| The Road Warrior (1982)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Mel Gibson |
Mad Max
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| Virginia Hey |
Warrior Woman
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| Syd Heylen |
Curmudgeon
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| Emil Minty |
Feral Kid
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| Kjell Nilsson |
Humungus
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| Max Phipps |
Toadie
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| Vernon Wells |
Wez
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| David Slingsby |
Quiet Man
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| Steve J. Spears |
Mechanic
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| Bruce Spence |
Gyro Captain
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| Michael Preston |
Pappagallo (as Mike Preston)
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| William Zappa |
Zetta
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| Arkie Whiteley |
The Captain's Girl
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| Plot |
| A strong candidate for the designation of most thrilling action movie ever made (the turbo-charged exhilaration of its full-throttle highway chases has never been equaled), the second part of George Miller's post-apocalyptic trilogy is also a magnificently imagined movie myth. Like the Star Wars trilogy (by that other George) the Mad Max films draw their inspiration from the works of mythologist Joseph Campbell. In the 1979 original, Max (Mel Gibson) is a policeman, the last guardian of civilization and order in a devastated world reduced to chaos. But when a leather-clad gang of sadomasochistic speed demons mows down Max's family, his remaining connections to humanity are also permanently severed. After brutally exacting his revenge, Max wanders off into the wasteland alone, "a burned out shell of a man" who (to paraphrase The Searchers) is destined to wander forever between the winds. In The Road Warrior, Max rediscovers a sliver of his shattered humanity, and a spark of redemption, when he helps an embattled colony of pioneers fight off the savages who are after that most precious of all commodities: "guzzline." Max is transformed into a legendary hero, just as Mel Gibson was catapulted to international movie stardom. With its final stirring images, The Road Warrior transcends its genre (whatever that may be--science fiction? Western? action adventure?) and becomes something timeless. It's a great movie. --Jim Emerson |
| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Action; Adventure; Fantasy; Sci-Fi |
| Director |
George Miller (II); George Miller |
| Producer |
Arthur Kennedy; Byron Kennedy |
| Writer |
Brian Hannant; Terry Hayes; George Miller |
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| Studio |
Warner Bros. |
| Country |
Australia
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
R |
| Running Time |
94 mins |
| Movie Release Date |
5/21/1982 |
| Color |
Color |
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| Personal Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Seen It |
No |
| Index |
433 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Purchase Date |
3/24/2005 |
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| Product Details |
| Region |
 Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
 Widescreen 2.35:1 Color |
| Layers |
Dual Side, Single Layer |
| UPC (Barcode) |
085391118121 |
| Chapters |
32 |
| Release Date |
2/3/2004 |
| Subtitles |
English; French; Spanish |
| Packaging |
Snap Case |
| Audio Tracks |
 ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1
FRENCH: Dolby Digital Surround |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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| Color Closed-captioned Widescreen Dolby |
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