Just in time for the release of Fury Road comes Scream Factory’s stellar Mad Max Collector’s Edition Blu-ray of the 1979 original revenge actioner that introduced most of the world to both Australian cinema and a young, rising star, Mel Gibson. Its influences are still being felt over 35 years later and it’s undoubtedly one of the best introductory films from a then-untested George Miller, who proved that even back then, he had an amazing eye for creating fluid action sequences.
Mad Max was Miller and co-writer James McCausland’s response to the growing global concern for a lack of oil after an embargo out of the Middle East in the early 1970’s sent much of the general public into a panic once fuel supplies began running low and prices sky-rocketed everywhere. Realizing the potential for violence under these circumstances, both Miller and McCausland dreamed up a dystopic future...
Mad Max was Miller and co-writer James McCausland’s response to the growing global concern for a lack of oil after an embargo out of the Middle East in the early 1970’s sent much of the general public into a panic once fuel supplies began running low and prices sky-rocketed everywhere. Realizing the potential for violence under these circumstances, both Miller and McCausland dreamed up a dystopic future...
- 5/6/2015
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
The month of May’s home entertainment releases kick off in high gear with several fantastic classic genre titles making their way to high-def this week. Scream Factory is debuting a brand new Collector’s Edition Blu-ray for Mad Max and both Ladyhawke and Steven Spielberg’s Duel are both getting an upgraded release too. The recent horror flick, The Pyramid, is also making its way onto DVD and Blu, and Ryan Gosling’s directorial debut Lost River arrives on Tuesday as well.
Mad Max: Collector’s Edition (Scream Factory, Blu-ray)
Setting Mel Gibson on a sure path to superstardom, this highly acclaimed "crazy collide-o-scope", (Newsweek) of highway mayhem "cinematically defined the postapocalyptic landscape", (TV Guide). Featuring eye-popping stunts that are "electrifying and very convincing", (Variety) and "an authentically nihilistic spirit", (The Village Voice), this unforgettable actioner from director George Miller (The Road Warrior, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome and...
Mad Max: Collector’s Edition (Scream Factory, Blu-ray)
Setting Mel Gibson on a sure path to superstardom, this highly acclaimed "crazy collide-o-scope", (Newsweek) of highway mayhem "cinematically defined the postapocalyptic landscape", (TV Guide). Featuring eye-popping stunts that are "electrifying and very convincing", (Variety) and "an authentically nihilistic spirit", (The Village Voice), this unforgettable actioner from director George Miller (The Road Warrior, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome and...
- 5/5/2015
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
"In the not too distant future... there will be no civilization... there will be no heroes... there will only be madmen... and the main force patrol"... and the ultimate home media release of George Miller's classic dystopian action-thriller, Mad Max. Like Fifi, Scream Factory is looking to bring back our heroes with their Mad Max Collector’s Edition Blu-ray that hits shelves on May 5th (ten days before Mad Max: Fury Road roars into theaters). The final bonus features for the anticipated release have been revealed and they include a batch of new interviews, including one with Max himself, Mel Gibson.
From Scream Factory: "**Final List of Extras revealed for Mad Max (Collector’S Edition) Blu-ray release!**
• New Interviews With Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel And Director Of Photography David Eggby
• Audio Commentary By Art Director Jon Dowding, Director Of Photography David Eggby, Special Effects Artist Chris Murray And Tim Ridge...
From Scream Factory: "**Final List of Extras revealed for Mad Max (Collector’S Edition) Blu-ray release!**
• New Interviews With Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel And Director Of Photography David Eggby
• Audio Commentary By Art Director Jon Dowding, Director Of Photography David Eggby, Special Effects Artist Chris Murray And Tim Ridge...
- 2/27/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment celebrates the high-definition upgrade of Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome with the release of all three movies in a special set. The trilogy is presented in a tin box with exclusive art developed for the collection. The Blu-rays are housed inside a single case within its collectible cradle.
If you haven't seen the Mad Max movies by now, what are you waiting for? Any fan of action, sci-fi, or post-apocalyptic films will love all the entries in this franchise. You better get educated now before the upcoming video game and new movie, Mad Max: Fury Road, hits theaters and you're left in the dust wondering what all the fuss is about.
The movies can be summed up quite easily. Max (Mel Gibson) is an ex-police officer that gets caught up in other people's problems in a post-apocalyptic world where gas and other everyday commodities have become extremely scarce.
If you haven't seen the Mad Max movies by now, what are you waiting for? Any fan of action, sci-fi, or post-apocalyptic films will love all the entries in this franchise. You better get educated now before the upcoming video game and new movie, Mad Max: Fury Road, hits theaters and you're left in the dust wondering what all the fuss is about.
The movies can be summed up quite easily. Max (Mel Gibson) is an ex-police officer that gets caught up in other people's problems in a post-apocalyptic world where gas and other everyday commodities have become extremely scarce.
- 6/15/2013
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Eric Shirey)
- Cinelinx
Genre: Action | Adventure | Thriller
Directors: George Miller (for Mad Max, The Road Warrior); George Miller and George Oglivie (Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome)
Writers: James McClausland (Mad Max); Terry Hayes, George Miller and Brian Hannant (The Road Warrior); Terry Hayes and George Miller (Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome)
MPAA Rating: R (Mad Max, The Road Warrior) PG-13 (Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome)
Run Time: 93 minutes (Mad Max), 95 minutes (The Road Warrior), 107 minutes (Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome)
Summary:
Mad Max: A vision of an apocalyptic future set in the wastelands of Australia. Total social decay is just around the corner in this spectacular cheap budget gang orientated road movie, where the cops do their best to lay down the law and the outlaw gangs try their hardest to defy the system. Leather clad Max Rockatansky husband, father and cop turns judge, juror and executioner after his best friend, wife and baby are killed.
Directors: George Miller (for Mad Max, The Road Warrior); George Miller and George Oglivie (Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome)
Writers: James McClausland (Mad Max); Terry Hayes, George Miller and Brian Hannant (The Road Warrior); Terry Hayes and George Miller (Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome)
MPAA Rating: R (Mad Max, The Road Warrior) PG-13 (Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome)
Run Time: 93 minutes (Mad Max), 95 minutes (The Road Warrior), 107 minutes (Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome)
Summary:
Mad Max: A vision of an apocalyptic future set in the wastelands of Australia. Total social decay is just around the corner in this spectacular cheap budget gang orientated road movie, where the cops do their best to lay down the law and the outlaw gangs try their hardest to defy the system. Leather clad Max Rockatansky husband, father and cop turns judge, juror and executioner after his best friend, wife and baby are killed.
- 6/10/2013
- by Jess Orso
- ScifiMafia
Earlier this week, one of the seminal (and most classic) post-apocalyptic trilogies hit blu-ray in a brand new box set. The Mad Max trilogy comes packaged with all three of the Mel Gibson films on blu-ray (a first for Thunderdome), with a handful of special features to boot. We were fortunate enough to received a copy of the new release and are here to tell you whether or not this collection is worth your hard-earned money.
The Breakdown:
The three films – Mad Max (1979), Mad Max Road Warrior (1982) and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) – are all set in the near-future in Australia. From the very first film, Oscar® winner George Miller (Happy Feet, 2006) proved a master at creating the gritty, bleak dystopian world and staging the incredible car stunts and crashes in the era when stuntmen, not computers, achieved the effects. All three movies starred Mel Gibson, virtually unknown until after the second film,...
The Breakdown:
The three films – Mad Max (1979), Mad Max Road Warrior (1982) and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) – are all set in the near-future in Australia. From the very first film, Oscar® winner George Miller (Happy Feet, 2006) proved a master at creating the gritty, bleak dystopian world and staging the incredible car stunts and crashes in the era when stuntmen, not computers, achieved the effects. All three movies starred Mel Gibson, virtually unknown until after the second film,...
- 6/7/2013
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Jordan Maison)
- Cinelinx
By Christopher Stipp
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Little Fockers - Screening
Live in Phoenix or the nearby environs? Interested in seeing Little Fockers on December 16? Then, pal, I have just the ticket for you. In fact, I have a lot of tickets so by all means shoot me a line at Christopher_Stipp@yahoo.com and I’ll see about hooking you up with passes to see it.
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This holiday season come Little Fockers the third installment in this blockbuster series (Meet The Parents and Meet the Fockers.) The test of wills between Jack Byrnes (Robert De Niro) and Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) escalates to new heights as Jack Byrnes (Robert De Niro) and Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) and the family...
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Little Fockers - Screening
Live in Phoenix or the nearby environs? Interested in seeing Little Fockers on December 16? Then, pal, I have just the ticket for you. In fact, I have a lot of tickets so by all means shoot me a line at Christopher_Stipp@yahoo.com and I’ll see about hooking you up with passes to see it.
Need to know more? Here’s some information:
This holiday season come Little Fockers the third installment in this blockbuster series (Meet The Parents and Meet the Fockers.) The test of wills between Jack Byrnes (Robert De Niro) and Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) escalates to new heights as Jack Byrnes (Robert De Niro) and Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) and the family...
- 12/10/2010
- by Christopher Stipp
Chicago – It’s funny to me that there’s probably going to be an entire generation that sees Mel Gibson as a message-leaving lunatic and won’t fully understand how he became one of the biggest stars in the world. In the ’80s and most of the ’90s, he was at the top of the celebrity game and it all started with Max Rockatansky, the actor’s breakthrough role in “Mad Max,” now available on Blu-ray for the first time.
Television Rating: 3.5/5.0
A number of ’80s action classics are now available on Blu-ray but few play as well or look as good as George Miller’s excellent “Mad Max.” If the film hadn’t been followed by an even-better sequel in the amazing “The Road Warrior,” “Mad Max” would be more appreciated for being a truly landmark action film. If you do pick up and watch “Mad Max” on Blu-ray,...
Television Rating: 3.5/5.0
A number of ’80s action classics are now available on Blu-ray but few play as well or look as good as George Miller’s excellent “Mad Max.” If the film hadn’t been followed by an even-better sequel in the amazing “The Road Warrior,” “Mad Max” would be more appreciated for being a truly landmark action film. If you do pick up and watch “Mad Max” on Blu-ray,...
- 10/21/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Just as talking about the second most important thing to ever happen in Pearl Harbor seems kind of irrelevant, watching the original Mad Max after you’ve seen The Road Warrior can’t help but seem a little underwhelming. It’s not that the film is bad, or even not enjoyable, but it’s hard to come up with an aspect of story, character, or just plain cinematic gusto that Max accomplishes in a way that in any way compares to Warrior. Watching it, however, does enrich the experience of Warrior, serving as an effective (and more human) prologue that allows you to better know (as well as feel) just why Max is so Mad in the first place.
The Australia of the future is a right-wing dystopian nightmare: motorcycle gangs ran rampant across the countryside, terrorizing innocent people, and law enforcement is more or less powerless to stop them,...
The Australia of the future is a right-wing dystopian nightmare: motorcycle gangs ran rampant across the countryside, terrorizing innocent people, and law enforcement is more or less powerless to stop them,...
- 10/18/2010
- by Anders Nelson
- JustPressPlay.net
By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: George Miller is returning to his “Mad Max” franchise for a sequel/reboot, which gives us (and MGM) reason to return to the spectacular, original Mel Gibson vehicle.
The studio announced plans to release the film on Blu-ray on Oct. 5. Specifications for the sure-to-be home video classic are below:
Mad Max Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack
Disc One (Blu-ray):
• Filmmaker Commentary by Jon Dowding, David Eggby, Chris Murray & Tim Ridge
• Documentary: “Mad Max: The Film Phenomenon”
• New-To-The-u.S. Original Australian Language Track
• Two theatrical trailers
• TV Spots
Disc Two (DVD):
• New Digitally Remastered Transfer
• “Mel Gibson: The Birth Of A Star” Documentary
• “Mad Max: The Film Phenomenon” Documentary
• New-To-The-u.S. Original Australian Language Track
• Theatrical Trailers”Road Rants” Trivia & Fun Fact Track
• Photo Gallery
• TV Spots
Meanwhile, as Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Teresa Palmer and Zoe Kravitz continue to work on “Mad Max: Fury Road,...
Hollywoodnews.com: George Miller is returning to his “Mad Max” franchise for a sequel/reboot, which gives us (and MGM) reason to return to the spectacular, original Mel Gibson vehicle.
The studio announced plans to release the film on Blu-ray on Oct. 5. Specifications for the sure-to-be home video classic are below:
Mad Max Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack
Disc One (Blu-ray):
• Filmmaker Commentary by Jon Dowding, David Eggby, Chris Murray & Tim Ridge
• Documentary: “Mad Max: The Film Phenomenon”
• New-To-The-u.S. Original Australian Language Track
• Two theatrical trailers
• TV Spots
Disc Two (DVD):
• New Digitally Remastered Transfer
• “Mel Gibson: The Birth Of A Star” Documentary
• “Mad Max: The Film Phenomenon” Documentary
• New-To-The-u.S. Original Australian Language Track
• Theatrical Trailers”Road Rants” Trivia & Fun Fact Track
• Photo Gallery
• TV Spots
Meanwhile, as Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Teresa Palmer and Zoe Kravitz continue to work on “Mad Max: Fury Road,...
- 8/31/2010
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
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