Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
Theatrical release poster by Richard Amsel
Directed by
Written by
Based on
Characters
by
Produced byGeorge Miller
Starring
CinematographyDean Semler
Edited byRichard Francis-Bruce
Music byMaurice Jarre
Production
company
Distributed byRoadshow Film Distributors
Release date
  • 10 July 1985 (1985-07-10)
Running time
107 minutes[1]
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Budget$10 million[2]
Box office$36 million (rentals)[3]

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, commonly known as Mad Max 3, is a 1985 Australian post-apocalyptic dystopian action film directed by George Miller and George Ogilvie and written by Terry Hayes and Miller.[4] It is the third installment in the Mad Max franchise. The film stars Mel Gibson and Tina Turner, and follows a lone roving warrior who is exiled into the desert. It was Gibson's last performance as "Mad Max" Rockatansky as of 2024.

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome was released in Australia on 10 July 1985. The film received generally positive reviews from critics. A fourth film, Mad Max: Fury Road, was released in 2015, starring Tom Hardy as Max.

  1. ^ "MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 10 July 1985. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)". The Numbers. Archived from the original on 12 April 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
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  4. ^ "Why are Dystopian Films on the Rise Again?". JSTOR Daily. 19 November 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2020.