After being exiled from the most advanced town in post-apocalyptic Australia, a drifter travels with a group of abandoned children to rebel against the town's queen.After being exiled from the most advanced town in post-apocalyptic Australia, a drifter travels with a group of abandoned children to rebel against the town's queen.After being exiled from the most advanced town in post-apocalyptic Australia, a drifter travels with a group of abandoned children to rebel against the town's queen.
- Awards
- 1 win & 10 nominations
- Directors
- Writers
- Terry Hayes
- George Miller(uncredited)
- Byron Kennedy(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaTina Turner had to shave her head for her wig to fit properly. She reportedly had no problem with that.
- GoofsIronbar fires an arrow through the train/truck's door and through Pig Killer's leg. The arrow has a huge four-bladed broadhead on it, yet the hole in the door and the hole in Pig Killer's leg are only the size of the arrow's shaft.
- Quotes
Max: I've got skills, I could trade them.
The Collector: Sorry, the brothel's full.
- Crazy creditsMel Gibson, who plays Mad Max, is listed again among the Stunt Crew in the End Credits.
- Alternate versionsScenes filmed but cut from the final film: Max comforting the dying Ghekko while facing Bartertown from the desert dunes and telling him it's Tomorrowmorrow land (this scene can be glimpsed in the Tina Turner video for We Don't Need Another Hero.) Max waking in Crack in Earth in the middle of the night and remembering his wife Jessie and crying, realising he is no better than the people he has hunted for so long.
- ConnectionsFeatured in At the Movies: Special Show: The Jack of All Films (1985)
- SoundtracksWe Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)
Written by Terry Britten and Graham Lyle
Performed by Tina Turner
Produced by Terry Britten
Copyright (c) 1985 Good Single Music Ltd. & My Axe Music Ltd.
Featured review
Half and half
The first half of this film -- the part with Bartertown, Thunderdome, etc -- is brilliant, not just a repeat of THE ROAD WARRIOR but a totally new concept, thoroughly fleshed out. The second half, with the lost children, isn't as good -- and, more to the point, doesn't quite mesh with the first half, despite Miller's attempts to tie it all together at the end. Still, it's well above average in a genre that has increasingly come to believe (wrongly) that special effects are more important than plot and character.
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- Mike-754
- Jun 1, 1999
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- Mad Max - Jenseits der Donnerkuppel
- Filming locations
- Mermaid's Cave, Blackheath, Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia(Tribal Childrens' Home - crack in the earth)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $10,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $36,230,219
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $7,283,714
- Jul 14, 1985
- Gross worldwide
- $36,231,360
- Runtime1 hour 47 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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