One very common usage of miniature sets is to take a real-world location and – devastate it!

This production still shows the cast and crew on the set of a crashed aeroplane for Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.

Perhaps emboldened by the success of the previous two Mad Max films, the Kennedy Miller production team had no qualms about creating an obvious Australian location for Mad Max

While Mad Max and Mad Max 2 did not feature any international stars in the cast, directors George Miller and George Ogilvie cast veteran American entertainer Tina Turner

This production still shows Max (Mel Gibson) in conversation with Aunty Entity (Tina Turner) in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. 

Tina Turner, wearing her Aunty Entity costume, sits with crew members of Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome in this production still. 

This beautifully designed poster for Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome is in stark contrast to the posters for the first two films in the franchise.

This featurette provides a gripping overview of the three preceding Mad Max films and was made available online by Warner Bros.

This Warner Bros. clip shows an impressively staged and dramatic fight scene from Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. Mel Gibson performed his own stunts during this sequence.

The Warner Bros. theatrical trailer for Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome captures all the action and showcases the two main stars: Mel Gibson and Tina Turner.