Running time: 106 minutes ( Cinema Papers, Murray's Australian Film), 108 minutes ( New York Times)įirst region 4 WB DVD release running time: 1'42"28 Rating: M in the US this translated to PG-13, because of violence and language.ģ5mm Eastmancolor Filmed in Panavision ® ( Cinema Papers lists the film as being released in 70mm and 35mm). Video release: Warner Home Video (the film was first released on tape in Australia early in May 1986). It opened in Sydney at the State, and various Village cinemas (Parramatta, Blacktown, Sylvania) on 9th August 1985, and in Melbourne the previous day at various Village cinemas. Theatrical release: the film opened first in the United States 10th (New York) -12th (other locations) July 1985. As a result, the schedule managed to embrace extreme heat in Coober Pedy locations and freezing cold conditions in the children's tribal home in the Blue Mountains. Pre-production took some 16 weeks, filming at Coober Pedy lasted five weeks, and because of various production problems, the film went over schedule by some six weeks. Locations: Sydney and Coober Pedy - see this site's 'about the film' for more details.įilmed: the film is listed as being in production in Cinema Papers' December 1984 production survey, but in keeping with Kennedy Millers' policy of secrecy on production matters no further details were supplied to the magazine. Mel Gibson was rumoured to have been paid $1.2 million. Ltd., A Kennedy Miller Presentationīudget: the budget has never been officially confirmed but estimates range between A$11-12 million dollars, with some reports putting it as high as $13 million, making it the most expensive Australian film ever to that point by some $4 million ( The Canberra Times, 21st July 1985 - the flop Burke & Willshad cost $9 million). Production company: Kennedy Miller Presents, end titles copyright to Kennedy Miller Productions Pty. While to us it may look like a scene of devastation, to the the children it is the most wondrous thing they have ever seen - evidence of what there once was, and what there could be once more.įor a more detailed synopsis, also with spoilers, see this site's 'about the movie'. The story ends with the tribe members arriving amidst the towering ruins of a once great city. Max has thrown his own life into enormous peril in order to allow the children to escape. So begins the climactic chase, Max and a group of wild kids fleeing from an armada of bizarre dune buggies and big dirt bikes. They set out with Max in the lead, to take over Bartertown, believing that there is their chance to get back to the real world. They do not realise that the world has been destroyed. She is the leader of a strange group of children who await their messiah, who is to save them and take them back to the world from where they believe they came. He is found by Savannah Nix (Helen Buday), a young woman in tribal gear. Max wins the fight but is sentenced to Gulag - sent to die in the desert. She finds him in Max, who is set to fight a strange vision called Blaster (Paul Larsson) in Thunderdome. She explains to Max that she's looking for a warrior. The town is run by an incredible woman called Aunty Entity (Tina Turner). He stumbles across a town called Bartertown deep in the heart of the desert. Many years have passed and we now find Max (Mel Gibson) wandering across the desert dressed as a post-apocalyptic Bedouin. The original domestic synopsis released by Roadshow to the press, with a few cast names added.
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