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Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
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1985 film directed by George Miller and George Ogilvie
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6.2Mad Max becomes a pawn in a decadent oasis of a technological society, and when exiled, becomes the deliverer of a colony of children.
Cast
- Mel Gibson as Max Rockatansky
- Tina Turner as Aunty Entity
- Helen Buday as Savannah Nix
- Bruce Spence as Jedediah the Pilot
- Angelo Rossitto as Master
- Adam Cockburn as Jedediah Jr.
Themes
- australia
- arena
- dwarf
- dictator
- dystopia
- sandstorm
- post-apocalyptic future
- villain
- camel
- tribe
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Ratings
IMDb
6.2/10
161,164 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
80%
Metacritic
71/100
- Year
- 1985
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 1 win & 10 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- George Miller George Ogilvie
- Written by
- Terry Hayes George Miller
- Based on
- Characters, by George Miller Byron Kennedy
- Produced by
- George Miller
- Starring
- Mel Gibson Tina Turner
- Cinematography
- Dean Semler
- Edited by
- Richard Francis-Bruce
- Music by
- Maurice Jarre
- Production company
- Kennedy Miller Productions
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros. (through Roadshow Film Distributors )
- Release date
- 10 July 1985 ( 1985-07-10 )
- Running time
- 107 minutes
- Country
- Australia
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $10 million
- Box office
- $36 million ( rentals )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- science fiction film
- Country of origin
- Australia
- Original language
- English language
- Series
- Mad Max
- Followed by
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- Follows
- Mad Max 2
- Director
- George Miller
- Screenwriter
- Terry Hayes
- Cast member
- Justine Clarke
- Composer
- Maurice Jarre
- Producer
- Terry Hayes
- Cinematographer
- Dean Semler
- Narrative location
- Australia
- Filming location
- Coober Pedy
- Duration
- 107
- FilmAffinity ID
- 303075
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1985-09-26
- film editor
- Richard Francis-Bruce
- title
- Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
- distributed by
- Netflix
- set in environment
- desert
- review score
- 71/100
- capital cost
- 10000000
- box office
- 4272802
- Commons category
- Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
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Encyclopedic overview
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (also known as Mad Max 3) is a 1985 Australian post-apocalyptic dystopian action film directed by George Miller and George Ogilvie and written by Terry Hayes and Miller. It is the third installment in the Mad Max franchise and the sequel to Mad Max 2 (1981). It is the only film in the franchise to be rated PG-13 by the MPAA. The film stars Mel Gibson (in his final performance as "Mad Max" Rockatansky) and Tina Turner. Billboard later listed Turner's performance in the film as the 68th best performance of a musician in a box-office film.
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome was released in Australia on 10 July 1985. The film received positive reviews from critics. A fourth film, Mad Max: Fury Road, was released in 2015, starring Tom Hardy as Max.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.