Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

Friday, January 26 - Saturday, February 3, 2024

“Mad Mel is back on the job, cleaning up the dustbowls of post-apocalyptic Aussie. This time around, he’s matched against Auntie (Turner) and the denizens of the pig-shit powered Bartertown in a rather erratic plot which rambles around the Outback before finally pulling itself together for the usual stunning chariots of fire and brimstone chase scene. En route, however, Miller unveils some marvellously original cinematic snaps (the lost city of the feral children; Master Blaster, the dwarf-powered giant; Thunderdome itself); and if the thrills and special effects lack a little of the punch of Mad Max 2, there’s still enough imagination, wit and ingenuity to put recent Spielberg to shame.” – Time Out (London)

Screening as part of our series Thrice as Nice: The Threequel, celebrating films that are third of a kind.

Previously screened in the Waverly Midnights series “The Future Is Female”

• Country Australia
• Year 1985
• Running Time 107 minutes
• Format DCP
• Distributor Warner Brothers
• Director George Miller, George Ogilvie
• Cast Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, Adam Cockburn, Tina Turner
• Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil

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