Following the release of Mad Max, director George Miller received a number of offers from Hollywood, including one to direct First Blood, but he instead decided to develop a rock and roll movie, the working title of which was Roxanne. After working together on the novelization of Mad Max, Miller and Terry Hayes teamed up in Los Angeles to write Roxanne, but the script was ultimately shelved. Miller then became intrigued with the idea of returning to the world of Mad Max, as a larger budget would allow him to be more ambitious. He said: "Making Mad Max was a very unhappy experience for me. I had absolutely no control over the final product," but "There was strong pressure to make a sequel, and I felt we could do a better job with a second movie." Inspired by Joseph Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces and the work of Carl Jung, as well as the films of Akira Kurosawa, Miller recruited Hayes to join the production as a scriptwriter. Brian Hannant also came on board as co-writer, first assistant director, and second unit director.
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Mad Max 2
(1981)4
" Just one man can make a difference."
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Runtime | 1 hr 35 min |
Budget | $2 000 000 |
Premiere: World | $23 668 605 December 24, 1981 |
USA | $23 667 907 |
Other countries | $698 |
Box Office – Budget | $21 668 605 |
Premiere: USA | $23 667 907 May 21, 1982 |
theaters | 708 |
rollout | 225 days |
Digital: World | August 15, 2008 |
Parental Advisory | Frightening & Intense Scenes, Violence & Gore, Sex & Nudity, ... |
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Also Known As | The Road Warrior (United States) |