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Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior ()

Mad Max 2 (original title)
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In the post-apocalyptic Australian wasteland, a cynical drifter agrees to help a small, gasoline-rich community escape a horde of bandits.
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Max
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The Gyro Captain
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Pappagallo (as Mike Preston)
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The Toadie
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Wez
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The Humungus
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The Feral Kid
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Warrior Woman
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Zetta
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The Captain's Girl
Steve J. Spears ...
Mechanic
Syd Heylen ...
Curmudgeon
Moira Claux ...
Big Rebecca
David Downer ...
Nathan
David Slingsby ...
Quiet Man
Kristoffer Greaves ...
Mechanic's Assistant
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Broken Victim
Tyler Coppin ...
Defiant Victim
Jerry O'Sullivan ...
Golden Youth (as Jimmy Brown)
Tony Deary ...
Grinning Mohawker
Kathleen McKay ...
Victim
Guy Norris ...
Bearclaw Mohawk
Anne Jones ...
Tent Lover
James McCardell ...
Tent Lover
Harold Baigent ...
Voice of Narrator (voice)
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Medic (uncredited)
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Jessie (uncredited) (archiveFootage)

Directed by

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George Miller ... (directed by)

Written by

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Terry Hayes ... (screenplay by) &
George Miller ... (screenplay by) &
Brian Hannant ... (screenplay with)
 
George Miller ... (character creator)
 
Byron Kennedy ... (character creator)

Produced by

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Byron Kennedy ... producer (produced by)

Music by

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Brian May ... (music composed by)

Cinematography by

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Dean Semler ... director of photography

Editing by

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Michael Balson ... film editor
David Stiven ... film editor
Tim Wellburn ... film editor

Editorial Department

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Ruth Beach ... assistant editor
Arthur Cambridge ... colour grading
Margaret Cardin ... negative cutter
Michael Chirgwin ... additional editor
Philip Dickson ... assistant editor
Dellroye Edgecombe ... editor's assistant
Les Fiddess ... assistant editor (as Les Fiddes)
Bill Gooley ... laboratory liaison
George Miller ... additional editor
Alison Pickup ... editor's assistant
Christopher Plowright ... additional editor
Annabelle Sheehan ... assistant editor

Art Direction by

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Graham 'Grace' Walker ... (art direction) (as Graham 'Grace' Walker)

Costume Design by

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Norma Moriceau ... (costume design)

Makeup Department

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Bob McCarron ... special makeup effects
Karla O'Keefe ... make-up artiste
Lesley Vanderwalt ... makeup supervisor
Kathy Coultrup ... makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management

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Patrick Clayton ... production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Patrick Clayton ... first assistant director
Brian Hannant ... first assistant director / second unit director
Phillip Hurst ... third assistant director (as Phil Hurst)
Toivo Lember ... second assistant director
Andrew Plain ... additional assistant director
Mark Thomas ... assistant director: second unit
Michael Parkhurst ... associate director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Steve Amezdroz ... assistant art director
Melinda Brown ... special props designer / special props maker
John Daniell ... stand-by props
Peter De Bono ... construction team
Philip Henderson-Wilson ... construction team
Michael Lehmann ... construction team
Frederick Santos ... construction team
Dennis Smith ... construction manager
Kerrin Stevens ... construction stand-by
George Tsoutas ... construction team
Pauline Walker ... art department assistant / props buyer
Derek Wyness ... construction team
George Zukiwskyj ... construction team
Bronwyn Parry ... carpenter (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Anne Breslin ... assistant sound editor (as Anne Breslan)
Lloyd Carrick ... sound recordist
Rickley W. Dumm ... sound effects editor: Restoration Atmos Remix
Chris Goldsmith ... boom operator
Byron Kennedy ... sound mixer
Bruce Lamshed ... sound mixer / supervising sound editor
Mike O'Donnell ... assistant sound editor
Penn Robinson ... sound editor
Roger Savage ... sound mixer
Andrew Steuart ... sound editor (as Andrew Stewart)
Marc van Buuren ... sound editor (as Mark Van Buuren)
Matt Vowles ... restoration mastering
David Watts ... sound consultant: Dolby
Phil Judd ... adr engineer (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Mark Clayton ... special effects assistant
Jeff Clifford ... special effects chief (as Jeffrey Clifford)
Steve Courtley ... special effects team
Mont Fieguth ... special effects team (as Monte Fieguth)
David Hardy ... special effects team
Brian Hunter ... special effects construction
Greg Mulhearn ... special effects construction

Visual Effects by

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Kim Priest ... optical effects
Roger Cowland ... visual effects (uncredited)
Richard Wilmot ... optical effects operator (uncredited)

Stunts

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Max Aspin ... stunt coordinator
Glenn Boswell ... stunt team (as Glen Boswell)
Vern Dietrich ... acrobatic stunts
Gerry Gauslaa ... stunts
Bob Hicks ... stunts
Guy Norris ... stunts
Kim Noyce ... stunts
Dennis Williams ... stunt driver
Tom Glass ... truck action (uncredited) / truck stunts (uncredited)
Melissa Grillett ... acrobatic double: Feral Boy (uncredited)
Carey Loftin ... truck stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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John Brock ... camera assistant: second unit
Dean Bryan ... assistant electrician
Gary Carden ... assistant grip (as Garry Carden)
Graham Carter ... grip: second unit
Derry Field ... focus puller: main unit / second camera assistant: main unit
Bill Grimmond ... second cameraman/operator: main unit
Carolyn Johns ... still photographer
Andrew Lesnie ... documentary cameraman
Peter Lipscombe ... additional camera assistant: main unit
Graeme Mardell ... key grip
Andrew McLean ... clapper/loader
Richard Merryman ... focus puller
John Morton ... gaffer
Paul Moyes ... best boy
Geoffrey Simpson ... second unit cameraman (as Geoff Simpson)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Terri Lamera ... wardrobe machinist (as Terry Lamera)
Shelley Lodge ... pre-production wardrobe assistant
Pam Maling ... wardrobe machinist
Roger Monk ... wardrobe master
Margaret Thomas ... wardrobe machinist

Location Management

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Steve Knapman ... location manager

Music Department

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Brian May ... conductor
Roger Savage ... music mixer / music recordist
Martin Fripp ... assistant recording engineer (uncredited)
Robert John ... musician (uncredited)
Brian May ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Roger Savage ... music engineer (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Linda Ray ... continuity

Transportation Department

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John Brand ... unit driver
Ralph Clark ... transport manager
Sue Clark ... unit driver
Jack Skyver ... unit driver
Dennis Williams ... truck precision driver

Additional Crew

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Bill Anderson ... mechanics team
Rosanne Andrews-Baxter ... production coordinator
Dale Aspin ... animal handler / animal trainer
Catherine Barber ... production accountant
Linda Bates ... producer's assistant
Dixie Betts ... office liaison: Sydney
George Bischoff ... mechanics team
Barry Bransen ... motorcycle buyer / motorcycle mechanic
Kevin Cross ... unit runner
Jenny Day ... pre-production coordinator
Harvey Else ... helicopter pilot
Ray Fowler ... caterer
Gerry Goodwin ... autogyro pilot
Hugh Gooley ... security guard
Sandy Gore ... dialogue coach
Arthur Henley ... truck mechanic
John Hurrel ... helicopter pilot
David Jeffrey ... security guard
Stuart Johnson ... mechanics team
Byron Kennedy ... presenter (as Kennedy Miller)
Mardi Kennedy ... director's pre-production assistant (as Mardy Kennedy)
Grant Larkin ... traffic supervisor
Jennifer Lee-Lewes ... accounts assistant
George Miller ... presenter (as Kennedy Miller)
Allan Mills ... mechanics team
Ian Mitchell ... unit runner
Peter Moyes ... assistant caterer
John Murch ... mechanics team
Guy Norris ... motorcycle mechanic
Gordon Parr ... mechanics team
Catherine Phillips ... producer's secretary
Marshall Read ... mechanics team
Clive Smith ... mechanics team
David Thomas ... chief car mechanic (as Dave Thomas)
Reg West ... security guard
Athnea Willcocks ... unit nurse
Angelika Wyness ... unit nurse
Derek Wyness ... security guard
Michael Parkhurst ... technical advisor (uncredited)
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Storyline

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Plot Summary

After eradicating Night Rider's followers in Mad Max (1979), former patrolman Max Rockatansky now scavenges for food and precious petrol on the deserted highways of an energy-starved Australia. Then, Max stumbles upon a small oil refinery in the scorched wilderness; however, there's a catch: the community of survivors is under siege by brutal biker warlord Lord Humungus and his barbarian marauders. Now, to get his hands on as much gas as he can carry, Mad Max will have to provide the defenceless residents with a powerful truck. Using this method, they can transport gasoline to safety. Of course, this is easier said than done. Is the Road Warrior up to the task? Written by Nick Riganas

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Taglines Just one man can make a difference. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (Canada, English title)
  • Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (United States)
  • The Road Warrior (United States)
  • Mad Max: The Road Warrior (United States)
  • The Road Warrior (Israel, English title)
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  • 96 min
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Box Office

Budget $3,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend Australia AUD847,220, 31 Dec 1981

Did You Know?

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Trivia Mel Gibson only has sixteen lines of dialogue in the entire film, and two of them are "I only came for the gasoline." Mel Gibson went into a filling station (aka "gas station") in Agoura Hills, California in March of 2024, ironically, to buy a gasoline container. Mike Johansen was working there and while Mel was going to get it, Mike casually quoted, "I only came for the gasoline". Mel didn't get the joke right away but eventually did and remarked, "oh, so THAT'S what you meant". Mike appeared with Vernon Wells(Wez) in another film. See more »
Goofs When Max carries the 4 metal cans full of gasoline to retrieve the truck, the cans appear empty by the way they are swaying back and forth from the pole he's using to carry them. In addition, when the gyro captain drops them to the ground once they reach the autogyro the cans make a hollow-sounding noise, also indicating that they are empty. See more »
Movie Connections Edited from Mad Max (1979). See more »
Quotes [first lines]
Narrator: My life fades. The vision dims. All that remains are memories. I remember a time of chaos... ruined dreams... this wasted land. But most of all, I remember The Road Warrior. The man we called "Max." To understand who he was, you have to go back to another time... when the world was powered by the black fuel... and the desert sprouted great cities of pipe and steel. Gone now... swept away. For reasons long forgotten, two mighty warrior tribes went to war, and touched off a blaze which engulfed them all. Without fuel they were nothing. They'd built a house of straw. The thundering machines sputtered and stopped. Their leaders talked and talked and talked. But nothing could stem the avalanche. Their world crumbled. The cities exploded. A whirlwind of looting, a firestorm of fear. Men began to feed on men. On the roads it was a white line nightmare. Only those mobile enough to scavenge, brutal enough to pillage would survive. The gangs took over the highways, ready to wage war for a tank of juice. And in this maelstrom of decay, ordinary men were battered and smashed... men like Max... the warrior Max. In the roar of an engine, he lost everything... and became a shell of a man... a burnt-out, desolate man, a man haunted by the demons of his past, a man who wandered out into the wasteland. And it was here, in this blighted place, that he learned to live again.
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