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Mad Max [Special Edition]

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Released: 2002-01-01

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Mad Max [Special Edition] DVD Cast & Features Cast:
David Bracks, David Cameron, Reg Evans, Peter Ford, Jonathan Hardy, Phil Motherwell, Geoff Parry, Tom Broadbridge, Clive Hearne, Paul Young, Neil Thompson, Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley, Roger Ward, Tim Burns, Vince Gil, Lulu Pinkus, Nick Lathouris, John Ley, Sheila Florance, Max Fairchild, George Novak

Director(s): George Miller

Features:
Digitally remastered anamorphic transfer
Original Australian "language" version
Original mono audio track
"Mel Gibson: The Birth of a Superstar" documentary
"Mad Max: The Film Phenomenon" documentary
Theatrical trailers
Audio commentary with Jon Dowding, David Eggby, Chris Murray, and Tim Ridge
"Road Rants" trivia and fact track
Photo gallery
TV sports
And more

Mad Max [Special Edition] DVD Details

Video:
Cinemascope, Pre-1954 Standard
Audio:
5 full-range channels. Includes 3 for the front speakers, 2 surround channels for rear speakers, & 1 low-frequency effects (LFE) channel to carry deep bass effects
PCM mono
Language:
English
Subtitles:
English, French, Spanish

Running Time: 94
Genre: Horror Sci-fi Fantasy
Item Weight: 1
UPC: 027616869241
Product Code: MGMV1002726DVD
Format: DVD
Year:1979
Studio: Mgm (video & Dvd)

Mad Max [Special Edition] DVD Summary 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.