MAD MAX

MAD MAX WAS MADE IN 1977 BY GEORGE MILLER A ND BYRON KENNEDY ON A MEAGER BUDGET OF $350000. THEY EVEN HAD TO SWEEP THE GLASS OFF OF THE TARMAC THEMSELVES, AFTER A STUNT SCENE.
AN ACTOR CALLED CARDHERT (WHO PLAYED 'CRANK' ) OWNED AN ENDURANCE RACING COMPANY ,IN FRANCE, CALLED 'LA PERISIENNE' . GEORGE MILLER AND CARDHERT MADE THE FAIRINGS FOR 'GOOSES' AND' TOECUTTERS' BIKES THEMSELVES.
GOOSES Z1000 HAD MAG WHEELS, BUT THEY COULD ONLY AFFORD ONE PAIR, SO WHEN THEY FILMED  THE STUNT SCENES THEY WRAPPED TIN FOIL AROUND SPOKED WHEELS TO GET THE SAME LOOK.
ONE OF THE MAIN STUNTMEN WAS A GUY CALLED ' DALE BENSCH' HE WAS A MEMBER OF A 'BACKPATCH' CLUB CALLED "THE VIGILANTIES". THERE IS A RUMOUR THAT A STUNTMEN DIED WHIST CRASHING ON THE BRIDGE. WELL THAT WAS HIM AND HE'S STILL ALIVE.
MOST OF THE OTHER RIDERS WERE "VIGILANTIES" OR THEIR MATES.
TOE CUTTER (AN ACTOR CALLED HUGH KEAYS-BYRNE) AND ALL THE BIKE RIDERS RODE 550 MILES FROM SYDNEY TO THE SHOOT, SLEEPING BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, SO THAT THEY COULD GET INTO CHARACTER AND LOOK ROADWEARY.
MAD MAX IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE FILMS, A TOTAL CLASSIC.

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Cinematographer David Eggby filmed action sequences while strapped to Vigilanties Presiden

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  Dale Bensch answered an ad for extras in a local bike shop. As a member of the Vigilanties
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  Actor Hugh Keays-Byrne as Toecutter, leader of Nightrider Montizano's gang. To prep for th

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