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Film Details - Kennedy Miller Entertainment , 1981

Producers:

Byron Kennedy.

Production Companies:

Kennedy Miller Entertainment.

Director of Photography:

Dean Semler.

Editors:

Michael Balson, David Stiven, and Tim Wellburn.

Production Designers:

Graham Walker.

Music:

Brian May.

Cast:

Mel Gibson (Max), Bruce Spence (The Gyro Captain), Michael Preston (Pappagallo), Max Phipps (The Toadie), Vernon Wells (Wez), Kjell Nilsson (The Humungus), Emil Minty (The Feral Kid), Virginia Hey (Warrior Woman), William Zappa (Zetta), Arkie Whiteley (The Captain's Girl), Steve J. Spears (Mechanic), Syd Heylen (Curmudgeon), Moira Claux (Big Rebecca), David Downer (Nathan), and David Slingsby (Quiet Man).

Release Dates:

24 December 1981 (Australia).

Location:

Filmed in various locations in New South Wales (including Silverton, Broken Hill, Menindee Lakes, and Mundi Mundi Plains) and Western Australia (including The Pinnacles).

Awards:

Best International Film, Saturn Awards (Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films, USA), 1983.
Best Achievement in Costume Design, AFI Awards, 1982.
Best Achievement in Editing, AFI Awards, 1982.
Best Achievement in Production Design, AFI Awards, 1982.
Best Achievement in Sound, AFI Awards, 1982.
Best Direction, AFI Awards, 1982.
Grand Prize, Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival, 1982.
LAFCA Award, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, 1982.

Subjects:

Settings:

Australian Outback, Central Australia,

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