Mad Max Minute presents: Mad Max (1979) Podcast
1) Mad Max Minute - Happy Feet (2006)
More than 20 years after directing Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome, George Miller returns to the director’s chair again for the animated children’s movie: Happy Feet. Elijah Wood is Mumble, an emperor pen...Show More
2) Mad Max Minute - The Salute of the Jugger (1989)
It’s back to the wasteland of the post-apocalypse as we join Rutger Hauer and Joan Chen in the Australian love child of ‘Mad Max’ and ‘Hoosiers’ as a Team of Juggers struggle to make a living playing ...Show More
3) Mad Max Minute - Alison's Birthday (1981)
Joanne Samuel is back in a film that Bleeding Skull’s Joseph A. Ziemba called, “a decent rip-off that moves slow and never crosses the line.” When young Alison Findlay and her friends decide to play w...Show More
4) Mad Max Minute - Stone (1974)
It’s time to watch the film that was lauded as the precursor to Mad Max, the familiar tale of a cop and a gang of bikies who work together and gradually come to mutually respect each other as a shadow...Show More
5) Mad Max Minute - Braveheart (1995)
This week it’s the nearly 3-hour-epic that tells the story of Mel Gibson losing his wife and exacting his bloody revenge on the men who took her from him (this should sound familiar). As William Walla...Show More
6) Mad Max Minute - Vanishing Point (1971)
Our Hiatus between Mad Max and The Road Warrior kicks off with 1971’s Vanishing Point, the story of a man, his car, and the authorities that want to stop him. Anyone worried about spoilers should watc...Show More
7) Mad Max Minute 93 - End Credits [Part 3]
This is it, the final chunk of credits featuring the props and mechanical department, stunt team, post-production team, and special thanks. The discussion questions focus on our villains: 1) How was T...Show More
8) Mad Max Minute 92 - End Credits [Part 2]
It’s another day of end credits, that covers the second half of the cast credits and gets into the crew listings. Special note is given to the TV newsreader, most of the directing staff, and some of t...Show More
9) Mad Max Minute 91 - End Credits [Part 1]
Max drives away from the wrecked ute as a fiery explosion erupts behind him. With his vengeance complete Max drives along an empty road and the movie fades to black. We talk about Max leaving Johnny t...Show More
10) Mad Max Minute 90 - The chain in those handcuffs is high-tensile steel
Our last full week of minutes ends with Johnny the Boy pleading for mercy as Max collects a hacksaw and informs Johnny that if he wants to survive, he will need to free himself. With that, Max turns a...Show More