Dr. Dealgood: Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls ... dyin' time's here. |
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