Hugh was one of the nicest people you could meet in real life. A nature and bird lover who liked the odd puff and cared deeply for disadvantaged people . Loved Stone wall building (like country farm structures ) Was wonderfully generous to his fellow actors and crews and loved helping them lose their nervousness and selfconsciousness.
I met the Night Rider shortly after the movie was out on a train out of Melbourne. Well spoken quiet guy and said he hadn't actually seen it yet at the theater but intended to. He did actually dress a little like that though.
The best opening to a film ! George Miller does a cameo as the diner owner.... He used his own van for the crash .....I met Steve Bisley at a special screening and he's a top bloke....
yes and they stripped the van interior, so it was just a shell (outer chassis) thats why it looks so light when it spins and spins, theres no weight to it.
@@timothyfoster6149 I think the entire series is amazing. Even Thunderdome and Furiosa were still good films in their own right, even though they were overshadowed a bit by the other entries. But the original Mad Max, Road Warrior and Fury Road were all just incredible. As a car fan, this series is right up there among the best :)
Metropolitan Force Patrol. Glorious! As an Aussie I’d like to point out that in the 1970’s this was pretty much a standard drive into work in the mornings lol
Same in England!! Be the "new" Nightrider!" Simply pass them with an old diesel Land Rover in 5th gear at 20mph, saying, "Do you smell me Jonny, do you taste it mate?"
Just had a vision of a guy called nightrider, dressed in Barot dayglo spandex, screaming, I am the NIGHTRIDER " And singing the classic, " you gotta love me, all night long " To anyone offended by this vision, I just want to say,,,, " Your welcome "
@@planetdisco4821 he said no one thought of them as muscle cars of course they are sought after now but not at the time my Xb was laughed at by all the cunts at school in the early 90s
The irony about that is that, out of all three of the active MFP police cars we see in the entire movie (the Falcon sedans, to be specific), only Max's had the 351C. March Hare, the XA, was a retired taxi with the Ford inline-6, while Big Boppa was also a retired police car, albeit with a 302 instead of the 351.
@@GoredonTheDestroyer Max was the top pursuit man so only he got the 351s. Correct about March Hare too and in true Taxi fashion blowing smoke out the back lol
Being an American…I never understood WHY they had to dub in English accents for the U.S. version? Even as a kid,I could understand the Aussie’s just fine. AND…they made the actors sound RIDICULOUS!
@@animaltvi9515 literally dubbed all the lines with American voice overs. Many of the voices didn't match the characters at all. It's the version they also used to show on TV here. This was way way back. I haven't seen that version shown in decades, thankfully.
2:22 is it me or does this scene just look so good. I know its just goose trying to catch up with the chase but with us not knowing where the cops are just being able to hear there sirens in the distance and seeming where they are going too.
Even though the movies are not related I like to imagine vanishing point as a prequel to mad max, like the decline of society was starting in vanishing point
Every time I go on these roads with the kids I still go I am the night rider they just roll their eyes and say does that make mum a floozy lol and I go always
And that was REAL smoke coming out of the exhaust. The engine was about to expire. I love the comment - It wouldn't do 90 kms down a mineshaft with a tailwind. And it was supposed to have Pursuit across the boot. Not Interceptor.
As George Miller said that car was an ex taxi 6 cylinder with huge K's on the clock .Max's was an Xb 351 ex cop car and so was the Big boppa's but that was a 302.The first Mad Max movie was made on a very small budget.
Yeah they would have been driving slow because nobody made tires anymore, by Mad Max 2, Fury Road & Thunderdome it was even worse and some wheels weren't wheels at all especially at the driving axles, just rags.
2:43 Rambler Hornet. Or AMC Hornet in USA. Australian Motor Industries assembled right-hand drive version of the Hornet. Extra amber turn signal lights added to comply with lighting laws.
The damn movie cost 350 000 dollars to produce, and it was in 1979. To get an idea of how low the budget was, Vanishing point (1971) biggest chase scene was using a full million dollars. On one single scene. With such results I do not get why George Miller wasn't named "Mad Miller" after producing a movie like that... This dude is legendary, not even to mention Fury Road which is a pure Motorstorm-like masterpiece
Los más fuertes que he conocido en mi vida van de verde y negro son Héroes del bien......y me condenaron y después me salvaron la vida un Inspector y su equipo gracias..... ❤️🤠
Hmm, A nagging ? in my mind has been what's the difference between a "Pursuit Special" or an "Interceptor". If you really look the "Interceptor" is a 2 door the "Special" is a 4 door. So that being said if I have Tacoma Access Door it's both...right?
It's so cheesy and naive it's a wonder it got as high as 6.8 at IMDB with all the flaws typical of a low budget production. The cheese factor in Mad Max is almost equal to that of Death Race 2000 from 1975 which scores similarly with 6.2 at IMDB. Still a diamond in the rough, future iterations are excellent with most of the cheese and naivety trimmed out, and the whole concept established and crystallized. So no, it's not a masterpiece just a bowl of cheese, but thanks to the unusual setting, a prelude to a great series which makes this a good bowl of cheese. 🤩
This is honestly a really rare setting. A civilization that's in the process of collapsing, but the fall hasn't hit yet. You've still got police barely holding on and normal citizens just trying to carry on with their normal lives. EDIT: I should be more specific. In Mad Max it seems that local level government agencies are still functioning if barely, but there doesn't seem to be much of anything still operating at a federal level.
*Mad Max* has often been called a "post-apocalyptic" flick, when in fact it's pre-apocalyptic, that period just before everything goes to hell in the proverbial handcart. And this scene still blows my mind for both its choreography of sheer chaos *and* just the right touch of sardonic Aussie attitude.
Watching this opening scene several times, I’m realizing more and more how much Max was right. The longer the MFP officers stay on the road, the more deranged they get. Goose casually telling the story of a runner trying to scream after a wreck. Roop blind with rage a majority of the chase. What an incredible movie.
I think the guy who tries to scream after a crash was suposed to be "the Dark One" ..Max original partner who would be out of action due to injuries and would be seen later ..but was ultimatelly removed from the movie save for a couple mentions (he tells the lady to call the dark one after Toecutter stalks Jessie) and his name on Max interceptor
@@sparrowlt that might very well be true but I think in the end “The Dark One” just kinda became Max. Makes sense in the end given how much Fifi praised him
This movie opening is faultless. For the time it was filmed this is high quality action. Seriously well put together. Way ahead of their time. Love It to the MAX
@@theincrediblehulk5797 Yes it Does. I can't recall 1 cool line that was spoken in Fury Road. You could almost quote the entire Mad Max 1 and it is chock full of the best quotes ever that will stand the test of time.
@@peterorth2149 all people want these days is action action action no focusing on anything else, but that’s exactly the reason mad max was good because it fleshed out other things like the characters
Adjusted for inflation it’s about more than $1’000’000 ! So it was a pretty high budget compared to today’s indie movies! According to iMDB it took George Miller 18 months to gather the money.
@@davidnavarro4821 Actually sands a lot like a movie that involved just a few guys and cars driving in the desert. That smoking car was not a prop, it really had engine in agony.
Amazing how much this franchise has evolved over the years. That being said, this is still one of the best openings in any film. Riveting from start to finish!
@@owenrees7544 They’ve lost the independent grit that defined the first 2 films, especially the first film which was essentially a grindhouse movie that hit it really big. To their credit I actually like both Thunderdome (flaws and all) and Fury Road, but they are definitely inferior to the first two for me. Fury Road is a visual masterpiece, it feels like George fully realised his vision for the film, but something about the first two is just...
Loved this movie so much as a kid. I didn't know they had overdubbed the strong Aussie accents until I bought the DVD later in life. Still holds up to this day. No crappy special effects to get in the way and look dated just a good plot and amazing drive / chase camera work.
I have seen this movie and scene many, many times. As someone over 50 years old, the outcomes, carnage and road chaos is terrifying. You got me George Miller.
I’d watch Mad Max any day as well as many other Classic Car Chase films and this scene alone beats the crap out of all the Fast & Furious bollocks put together.
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