Mad Max - Highway 9 Pursuit [HD]

[@antoniogiannitto2638]

OMG what’s happened!! “Dunno man just got here me self”, every single Aussie has heard that at least once!

[@bradwilliams1691]

Heard it? I use that sentence every chance I can.

[@RoastBeefQueefSniffer]

Jealous and wish I lived down there.

[@smolboy1237]

Hehe. I sometimes use it when I just arrive work

[@jasonw3204]

So true can't count how menny times I've heard it lol

[@kwilde1131]

Best line in the movie.

[@josephwarra5043]

The original is still the BEST, the ONE and ONLY! A true classic, often copied, NEVER EQUALLED!

[@timothyfoster6149]

This one and Road Warrior were and will always be the best. Wasn't too keen on the 3rd but it was okay, just okay but the 1st and 2nd were perfection.

[@MatthewJarvis-zw2sz]

@@timothyfoster6149 I think the entire series is amazing. Even Thunderdome and Furiosa were still good films in their own right, even though they were overshadowed a bit by the other entries. But the original Mad Max, Road Warrior and Fury Road were all just incredible. As a car fan, this series is right up there among the best :)

[@duartesimoes508]

The other two movies are pure trash. 🗑 This one is formidable.

[@rubensflorentino548]

I have seen this opening scene 1,457 times already. Never gets old.

[@allenblack3785]

NO it doesnt. Do ya see me Toecutter, do ya see me man ? Some skag and his Floozie

[@user-uh6lm5wv6n]

Add afew zeros to the end of your number and thatll be how many times ive watched it since age 10

[@DRchilton]

It's the original Ozzie version as well. Not the usa dubbed over crap. One of the best car chases ever in my opinion.

[@borkokostic4388]

@@DRchilton I am great fan of Mad Max 1. Can you help to download Mad Max but original Australian version of 1979.

[@DRchilton]

@@borkokostic4388 I guess you will have to Google that one mate

[@peterorth2149]

This movie opening is faultless. For the time it was filmed this is high quality action. Seriously well put together. Way ahead of their time. Love It to the MAX

[@theincrediblehulk5797]

I never understood why some people didn’t really like this, this tops fury road in every way

[@peterorth2149]

@@theincrediblehulk5797 Yes it Does. I can't recall 1 cool line that was spoken in Fury Road. You could almost quote the entire Mad Max 1 and it is chock full of the best quotes ever that will stand the test of time.

[@theincrediblehulk5797]

@@peterorth2149 all people want these days is action action action no focusing on anything else, but that’s exactly the reason mad max was good because it fleshed out other things like the characters

[@peterorth2149]

@@theincrediblehulk5797 yep.

[@jurgenv.6030]

Back then it was more normal to make great scenes than today. All CGI crap now...

[@brettv8]

So much going on in this scene. Unintentional hilarity, intentional humor, human drama, big balled action.

[@ianswift3521]

needs more animals with pouches

[@ethancarpenter8332]

There in Australia aren’t they

[@homersimpsobhun]

RIP Vincent Gil, the Nightrider (1939-2022) and Hugh Keays-Byrne, the Toecutter (1947-2020) Remember them when you look up at the night sky.

[@HenryLeaf]

Hugh was one of the nicest people you could meet in real life. A nature and bird lover who liked the odd puff and cared deeply for disadvantaged people . Loved Stone wall building (like country farm structures ) Was wonderfully generous to his fellow actors and crews and loved helping them lose their nervousness and selfconsciousness.

[@RedPyramid-lf4sb]

I will.

[@Sodiumreactor]

Anything you say.

[@kresdubbin3541]

​@@Sodiumreactorman u beat me to it. Anyway. What a wonderful pholosherpy u have, anything u say

[@LisaAnn777]

They now forever ride the highways of Valhalla.

[@horrorfanandy4647]

Amazing how much this franchise has evolved over the years. That being said, this is still one of the best openings in any film. Riveting from start to finish!

[@owenrees7544]

Evolved yes, but they have lost something too. I'd like to see another film like this.

[@theincrediblehulk5797]

Evolved for the worst with fury road

[@kwilde1131]

Thunderdome was horrible. Fury Road some what better. But Mad Max is the king.

[@horrorfanandy4647]

@@owenrees7544 They’ve lost the independent grit that defined the first 2 films, especially the first film which was essentially a grindhouse movie that hit it really big. To their credit I actually like both Thunderdome (flaws and all) and Fury Road, but they are definitely inferior to the first two for me. Fury Road is a visual masterpiece, it feels like George fully realised his vision for the film, but something about the first two is just...

[@owenrees7544]

@@horrorfanandy4647 Thunderdome was pretty bad. Fury Road was a very good film... just not a Mad Max film.

[@rustymotor]

Best chase scene ever and no CGI!

[@Grubnar]

That is why it has aged so well!

[@planetdisco4821]

Metropolitan Force Patrol. Glorious! As an Aussie I’d like to point out that in the 1970’s this was pretty much a standard drive into work in the mornings lol

[@gregorylawson8346]

Nepean Highway?

[@planetdisco4821]

@@gregorylawson8346 yes, in a dark future where gangs of middle aged cyclists in inappropriately tight fitting Lycra have taken over the highway…

[@gregorylawson8346]

Same in England!! Be the "new" Nightrider!" Simply pass them with an old diesel Land Rover in 5th gear at 20mph, saying, "Do you smell me Jonny, do you taste it mate?"

[@bestestusername]

@@gregorylawson8346 plenty rd mill park

[@ddelaney712]

Just had a vision of a guy called nightrider, dressed in Barot dayglo spandex, screaming, I am the NIGHTRIDER " And singing the classic, " you gotta love me, all night long " To anyone offended by this vision, I just want to say,,,, " Your welcome "

[@cellulanus]

This is honestly a really rare setting. A civilization that's in the process of collapsing, but the fall hasn't hit yet. You've still got police barely holding on and normal citizens just trying to carry on with their normal lives. EDIT: I should be more specific. In Mad Max it seems that local level government agencies are still functioning if barely, but there doesn't seem to be much of anything still operating at a federal level.

[@dartanion0075]

Meet me at the cave

[@TheRealKaiProton]

Id love to see more stories in that setting, just before the fall,

[@barrettwbenton]

*Mad Max* has often been called a "post-apocalyptic" flick, when in fact it's pre-apocalyptic, that period just before everything goes to hell in the proverbial handcart. And this scene still blows my mind for both its choreography of sheer chaos *and* just the right touch of sardonic Aussie attitude.

[@michaelneilson977]

​ @TheRealKaiProton Just go to San Francisco and lock your car. You'll get the full experience. 😂

[@randysurline4651]

Living it now in the cities and it's spreading

[@MrPomdownunder]

The best opening to a film ! George Miller does a cameo as the diner owner.... He used his own van for the crash .....I met Steve Bisley at a special screening and he's a top bloke....

[@finc4164]

yes and they stripped the van interior, so it was just a shell (outer chassis) thats why it looks so light when it spins and spins, theres no weight to it.

[@jay5112006]

Absolutely legendary film...when he made this he didn't think it be popular...how wrong he was one of the best Australian films made

[@jerseyforhawks]

I have seen this movie and scene many, many times. As someone over 50 years old, the outcomes, carnage and road chaos is terrifying. You got me George Miller.

[@glennbeadshaw727]

Kennedy Miller

[@michaelmclachlan1650]

@@glennbeadshaw727 Actually Byron Kennedy and ‎George Miller - Kennedy Miller was their production company/

[@toddh4491]

Loved this movie so much as a kid. I didn't know they had overdubbed the strong Aussie accents until I bought the DVD later in life. Still holds up to this day. No crappy special effects to get in the way and look dated just a good plot and amazing drive / chase camera work.

[@peterhoulis1184]

Dunno how many times ive seen it , that kwaka z1000a taking off looks awesome never get tired of seeing it

[@MrPlumTree]

Ano but did u notice when goose crashes the z 1000 has spoke wheels instead of mags!

[@daveworthing2294]

Excellent spot Mr Plum. Seen this film 20 odd times and never noticed. Had to watch this clip again to make sure.

[@zeppelinman70]

The first 2 movies of this franchise were THE BEST! They don't make 'em like this anymore. I can't watch them enough. Good on ya George!

[@locust7777]

2 is garbage

[@zeppelinman70]

​@@locust7777 I thought 3, Beyond the Thunderdome was garbage.

[@MIck-M]

I met the Night Rider shortly after the movie was out on a train out of Melbourne. Well spoken quiet guy and said he hadn't actually seen it yet at the theater but intended to. He did actually dress a little like that though.

[@dannyzuehlsdorf3697]

I remember watching this at 1:00 am as a kid and just being BLOWN AWAY. So damn good! Thank you KTVU channel 2 in the Bay Area

[@Gus1966-c9o]

I believe the entire budget in 79 for this film was approx $360,000 ! Many cars etc used over and over . Loved it in 79 and still love it in 23

[@raverdeath100]

it wasn't much. the blue van that got totalled was George Martin's and the lorry at the end was hired from an non-suspecting haulage firm.

[@davidnavarro4821]

Adjusted for inflation it’s about more than $1’000’000 ! So it was a pretty high budget compared to today’s indie movies! According to iMDB it took George Miller 18 months to gather the money.

[@piotrmalewski8178]

@@davidnavarro4821 Actually sands a lot like a movie that involved just a few guys and cars driving in the desert. That smoking car was not a prop, it really had engine in agony.

[@SixLowa]

I love how Big Booper stayed in the game for as long as they could 💪🏿🙏🏿

[@MrNobbyify]

*Bopper

[@mrmr_zoomie]

Watching this opening scene several times, I’m realizing more and more how much Max was right. The longer the MFP officers stay on the road, the more deranged they get. Goose casually telling the story of a runner trying to scream after a wreck. Roop blind with rage a majority of the chase. What an incredible movie.

[@sparrowlt]

I think the guy who tries to scream after a crash was suposed to be "the Dark One" ..Max original partner who would be out of action due to injuries and would be seen later ..but was ultimatelly removed from the movie save for a couple mentions (he tells the lady to call the dark one after Toecutter stalks Jessie) and his name on Max interceptor

[@mrmr_zoomie]

@@sparrowlt that might very well be true but I think in the end “The Dark One” just kinda became Max. Makes sense in the end given how much Fifi praised him

[@stevecoleman2250]

People talk about the car chase in “Bullitt” and “The French Connection”, they pale in comparison to this car chase. Raw Aussie V8 carnage.

[@ernanirodrigues6050]

For me it was one of the best movies I've ever seen in my entire life 👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍

[@michaelbaum9117]

Something you'd never hear in 2022 "We're gonna be in trouble now, he had his indicator on!"

[@animaltvi]

What's an indicator ?

[@308V8HZ]

Your turn signal .

[@WarThunder-zt4xw]

@@308V8HZ Don't help him out he probably won't use it anyway. Can't play the bloody drums let alone drive a car safely. ;)

[@geraldselvey7687]

Anyone want to buy a slightly used bongo van?

[@mikeowen7526]

The way they hit the mini van is awesome The driving is amazing ❤❤❤

[@guadacoma]

When I saw this movie as a kid it blew my mind. I loved it.

[@UnitedCorporationsOfAmerica]

I've watched a lot of B movies. This low-budget Australian classic filled with car crashes, motorcycles, and graphic violence is cheesetastic.

[@toucan221]

This has to be one of THE BEST crash and chase scenes of ALL TIME ✔✔❤❤💙💙⭐⭐

[@pedestrian_overkill]

This movie and Gone in 60 seconds capture a significant part of 70's zeitgeist

[@dartanion0075]

Haaa

[@iseenothing]

Vanishing Point

[@chuckselvage3157]

George Miller is a legend

[@TrixiLovesYou]

The cinematography and editing are flawless.

[@dartanion0075]

Yep

[@RtB68]

Ahhh...the front bench seat. Classic. The floozy's eyes at 3.55 are superb...as is the night riders tongue a few seconds after. She was getting good service.

[@surfshack2]

Remember first seeing this on cable , maybe 1981? Never gets old.

[@jimkirk4357]

I swear the best part of this is gorgeous Lulu Pinkus. I saw this in a theater in downtown San Diego in 1980. Made me wanna go to Australia.

[@insanelook]

Just true raw power, no fakin CGIs like in nowadays crappy movies. Jeeezzz I miss those good old days. 56 years old here.

[@davidmccrory5604]

That beautiful fish tail on the bike just never gets old

[@Benratbag1997]

I’d watch Mad Max any day as well as many other Classic Car Chase films and this scene alone beats the crap out of all the Fast & Furious bollocks put together.

[@6680thSOG]

1:47 coolest sound ever..sound of real muscle cars in their natural element.

[@donkeyslayer4661]

No one, but, no one ever thought a 1970 Australian Ford Falcon as a muscle car.

[@planetdisco4821]

Don’t listen to him! He’s clearly a Holden man. My Old Boy had an XB Gt with a 351 V8. They’re a muscle car… 👍

[@bobafett9779]

@@planetdisco4821 he said no one thought of them as muscle cars of course they are sought after now but not at the time my Xb was laughed at by all the cunts at school in the early 90s

[@GoredonTheDestroyer]

The irony about that is that, out of all three of the active MFP police cars we see in the entire movie (the Falcon sedans, to be specific), only Max's had the 351C. March Hare, the XA, was a retired taxi with the Ford inline-6, while Big Boppa was also a retired police car, albeit with a 302 instead of the 351.

[@user-uh6lm5wv6n]

@@GoredonTheDestroyer Max was the top pursuit man so only he got the 351s. Correct about March Hare too and in true Taxi fashion blowing smoke out the back lol

[@EMPI75]

remembering how i was a kid, watching this movie in a permanent loop. i was shure that i would witness armageddon in my lifetime, now as The memory fades... the vision dims... i realized that no SHTF has happened and probably will not..

[@QuandalePringle-hg4uf]

2:22 is it me or does this scene just look so good. I know its just goose trying to catch up with the chase but with us not knowing where the cops are just being able to hear there sirens in the distance and seeming where they are going too.

[@muthahumpa2715]

I thought the very same thing.

[@thestrangechannelofjeff7426]

I agree . There's something about that 6 seconds of sirens as the bridge zooms out

[@vinloy23]

What happened? Goose: " I don't know man, I just got here ma self" One of the best movies EVER made.

[@professornuke7562]

Me self. Not ma self. I was 12 when this came out, and I know how we talked. Of course, my Mum insisted we spoke, but at school we fucken talked.

[@locust7777]

Boy crossing the road is super cute 🤣

[@1505PIR]

Live it. Most of the scenes were filmed at low speeds. Beautiful camera work! I am the toecutter! Favorite movie. Top 10, for truth.

[@1505PIR]

Shout out to Australia!

[@ToreDL87]

Yeah they would have been driving slow because nobody made tires anymore, by Mad Max 2, Fury Road & Thunderdome it was even worse and some wheels weren't wheels at all especially at the driving axles, just rags.

[@andybyrne50]

A cinematic masterpiece !

[@camarossdriver]

Being an American…I never understood WHY they had to dub in English accents for the U.S. version? Even as a kid,I could understand the Aussie’s just fine. AND…they made the actors sound RIDICULOUS!

[@bernknezevic7736]

They made mel Gibson sound like John Wayne 😂😂😂

[@animaltvi]

They did what ?

[@andrewb8074]

​@@animaltvi literally dubbed all the lines with American voice overs. Many of the voices didn't match the characters at all. It's the version they also used to show on TV here. This was way way back. I haven't seen that version shown in decades, thankfully.

[@animaltvi]

@@andrewb8074 hopefully they have destroyed that travesty then. Sounds horrendous

[@piotrmalewski8178]

Same reason why they made scenes with American actors for old Godzilla movies.

[@stevecoleman2250]

“I am the Nightrider, I am a fuel injected suicide machine”. Absolutely classic line.

[@cryptohunt2552]

The best Mad max movie ever!

[@DPwatkykjy]

The accent was so thick even from just watching this I found a spider in my shoe

[@stephenpemberton85]

😆🤣😆🤣I got snake bit!!!

[@JBofBrisbane]

There are people who don't talk 'Murrican in other parts of the world. Listen to a few and learn.

[@stevenbeck5746]

46 years later those roads in Victoria have not changed one bit.

[@rods6405]

No they have electric scooter lanes!

[@johnnauer6427]

In the immortal words of Jackie Gleason, I am in high speed pursuit! different movie...

[@allthekingshorses7178]

For christ sake shove over 😂😂😂

[@snelgrave101]

I'm in pursuit of a black trans-am he's all mines so stay out of the way .

[@kb0acl303]

Beautiful bike with excellent engine sound.

[@KomradeKrusher]

Damn, everytime I think "Mad Max" got nothing on part two, I rewatch this opening scene and get reprimanded.

[@bruh_oly1370]

Ordinary men battered and smashed . This scene sums it up well

[@stephenpemberton85]

Sign in restaurant"If you can't smell it..we ain't got it"!!! 🤣😆🤣😆🤣😆

[@CliffBronson1212]

Very well made film 🎥 terrific performances 👏 Australia 🇦🇺

[@Ultra4115_]

best car scenes, but forgot to keep in the one where max does that sick burnout lol

[@jasonw3204]

I think the best most realistic part of the chase is the shot of the rear tyre when Max hits the skids at the end of the chase if u have ever done that sort of breaking its just what happens in that type of car

[@JuanWick2010]

I don’t know mate, I just got here me self 😂 ! I love that character.

[@californiadreaming9216]

I'd have to put this film in the top 5 car chase films ever. Vanishing point has not yet been dethroned.

[@theincrediblehulk5797]

Even though the movies are not related I like to imagine vanishing point as a prequel to mad max, like the decline of society was starting in vanishing point

[@californiadreaming9216]

@@theincrediblehulk5797 an interesting concept!!

[@clearcreek69]

I've yet to see Vanishing Point.

[@snelgrave101]

The original gone in 60 seconds won't be beaten by any movie past or present.

[@danielramadelcastillo8890]

This scene is a legend. Does anyone have the Nightrider's complete speech? I love it.

[@honorladone8682]

We must have watched this movie at least a hundred times when it first came out. Philadelphia USA

[@ashleywintle572]

These cars, are undisputedly the best cars I’ve ever seen

[@onlyme219]

Proper movie, no cgi :)

[@stephencampbell2115]

Great story of how DP David Eggby got on the back of the motorcycle and filmed it going over 100!!!!!

[@michaelchevreaux7780]

NO Computer CG. Stunts Real And VERY Dangerous!

[@awjelfs5034]

Rated R for rewatch over and over.

[@Sweet68Camaro]

Over the radio….I am a rocker, I am a roller, I am an out of controller. -AC/DC

[@Freedom_Now_2024]

He had his indicator on

[@mccrackenphillip]

I did not see it on

[@AmaticXLII]

Shut up!

[@the_road__warrior6185]

@@AmaticXLII You beat me to it 😂🤣😅

[@Blippity_Bloop64]

Well, we know he wasn't driving a BMW.

[@bradwilliams1691]

Couldn't be a taxi driver then.

[@kitharrison8799]

In the UK we had Neighbours every day for 37 years and this is still the most Australian thing I have ever seen.

[@dartanion0075]

Ashes

[@thoughtsonnarrowboatingwit3882]

I have watched this film nearly as many times as I’ve watched Vanishing Point.

[@vadersfather1248]

Every time I go on these roads with the kids I still go I am the night rider they just roll their eyes and say does that make mum a floozy lol and I go always

[@gang6009]

"You're blaspheming again, I don't have to work with a blasphemer"

[@martino7465]

The night rider has the most chilling scream in cinematic history.

[@InhumanCondition-gh2qj]

I never got why they had to do more "Americanized" voice overs for the U.S. release. I like the original.

[@petermcelvogue7521]

RIP Vincent ‘The Nightrider’ Gil

[@ToreDL87]

Agh, will be missed, he performed solid. At least he had a good run.

[@swiv99]

lol@4:15 gotta be one of the best maniacal laughs ever

[@illybidol8730]

The toecutter!! Thinking of him when you look to the stars in the Night

[@the_road__warrior6185]

We’ll see ya on the road SCAAAG!!!!

[@leadingfiremancross7211]

Love these early LTS sirens.

[@AlbertoJavierMolpeceresR-pd7zz]

Nadie escapa de los Ángeles de negro..... Te dejan que te confíes y has caído son los Ángeles del bien.....Todo quien se crea más listo acabará en el infierno.Gracias por existir 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💙❤️💚

[@robertsmith8876]

Pure cinema 📽️📽️📽️ stunt work no CGI thank god..

[@yoann5573]

The damn movie cost 350 000 dollars to produce, and it was in 1979. To get an idea of how low the budget was, Vanishing point (1971) biggest chase scene was using a full million dollars. On one single scene. With such results I do not get why George Miller wasn't named "Mad Miller" after producing a movie like that... This dude is legendary, not even to mention Fury Road which is a pure Motorstorm-like masterpiece

[@battlestarmarc]

Awesome action film. Made on a b budget. Amazing. Great opening car chase to start this film.

[@rhettcorbett3346]

And that was REAL smoke coming out of the exhaust. The engine was about to expire. I love the comment - It wouldn't do 90 kms down a mineshaft with a tailwind. And it was supposed to have Pursuit across the boot. Not Interceptor.

[@petergiannaros9037]

As George Miller said that car was an ex taxi 6 cylinder with huge K's on the clock .Max's was an Xb 351 ex cop car and so was the Big boppa's but that was a 302.The first Mad Max movie was made on a very small budget.

[@rhettcorbett3346]

@@petergiannaros9037 And the 302 was a blueprinted engine. And was more powerful than Max s 351.

[@jasonmelendez5216]

I like how Charlie is complaining about Big Bopper swearing when he is in a line of brutal savage police work.

[@JasonStutz]

Best movie to come out of Australia

[@PeterEvansPeteTakesPictures]

A few years later after the events in this film, and no one exactly knows why, mohawks, leathers and rubber-tire shoulder-pads really came in fashion for the good people of middle Australia.

[@sandraspruill4831]

Most definitey preferred it with orignial Aussie spoken instead of the sad overdubbimng we got Stateside. :(

[@railtrolley]

2:43 Rambler Hornet. Or AMC Hornet in USA. Australian Motor Industries assembled right-hand drive version of the Hornet. Extra amber turn signal lights added to comply with lighting laws.

[@shineboxofiran1899]

Dystopian future to some other country not in Australia 😂

[@manuelrodriguez2637]

I love that even the tow trucks are souped up... highly competitive business 😂

[@kevinzachary9824]

"See you on the road Bronze, see you on the road like we did the Night Rider!"...

[@rodneysammons5544]

The Mad Max movies sparked a Kawaski 900 and 1000 buying frenzy. Me and my buddies where smack dap in middle of it in Memphis TN.

[@josephmullin5845]

Notice the milk getting spilled from the paint tins when the van gets hit.

[@enriquecasiano7921]

I love went he said he have the indicator on mate ❤

[@ka-boom2083]

Crazy how this concept evolved into Mad Max: Fury Road

[@ripsnort8194]

Awesome man love it 🇬🇧

[@speedybuggy1677]

Love to see it again I give you five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Bad to the 🍗

[@barrymchugh5612]

Straight up cult classic with Mel the man leading the way AKA MAd Max!!

[@LINJ638]

When you are pushed to the limit after losing everything you have in life.

[@carlcess]

Goose be riding that motorcycle now 🏍💨

[@hanagharmantoceleste5787]

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