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Mad Max 2 (Original title)The Road Warrior (Alternative title)Mad Max II (Alternative title)
Date: 1981 (Release)

Country: Australia

Director: George Miller

Synopsis: Action sequel. Global conflict has wiped out urban society with fuel becoming the most valuable commodity. Max joins a desert community centred on a fuel refinery, which becomes besieged by vicious gangs.

Genre:
Science Fiction

Subjects:
Societies of the future, Deserts, Gangs, Fuels
Credits (60)
Production Company: Kennedy Miller Productions, Producer: Byron Kennedy, Production Supervisor: Patrick Clayton, Production Co-ordinator: Rosanne Andrews-Baxter, Pre-production Co-ordinator: Jenny Day, Location Manager: Steve Knapman, 2nd Unit Director: Brian Hannant, Assistant Director: Brian Hannant, Assistant Director: Patrick Clayton, Assistant Director: Toivo Lember, Assistant Director: Phil Hurst, Assistant Director: Andrew Plain, 2nd Unit Assistant Director: Mark Thomas, Screenplay: Terry Hayes, Screenplay: George Miller, Screenplay: Brian Hannant, Director of Photography: Dean Semler, Documentary Photography: Andrew Lesnie, Camera Operator: Bill Grimmond, 2nd Unit Camera Operator: Geoffrey Simpson, Optical Effects: Roger Cowland, Special Effects Supervisor: Jeffrey Clifford, Special Effects: Monty Fieguth, Special Effects: David Hardy, Special Effects: Steve Courtley, Special Effects Runner: Mark Clayton, Editor: David Stiven, Editor: Tim Wellburn, Editor: Michael Chirgwin, Montage Editor: Michael Balson, Art Director: Graham Walker, Assistant Art Director: Steve Amezdroz, Special Props Design: Melinda Brown, Costumes: Norma Moriceau, Wardrobe: Roger Monk, Make-up Supervisor: Lesley Van Der Walt, Make-up: Karla O'Keefe, Special Make-up Effects: Bob McCarron, Music Composed and Conducted: Brian May, Sound Recording: Lloyd Carrick, Sound Effects Recording: Bruce Lamshed, Sound Re-recording: Roger Savage, Sound Re-recording: Bruce Lamshed, Supervising Sound Editor: Bruce Lamshed, Sound Editor: Andrew Stewart, Stunt Co-ordinator: Max Aspin, Stunts: Guy Norris, Stunts: Gerry Gauslaa, Stunts: Kim Noyce, Stunts: Glen Boswell, Stunts: Bob Hicks, Stunts: Bradley Patterson, Stunts: Dale Aspin, Acrobatics Stunts: Vern Dietrich, Truck Precision Driver Stunts: Dennis Williams, Animal Handler/Trainer: Dale Aspin, Helicopter Pilot: Harvey Else, Helicopter Pilot: John Hurrel, Autogyro Pilot: Gerry Goodwin
Cast (25)
Harold Baigent (), Mel Gibson (Max Rockatansky), Bruce Spence (Gyro Captain), Vernon Wells (Wez), Emil Minty (feral kid), Mike Preston (Pappagallo), Kjell Nilsson (Humungus), Virginia Hey (warrior woman), Syd Heylen (curmudgeon), Moira Claux (Big Rebecca), David Slingsby (quiet man), Arkie Whiteley (lusty girl), Steve J. Spears (mechanic), Max Phipps (Toadie), William Zappa (farmer), Jimmy Brown (golden youth), David Downer (wounded man), Tyler Coppin (defiant victim), Max Fairchild (broken victim), Kristoffer Greaves (mechanic's assistant), Guy Norris (mohawk biker with bearclaw), Tony Deary (mohawk biker), Anne Jones, James McCardell (tent lover), Kathleen Mckay (young woman)