10 Mad Max Secrets You WON'T Believe Are True!

[@SnoopReddogg]

Fact 11: Even in a dystopian near future, the condition of the roads were better than present-day Victorian roads.

[@nigelliam153]

Brilliant

[@Gus1966-c9o]

You’re absolutely right

[@richardpichan6916]

Come see the "roads" in southeast Michigan

[@moman87]

It ain't called Victorian for no reason.

[@carolyna4484]

As a Victorian this is 100% true.

[@davidbrayshaw3529]

I worked with one of the mechanics who was on the set of Mad Max. Rob Orchard was his name. Fact no. 7 is false. Kawasaki did not donate the motorcycles to the producers of Mad Max at all. They were in fact on loan to the producers and were supposed to have been returned in good working order. Most of the bikes were returned with extensive damage and significant maintenance issues. Kawasaki Australia initiated legal proceeding against the producers, initially with a solicitor's letter demanding restitution with the opportunity to purchase the bikes outright at a discounted rate. The producers had neither the means nor the will to do either of those things. Shortly after, Mad Max aired in the cinemas and was a sell out. Kawasaki advised the producers that they would not be pursuing the matter, given the publicity that they received. It's also noteworthy that Kawasaki was anything but a little known brand by that stage. They were well known for their 2 stroke triples in many markets as well as their "Z" series motorcycles which had been released to fanfare in 1972. In Australia, the 1974 cult classic "Stone" popularised these amongst bikers and made them big sellers on Australia's shores throughout the '70's.

[@movieswelove99]

Thanks for correction on erroneous info... and for the interesting details.

[@couttsy222]

I was going to point out exactly the same thing. Through a bit of a fluke, I ended up with one of the full fairings used on the Z900, modified it and fitted it to my Kawasaki GT750 in 1983.

[@davidbrayshaw3529]

@@movieswelove99 Cheers. Thanks for the reply.

[@paul4862]

What you say is all true. Those where the days ,when I was young. All gone now.

[@grantfrith9589]

Awesome memorabilia! I loved Mad Max 2 and I experienced only snippets of exposure to some of the props and sets. I saw one of the fords that Max drove at a wreckers in the Adelaide hills. I also spent a bit of time ogling the felt tip sketches of the engineering for many of the dystopian vehicles used in MM2 at the golden fleece service station at Coober Pedy. As a young man at the time of these movies the electric fascination of the character was something that is missing in today's culture. Maybe I'm just too old to see it now but there was something akin to a pioneer spirit in those old movies. Modern movies reek of post modernist indulgent narcissism by comparison...

[@sevysnape]

I lived in the town of Little River when I was about 13 years old where most of this was filmed. I recall my mother driving me home from the dentist in the nearby town of Werribee when there was this creepy looking long haired dude holding a stop sign on the quiet country road heading back home, she slowed down then took one look and floored the V8 ZG Ford Fairlane saying I'm not stopping for that creep! We got stopped again at the other end of the stretch where they were filming, there were quite a few more people there and they balled her out about how we could have been killed because of the high speed cars in the area, she said then get someone who doesn't look like a criminal to hold the stop sign at the other end lol. I also remember watching the cars roar up and down the country road we lived on with sawn off shotguns out the window, it was quite a time for me in the late 70's as a kid in a small town.

[@lib556]

I recall we had to drive past there to get from Geelong to Melbourne. We had a kid from Werribee in our school (Geelong College) and he used to get made fun of.

[@BWater-yq3jx]

@@sevysnape 'Balled her out' ?? Strewth. Oh you mean bawled her out. 😆

[@Nothinghappinghere-qz4ji]

I didn't know Mad Max was filmed there, but every time I drive past I wonder if that's where The Little River Band is from. Is it?

[@lib556]

@@Nothinghappinghere-qz4ji hat's my understanding... LRB is named for that place. I could be wrong but that was the common belief at the time.

[@sevysnape]

@LeeD-u1s The yellow crops are Canola grown for the oil seed. I heard many years ago LRB didn't have a name for their band when traveling to Geelong on the Prince's Fwy to do a gig when they passed the exit to Little River and that's where they got the name. Also the old bluestone Little River railway station features in the bands original 1978 video for Shut Down Turn Off. I used to ride my bike to that station to take the train to Geelong when I was an apprentice. It's probably about 300 metres from the old Little River Hotel {right next to the new hotel) that was shown in Mad Max. Glad you enjoyed my story :)

[@stevendimmock4791]

Nice video. A totally iconic film that is worth watching over and over again.

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

Bonus Bonus Fact: At 4:56 the front of the truck was covered with a steel plate which was painted to look like the front of the truck, as the owner didn't want his truck damaged in the crash. Mad Max fans would already know this.

[@Roberto-tu5re]

@@PhantomFilmAustralia I heard it the rig was hired, so hence the fake front

[@subaruadventures]

All Mad Max fans know all these facts already, click bait.

[@raston1961]

I heard that the producers paid for the damage to the undercarriage, similar price to Mel's fee. My mates at the time had connections to the trucking industry. Though the other details make sense as well.

[@elixtido1448]

nice. thx

[@DodgyBrothersEngineering]

I didn't know that, but it is so obvious the front is fake once you rewatch it.

[@P90F55]

As an American kid, I was blown away by this movie. In America cops wear blue, police cars are black and white and the sirens sound different. Who are these guys in black leather driving screaming yellow cars. It was awesome to me!🤯

[@strayamate2960]

Cop cars were yellow back in the day here in Australia

[@P90F55]

@MrJimibarrett If?

[@P90F55]

@@MrJimibarrett Here in America, we say we are living in Mad Max times.

[@P90F55]

@@MrJimibarrett Trump has nothing to do with it. Things just are.

[@BWater-yq3jx]

Colours varied by state and decade.

[@danthegreaser71]

One of my all time favorite films!

[@shawnhambler9305]

Dog

[@kerriemccoy1647]

Steve Bisley who plays Goose, still gets called Goose by Mad Max fans. He said in an interview that he takes it as a compliment.

[@cockatoow6688]

His autobiography is a real trip.

[@rayalliston7702]

Bisley

[@kerriemccoy1647]

@@rayalliston7702 Sorry, I corrected it now.

[@ADHDIYuk]

The fact they didn't think Americans would understand people speaking English is very telling.

[@FakeName-k5h]

Explains a lot about "Murica hey,

[@AnyoneSeenMikeHunt]

Australians don't speak English. They speak 'Sralian, a special form of nasal gibberish, the women sound like broken lawnmowers.

[@ADHDIYuk]

@ 🤣

[@SirDaffyD]

I've had friends go to America, and in parts, had to put on an American accent to be understood.

[@ADHDIYuk]

@ I spent 3 trips to NYC without them understanding my accent but they did my fiancé’s and we are from the same part of the UK.

[@smithy2]

Actually, Kawasaki's were used in Stone, in 1974, they may have donated them for Max but werent unknown in Australia

[@wildgrizz2221]

i was racing Kawasaki dirt bike in the early 70s here in the states back when they still used steel tanks and fenders

[@Dave-Rough-Diamond-Dunn]

Yeah, I knew them as Quackers as a kid (born 1970).

[@ruffnut743]

i know a bloke that was a extra its their own bikes they all showed up with polished bikes so the producer had them sprayed with water then dust to make them look like they had been in the desert P/S the extras where payed $ 80 a day not including food or accommodation the caravan that gets destroyed was the last scene filmed as it was their tea room while filming my missus old man owned the tow trucks i was told Mel Gibson didn't even have a drivers license

[@Philipk65]

Stone was a great film.

[@oldenshort1346]

@@Philipk65 Have you watched it recently. I think it still holds a stunt record. The Motorbike over the cliff.

[@lib556]

Bonus fact. The sequel to Mad Max is just 'Mad Max 2'. Due to the lack of success of MM in N. America (until home video), a competition was held before the opening credits of MM 2 for renaming it for American release. The winner was 'the Road Warrior'. I was in Australia when it came out and vividly remember the competition to select a new name. That's why I always call it MM 2 and cringe a bit when people insist on calling it 'the Road Warrior'.

[@gecko-sb1kp]

You must be one of the few that remember that. I was in an Australian cinema in Perth in January 1982 after my cousin took me to see MM2 in Bendigo Victoria during school holidays. They never had it there a few weeks prior but back in Perth they did. The announcement in the cinema and the competition about re-naming it for it's American release. The voice over even suggested 'The Road Warrior' so it was a forgone conclusion by then. I remember 'Road Wars' was another suggestion. They even had an explosive balloon on the pictures of it in our WA newspapers' cinema and drive-in pages proclaiming it was 'Our Star Wars'. Cheap and nasty promotion at the time but us kids felt like it was our Star Wars...

[@lib556]

@@gecko-sb1kp Yeah I definitely remember the "It's our Star Wars" campaign. If I recall correctly, I thought the voice over suggested 'Warrior of the Wasteland'. I may be mis-remembering, though.

[@gecko-sb1kp]

@@lib556 Never thought I'd have such a quick reply. Thank you. It could have been that mentioned as well. He mentioned several. I dragged my mum there that day. I was 13 at the time and in the middle of a stinking summer heatwave. When he said 'Road Warrior' I said 'Yes. That's good what else could it be?' It sounded like they made their minds up already just going through the motions. So glad you remember that part about 'It's our Star Wars.' No one seems to remember that small but important stuff but you did! 😀

[@lib556]

@@gecko-sb1kp I was 16. Unfortunately, we saw it as a family... at a drive in (in Geelong?). Me and Dad up front, Mum and my 13 yr old brother in the back. They weren't the least interested and were complaining and cracking jokes throughout. Environment can play a big part in one's initial impressions/enjoyment. I reluctantly admit that, initially, MM2 didn't make a great impression on me ... for the reasons stated above. I was more impressed with Mel in Gallipoli which I had seen earlier. Also, at 16, I was trying to become a literary snob. We were watching the Brideshead Revisited mini series at the time and I had dreams of Oxford... I did grow to appreciate/love MM2, eventually.

[@gecko-sb1kp]

@@lib556 Funny you say that because when it hit our local drive-in during the winter of '82, three of my friends wanted to go. My mum and I were going because she was hooked on it and my friends said they would do a 'Dukes of Hazzard' out the windows and join us inside but my mum said no and paid for them all. I was 14 by then and when mum pulled up at the bollard and hung the speaker on the window, one of my mate's leaned forward and pulled the rear-view mirror off . We had a 1978 Holden Premier station wagon at the time so all good. My mum yelled 'Hey! Don't wreck my car!' But they showed her how it all snapped back into place. From then on mum always pulled the rear-view mirror off at drive-ins. For a little more trivia and nostalgia, tidbits, Bruce Lee's Enter the Dragon was up first. Interval was about the smell of our steakburgers being cooked and songs coming out the speaker and I remember what the last two were; Wired for Sound and The Lion Sleeps Tonight. I know that because any self respecting kid of the day carried a cassette recorder with them everywhere. Even to the toilet...

[@jackhaugh]

The biggest twist is that George Miller also wrote and directed Babe and Babe 2 Pig in the City. I honestly had no idea that he was an MD!

[@diamondjoe100]

And wait for it...... HAPPY FEET 😂

[@Howie900]

I remember going to see "Elvis the Movie" in 79 and mad Max was the trailer film (This was back in the day when you got two films the Trailer and the Main feature). I was in awe, I fell in love with the Z1's and Z1000's in the film and wound up buying a Z1A as soon as I passed my test in 83. I am 58 now and still ride that Z1 and regularly watch the fist Max Movie and still love every second.

[@stevecameron1879]

Kawasaki weren't unknown in 1979, they had already made some classic bikes, including the z900 and z1

[@FakeName-k5h]

thought the same thing, in 1979 i had an already old and crappy Kwaka KX dirtbike, and a guy in town had a z900 and this was rural Victoria

[@robertdale419]

What about all the 2 stroke twins and triples before the Z900. !!!

[@lauriecarter8931]

Yeah should have put a couple of them 2 strokes in there forsure 500,750 triples widow makers !!​@@robertdale419

[@DodgyBrothersEngineering]

Honda and Suzuki were the big names back then. Yes Yamaha and Kawasaki were around but the most popular bike was probably the Honda.

[@yomuno2511]

I have a yellow 1972 model. Late 70s the dirt bikes turned green

[@infoanalysistconspiracyrealist]

They say people don't believe in heroes anymore. Well damn them! You and me, Max, we're gonna give them back their heroes!

[@CoastPropertyBuyers]

Will go down as one of the most iconic films in Australian cinema, for so many reasons. George Miller & Byron Kennedy were visionaries. RIP BK 🙏🏼

[@ML-dl1cp]

MM2 (The Road Warrior) is one of the best movies ever made. On top of being a compelling story (admittedly lifted pretty heavily from the Western lone-wolf archetype) filled with unique and memorable characters, it is a technical masterpiece. I've probably seen it a hundred times and it's just as enjoyable now as it was the first time. There's a great documentary called "Not Quite Hollywood" all about the early days of Australian cinema, and it includes MM1 and 2. The stuff they were doing (often without permits or adequate safety prep) is mind-blowing

[@sriley064]

And you left out possibly the most important fact, Mad Max was the inspiration for the entire SAW franchise, the last 5 minutes were the first Jigsaw style game

[@koolaid117]

I was 14 or 15 when I first watched The Road Warrior on HBO. I absolutely loved that movie. Watched it every chance I could. All these years later it still stands up as a great movie. Although I hate the new spinoffs.

[@xagtly]

There were a few scenes in Craigieburn. The house where she runs into Lizzie Birdsworth. The wreckers were opposite where the mint is now. One of the pursuits was an XA (Charlie copped a saucepan in the throat) and XB for the other and the one Max was checking the oil etc. HQ coupe for the nightrider and his skank. My brother in law was a rabid fan and made a replica Interceptor (4 door red yellow white not the same hardtop) originally using an XC shell but it caught fire when the holley leaked. So he used an XB for the next one. He was rebuilding it again but died during covid and left it to his daughter. Hopefully, she'll finish the rebuild one day. I have 2 XA hardtops. One is a GT and the other is a 250 2V GS. Neither will ever become MadMax Interceptors. Anyway, have a great night.

[@risinbison1106]

I was 13 when I saw this with my friends and we never stopped talking about it. Great movie and great memories.

[@strayamate2960]

Aussies still call Ambulances meat wagons

[@lamontcranston5414]

never did, still dont

[@hogsclogs]

@@lamontcranston5414 Always have, still do.....................

[@lamontcranston5414]

@@hogsclogs interesting, 40 years driving 'meatwagons' never heard anyone refer to them as that :)

[@hogsclogs]

@@lamontcranston5414 I have always known of them as meat wagons ever since I was a kid back in the 80s. Was a common phrase.

[@rudedogg6331]

Don't know the original source, but as an American, I've been calling them 'meat wagons ' as long as my 66 years allow

[@billmago7991]

kawasaki was well known in Australia from the Australian film Stone and winning the 1974 Castrol 6 hour production bike

[@pauldarderi3560]

Absolutely correct

[@ssilva9510]

as a high schooler I saw this in 1980 at the drive in. Yep drive in. funny thing was the talking was dubbed but the actors were speaking English I thought , where was this, Iowa, Kansas WTF ? finally caught this movie with the Aussie dialect years later. and I understood every word.

[@stevendimmock4791]

If you think about it, that was quite a slur against your intelligence by the film studio! I'm glad you enjoyed the Aussie language version though!

[@lib556]

I saw Mad Max 2 at the drive in in Australia when it was first released.

[@TarkentonLarry-iu3qp]

I never saw the dubbed version. I only watched the original, when they talked Aussie accents.

[@lib556]

@@TarkentonLarry-iu3qp There was no dubbed ver of MM2. Just MM was dubbed. It's sad...

[@gecko-sb1kp]

Good to see a channel that gets it right. Although I swear it was the character of Jim Goose that wore the only leather costume. Swapped between Steve Bisley and his stunt rider on the the day...

[@Dr_Bobo137]

The clip of Gibson with a swollen eye is from Road Warrior, not from an audition after a bar fight

[@allisalie101]

He didn't say that scene was related to the bar fight. That scene was used to emphasise that he had been in a bar fight that caught the casting directors eye, and was then asked to return 3 weeks later as a result.

[@BWater-yq3jx]

@@Dr_Bobo137 well yeah, tney're probably not gonna have that pic.

[@jg8540]

Actually during the making of MM2 Mel turned up on set with the shiner after an altercation at a bar the night before. The producers were apparently quite annoyed until the suggestion was made to film the scenes after Max crashes the interceptor. The black eye and Max not being able to open it is the real deal.

[@simonharris4873]

Telling everyone you're "that guy" without actually saying you're "that guy".

[@paulh4691]

Apparently they paid some Trucky $50 to let them put a false front on that truck so they could do that head on crash with it. BTW, Z series Kwakas were most definitely well known in Australia and awesome back then!

[@TheButlerNZ]

In 1979 Hugh Keays-Byrne starred as Toecutter, the main villain in Mad Max in 2015 Hugh Keays-Byrne starred as Immortan Joe, the main villain in Mad Max: Fury Road.

[@TarkentonLarry-iu3qp]

I knew he looked familiar, I never did look at the end credits.

[@FlushGorgon]

Never noticed I had seen the man twice in my life, 36 years apart. Must be the makeup...

[@rdenir]

I met George Miller a few times and he is such a humble man

[@MoparMissileDivision]

Kawasaki motorcycles were extremely popular outside of Japan long before 1979! The original Kawasaki KZ900 came to the US in 1973 and by 1979 the KZ1000 was available. From 1968 to 1980 Kawasaki also sold the three cylinder two stroke H1 MACH III 500 and the H2 MACH IV 750 known as the "Widowmaker"! This was a perfect advertising ploy by Kawasaki, but they were hardly a new brand outside of Japan by the time Max hit the big screen!

[@paul4862]

Bull the H2 was a Widowmaker I had one it was a wild ride,

[@quantumIO]

Best $10,000 ever spent on an actor.

[@frankryan2505]

'A Paltry 10 thousand dollars' For an 'unkown actor' on a $350k 'low budget film' I think old mate did ok..

[@AlanJustice-mh1tl]

Number 5 partially correct. They never tried to sell it before giving it to Murray smith. They just outright give it to him because they couldn't afford to pay him and it was murdered who tried to sell it afterwards. Also it is not only dub the voices but they also dubbed the car sounds

[@Roberto-tu5re]

All the bikes are the nearly the same make and model, they just changed the colour and added fairings, windshields etc.

[@BenjaminRowe-hc7uo]

They're all z1000 kawasaski's,great bikes for the times.

[@leesydneyharry7958]

Last of the great Kawasaki Z900$😊

[@sammuir5875]

No there not watch it again

[@Roberto-tu5re]

​@@sammuir5875 ' Nearly the same '

[@cavekritter1]

The accessorys like pipes and fairings were provided by the company " la Parisian " owned and run by bertrand cadart.. the bikes were nearl all brand new z1000s provided on loan by kawasaki aust.. who were not at all happy with what remained of them at end of filming

[@quantumIO]

I would have given all my nine year old savings for the Pursuit Special in 1979. And all my future teenage lawn mowing momey in the 1980s.

[@johnsweeney6072]

Gundaleney wants his hand back 👍🇦🇺

[@johnsweeney6072]

Worked with Paul Larson for a few years in the building game funny big bastard. The master blaster

[@fenderfetish]

*Cundalini* 😂

[@thesolver1970]

Cundalini

[@johnsweeney6072]

@ potato potarto 😂👍

[@TarkentonLarry-iu3qp]

@@thesolver1970….Cunt-a-leanie!…It means unchubby beaver!…It’s like saying Nook-su-Cow…The white warrior!..🤨🧐

[@JustinBond-r7d]

Nick Lathouris, who plays the Mechanic 'Grease rat' in Mad Max wrote fury road and furiosa

[@jammiedodger629]

Wow, now that's a good fact.

[@amandaduggan9051]

Loved this. I remember when the movie came out. Haven't watched it again in a long time. Definitely will now.

[@gregorylawson8346]

The sound of the interceptor at 2,00 is just phenomenal!

[@Kevin-go2dw]

Some of the scenes were filmed at the Spotswood Pumping Station, now part of ScienceWorks. You can actually go to where parts were filmed, but there are other parts which you cannot visit including what was once a female toilet (a room with a view). Another scene was filmed at Melbourne University in a car park.

[@MrButtonpresser]

A bunch of us hid in the boot/trunk of a mate’s car to see this at the Clayton Drive-In, Melbourne. Pretty sure most of us were under 18 as well. Good times.

[@Philipk65]

I was in Clayton Souh at that time too.

[@trevormustey4418]

And my mates and I all in hotted up cars were dropping burnouts leaving the drive-in while the cops just watched!.

[@tapper1942]

One more thing. Lots of Australians can do a American accent but the Yanks not so good on the Aussie 😂😂

[@amberlopez7477]

I remember seeing an ad in the paper for this film. But I caught it years later on HBO.

[@greatbadger4396]

Bonus fact: the caravan written off in the crash scene actually belonged to Miller who could not afford to get one for filming

[@mickm6309]

Another fact, I have driven on most of the roads where Mad Max was filmed.

[@fenderfetish]

Me too. I live in the region 😊

[@saltyseadawg4768]

I think Russel Crowe got $10K for his debut in Romper Stomper too.

[@chrisleach3958]

Wow Americans are pretty thick so it was probably a good move to dubthe Australian accents

[@PeterM8987]

😂 They also don't like reading sub-titles. 🤦‍♂️

[@Stewbo1]

​@PeterM8987 they can't read for a start.

[@Light_Grey_Nomad]

I find the comments more interesting than the so called, "secrets" that were spoken about by the AI voice.

[@catjudo1]

I bought a bootleg tape to get the original dialogue. The ca. 2000 rerelease DVD in the USA finally featured the original version and the dub. Great movie.

[@jammiedodger629]

I've got an uncut original dialogue video here in the UK.

[@outsider7658]

I just love those films! Had the collectors box, but lost it in a divorce and miss it as of today! Thanks´s for the " report". And, yes, I understand aussie. And love it, too. from a Finn in Diaspora

[@daiton-jon-f8179]

I remember my first trip to America seeing that movie playing in Texas at a country town theatre looked like a shed and the voices were dubbed over.

[@larryfromwisconsin9970]

Kawasaki motorcycles were popular in the US in the 1970s. The Z900 was "The King" of the US drag strips and highways.

[@mathewhyland8925]

Mel Gibson actually ate the dog food .

[@southerndeth]

Wrong movie.

[@TheGunterGlieben]

but still dog food...

[@mathewhyland8925]

Oh that’s right in the second picture hey 👋 guys.

[@herbnalis3723]

That's why MEL refused to do MAD MAX 4. Someone told him the fake dog food in Mad Max 2 was real. To lower production costs.

[@herbnalis3723]

MEL GIBSON moved to America because people in Australia were calling him pal, like PAL dog food.

[@greebo5294]

Dunno where George worked, but it wasn't ER. We don't have ERs in Australia, we have EDs or Casualty.

[@TarkentonLarry-iu3qp]

Erectile Dysfunctions!..my god man!…that’s too much information!🥸

[@pistolknight69]

One of the stuntman, Max Aspen. Was nicknamed mad Max.

[@davidrayner9832]

You may know something about films but you know absolutely nothing about motorbikes. The Kawasaki Z-1 debuted in 1973, was the biggest sensation since Honda's CB-750 of 1969 and in the 1974 film 'Stone', everyone one of the Gravediggers rode a Z-1. The Night Rider, Fifi, and Toe Cutter were all in Stone, by the way.

[@movieswelove99]

You're right. I know zero about bikes. Thanks for the info.

[@armelind]

I dont understand which Mad Max this is about. The narration specifically spoke of the first Mad Max movie but the video clips were from the 1st and 2nd movie. One thing I thought was hilarious about the redubbed dialogue for Mad Max, the big bald guy "Fifi" was given a high pitched voice. When I was a kid I thought it was silly. I was around 8 when the movie came out.

[@JG-fe1gx]

I remember seeing this movie at the drive in when I was a kid.

[@carrigartdonegal]

Have you all never heard of an Australian film called The Cars That Ate Paris???

[@BeRobn]

Nothing cooler than Mad Max, nothing uncooler than Mad Maxine.

[@sikswitch1334]

I'm sure the original intercepter is in Australia

[@garywaddell1343]

Not for quite some time. It was sold to the Cars of the Stars Motor Museum in England and then, in 2011, to the Dezer Car Museum in Miami, Florida, where, sadly, it still sits today. A second one was used in MM2, for most of the driving scenes but was destroyed during shooting and went to the scrap yard. The original car from MM was mainly used in close-ups in MM2.

[@rhettcorbett3346]

1st thing is MAD MAX RULZ. Another couple of facts. The body of the ute driver in last crash scene at Emu Creek Bridge was the Traffic Director Andrew " Sluggo" Jones. He also painted the skidmarks on the road for that scene. And a blink & you will miss it moment. You can see it better if you pause it. In the Cherry Lane scene where XA/March Hare hits the dirt ramp at the Phonebox it cuts to a forward looking view from the XA towards the caravan but March Hare is already on its roof near the caravan.

[@usedscar]

The 1st time I watched this was on VHs in the early 90s. I was already a Mel fan and was extremely dismayed that they had hilariously Dubbed! Mel's voice!

[@stukavonferno8858]

I'm not surprised they overdubbed the Aussie accent, I saw Trainspotting in a New York cinema and It had subtitles on It!

[@Philipk65]

Also that last truck scene in it's original take, the stunt man died.

[@3tuirc3]

great rumor. i'd put that up there with drop bears and hoop snakes. but lets run with. the yanks will beleive it

[@Terry-ft7ls]

He died on the bridge.you can see the bike hit his head.

[@DeadKennedys-eo1oo]

Nobody died during the making.Grant Page broke his nose on the way to the film set.The woman on the back of Page's bike was the original woman cast for Max's wife and was slightly injured.Joanne Samuel from the young doctors was cast for the job.

[@gazbailey4816]

Number 4: It is easier to ask for forgiveness, than it is for permission...

[@douglasbanks3318]

Im good friends with Terry Gibson ,who a stuntman in Mad Max 1 ,also i have a heap of cast n crew pics from the Movie .Also i know a heap of FACTS .Also i have a heaps pics from the Vigilantes ,because Terry was the President

[@jacobmcbride9426]

So all the actors had their voices removed because they didn't think Americans could understand people speaking the same language 🤔

[@TarkentonLarry-iu3qp]

Hmmm….interesting 🧐🤔

[@alanolden.7575]

Absolutely brilliant film

[@daniellebcooper7160]

I thought the 'fact' that Mel Gibson had been in a fight the night before the audition had been debunked as just a myth?

[@DeadKennedys-eo1oo]

Yep it's complete BS

[@daniellebcooper7160]

@@DeadKennedys-eo1oo too drunk too f**k is still one of my favorite hardcore songs.

[@rocketrod1444]

Got this and MM2 and Beyond Thunderdome on 4k , they look spectacular ..... and by the way Cundalini still wants his hand back 👋

[@gibsonku]

Only in the US,the sequel was released "the roadwarrior"everywhere else" mad max 2

[@ZalMoxis]

The Toecutter was the best baddie.... that is kind of how Australia was in the 70's....

[@TheButlerNZ]

In 1979 Hugh Keays-Byrne starred as Toecutter, the main villain in Mad Max in 2015 Hugh Keays-Byrne starred as Immortan Joe, the main villain in Mad Max: Fury Road.

[@a.joegevara3519]

Love the series, and own them all on Blu-ray discs!

[@annemacpherson916]

Kieron O’connol was a mechanic from broken hill! Razor back too 😱🇦🇺🫶🏽

[@bwoo6223]

Kawasaki have been well known world wide from the early 70's

[@TarkentonLarry-iu3qp]

A real motorcycle gang!…think about that, no wonder this movie was so fucking realistically good.

[@maxpayne2574]

The best movie to have on during a party movie in the 80s.

[@jomidiam]

When I first saw this movie, it was the dubbed version, and I didn't like it. I loved The Road Warrior, though, so I gave it a couple of chances, but I just couldn't warm to it. When I finally saw the undubbed version, I loved it. There are a lot of idiot movie execs.

[@Shield.148]

Another interesting fact: Mel Gibson was born in upstate New York !

[@hsss1]

My brothers mate Craig knew Mel. Not sure how, but he moved from NSW to our street. Went to a catholic school or something. Was quiet and pretty serious.

[@tedsmith6137]

You could also have pointed out that Mel Gibson is not Australian, having been born in New York.

[@kerriemccoy1647]

Mel might of been born in America but moved to Australia as a child & Mel does consider himself Australian

[@Philipk65]

@@kerriemccoy1647 Lived in Pakenham Victoria

[@kerriemccoy1647]

@Philipk65 I thought him & his family moved to Western Australia

[@americansupervillain4595]

I hated the redub of the Australian actors' voices in Mad Max, and the same thing was done to the movie Excalibur, and it was even worse.

[@rickh3694]

i think you missed that the truck driver was paid 100 bucks to drive his truck in a scene.

[@cheechychongz7124]

Well played Kawasaki 😄💚

[@fatcattle4165]

What a wonderful philosophy you have

[@bishop2355]

Nice video!

[@ThirtyYearstoolate]

Kawasaki were known in the USA and around the world as the fastest productions bikes, since the late 60s.

[@stevendupers]

Kawasaki's were not popular in the USA in the seventies but in Europe they were the in the top 4 The Z900 was the bike to have BEFORE mad max

[@ChrisDrake-fn7nu]

70s I rode Kawi 500 triple and 750 triple, my wife had her 125, Tons of Kawasaki`s in those days.

[@TheRealCoolDude1989-nt5ed]

So like "Mad Max " is a one badass movie from down under , but I did not see that movie first , nope it was "The Road Warrior ".And it was not called "Max Mad 2" where I am from ,also when first saw "Mad Max " after watching "The Road Warrior " , well Mel Gibson had his voice dubbed over , in that time was not bad , but by the time of "Mad Max Beyond Thrunderdome " came out , well it did fit well with other movies .

[@k20aa]

Remember The NightRider when you look at the Night Sky

[@phillberthsp]

You missed that the front of the truck bull bar was paited on.

[@DTWave81]

One day I hope to find a video explaining what the baby was doing, playing with Max's revolver??

[@dameon2170]

Really good video

[@bigunone]

Not knowing that Ford marketed different cars to different country's we thought the police cars were something from AMC, most of which were worn out straight six's shown by the smoke from the tail pipes.

[@jameswaterfield]

Nice seeing my neighbourhood on KZbin

[@tapper1942]

No it was the Australian accent which I am and a friend of mine bought a laser disc and that's how I discovered it was dubbed in a American accent. But yes it's all English 😂😂😂😂

[@MatthewTaylor-c2i]

Still impressive the original movie dates well for modern Audiences.

[@juricarmichael2534]

This black eye is from part two. Kawa since the 60s in germany...

[@elixtido1448]

I consider Road Warrior and Terminator to be Disruptors.