--- title: 'Mad Max (1979)' type: 'film' director: 'George Miller' released: '1979-04-12' runtime_minutes: 88 certification: 'R' genres: - 'Action' - 'Thriller' countries: - 'Australia' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/mad-max-1979' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079501/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Mad Max (1979) 1979 · R · 88 min · Action, Thriller · Australia Part of: Mad Max ## Synopsis Mad Max is a 1979 Australian dystopian action film directed by George Miller in his directorial debut, who co-wrote the screenplay with James McCausland, based on a story by Miller and Byron Kennedy. Mel Gibson stars as "Mad" Max Rockatansky, a police officer turned vigilante in a dystopian near-future Australia in the midst of societal collapse. Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley, Tim Burns and Roger Ward also appear in supporting roles. ## Credits - **Director:** [George Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-miller) - **Screenplay:** [George Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-miller), [Byron Kennedy](https://cinepixo.com/people/byron-kennedy) - **Producer:** [Byron Kennedy](https://cinepixo.com/people/byron-kennedy), [Bill Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-miller) - **Original Music Composer:** [Brian May](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-may) - **Director of Photography:** [David Eggby](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-eggby) - **Editor:** [Clifford Hayes](https://cinepixo.com/people/clifford-hayes) ## Cast - [Tim Burns](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-burns) - [Joanne Samuel](https://cinepixo.com/people/joanne-samuel) - [Steve Bisley](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-bisley) - [Paul Johnstone](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-johnstone) - [Mel Gibson](https://cinepixo.com/people/mel-gibson) as Max Rockatansky - [Jonathan Hardy](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-hardy) - [Vincent Gil](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincent-gil) - [Reg Evans](https://cinepixo.com/people/reg-evans) - [Roger Ward](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-ward) - [Hugh Keays-Byrne](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugh-keays-byrne) - [Steve Clark](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-clark) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: http://www.madmaxonline.com Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/mad-max-1979 Film facts: Wikidata (Q248775); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.