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Mad Max (1979)
AIP Production #8001
Jeff and Cheryl tour the Australian post-apocalyptic hellscape of the near future by watching Mad Max.
Screenplay by James McCausland and George Miller
Produced by Byron Kennedy
Directed by George Miller
Starring:
Mel Gibson as Max
Joanne Samuel as Jessie
Steve Bisley as Jim “Goose” Rains
Tim Burns as Johnny the Boy
High Keays-Byrne as the Toecutter
Roger Ward as Fifi
Additional Cast:
Lisa Aldenhoven as Nurse
David Bracks as Mudguts
Bertrand Cadart as Clunk
David Cameron as Underground Mechanic
Robina Cheffey as Singer
Stephen Clark as Sarse
Matthew Constantine as Toddler
Jerry Day as Ziggy
Reg Evans as Station Master
Howard Eynon as Diabando
Max Fairchild as Benno
John Farndale as Grinner
Peter Felmingham as Senior Doctor
Sheila Florence as May Swaisey
Nic Gazzana as Starbuck
Hunter Gibb as Lair
Vince Gil as Crawford “The Nightrider” Montazano
Andrew Gilmore as Silvertongue
Jonathon Hardy as Labatouche
Brendan Heath as Sprog
Paul Johnstone as Cundalini
Nick Lathouris as Grease Rat
John Ley as Charlie
Steve Millichamp as Roop
Phil Motherwell as Junior Doctor
George Novak as Scuttle
Geoff Parry as Bubba Zanetti
Lulu Pinkus as Nightrider’s Girl
Neil Thompson as TV Newsreader
Billy Tisdall as Midge
Gil Tucker as People’s Observer
Kim Sullivan as Girl in Chevvy
John Arnold
Tom Broadbridge
Peter Culpan
Peter Ford
Clive Hearn
Telford Jackson
Kristine Kaman
Joan Letch
Kerry Miller
Janine Ogden
Di Trelour
Vernon Weaver
Paul Young
Brendan Young
Released by American International / A Filmways Co.
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Our open and close is comprised of 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)
