Mad Max (1980) 
AIP Production #8001 

Jeff and Cheryl tour the Australian post-apocalyptic hellscape of the near future by watching Mad Max.  

Directed by George Miller 
Screenplay by James McCausland and George Miller
Story by George Miller and Byron Kennedy
Produced by Byron Kennedy for Kennedy Miller Productions 

Starring:
Mel Gibson as “Mad” Max Rockatansky 
Joanne Samuel as Jessie Rockatansky 
Hugh Keays-Byrne as Toecutter 
Steve Bisley as Jim "Goose" Rains 
Tim Burns as Johnny the Boy 
Roger Ward as Fred "Fifi" Macaffee 
David Bracks as Mudguts 
David Cameron as the Underground Mechanic 
Robina Chaffey as the Singer 
Stephen Clark as Sarse 
Reg Evans as Station Master 
Max Fairchild as Benno  
Sheila Florance as May Swaisey  
Vincent Gil as Crawford "The Nightrider" Montazano  
Jonathan Hardy as Labatouche 
Brendan Heath as "Sprog" Rockatansky 
Paul Johnstone as Cundalini 

View the Mad Max trailer here. 

You can stream Mad Max on Tubi or Amazon Prime, or rent it on Apple TV+. 

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Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)