TAGGED: 1970s
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Max Max 1 lobby card shows a car flying through the air and smashing though a caravan. 

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Lobby card for Max Max shows Max (Mel Gibson) standing on a highway with a police car behind him.

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Lobby card for Max Max shows Fifi MacAffee (Roger Ward) and two others in leathers with bike helmets.

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A good example of the Unflinching Walk cinema trope. Max stands calm and resolute while behind is a crashed car and bodies.

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This production photo of Mad Max features, from left: Chic Stringer (stills photographer), Garry Wilkins (sound recordist), Harry Glynatsis (camera assistant), John Hipwell (unit mana

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This production still from Mad Max (1979) shows a motorcycle stunt rider creating a perfect 'donut' burnout.

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This is a layout for a newspaper advertisement for Mad Max screenings at Birch, Carroll and Coyle drive-in theatres.

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A production still of the Mad Max crew on location. Director George Miller is visible at far left wearing an overcoat.

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Jessie Rockantansky, portrayed by Joanne Samuel, is the wife of Max and mother to their son, Sprog.

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In this radio interview with director George Miller from 1979, film critic Tom Ryan (3RRR, Melbourne) initially suggests Mad Max (1979) is a comedy more than a horror film.