Comments on: Mad Max (1979) https://thegoodsreviews.com/mad-max-1979/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mad-max-1979 Watching and asking: Is It Good? Sun, 13 Oct 2024 23:22:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 By: ED https://thegoodsreviews.com/mad-max-1979/#comment-3486 Fri, 31 May 2024 19:14:08 +0000 https://thegoodsreviews.com/?p=12529#comment-3486 I’ve seen it claimed that Mel Gibson was originally cast as a background hooligan (Having been in a brawl prior to his audition) but was recast as the eponymous Road Warrior after coming back all healed-up and leading man handsome.

Not sure I believe that, but it’s most definately one of those ‘Print the Legend’ anecdotes.

]]> By: Dan Stalcup https://thegoodsreviews.com/mad-max-1979/#comment-3474 Thu, 30 May 2024 18:36:00 +0000 https://thegoodsreviews.com/?p=12529#comment-3474 In reply to Andrew Milne.

I watched the original Australian! Thankfully it had subtitles, as there are a few characters with thick accents. Based on some quick research, I think most of the recent Blu-ray releases have deferred to the original Australian dialogue, but I’m not an expert on the various releases.

]]> By: Andrew Milne https://thegoodsreviews.com/mad-max-1979/#comment-3472 Thu, 30 May 2024 16:20:23 +0000 https://thegoodsreviews.com/?p=12529#comment-3472 On that note about the characteristically Aussie dialogue; did you watch this with the Australian dialogue track, or the American overdub? (The former can be hard to find in some territories; I think I’ve only seen the latter.)

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