Monday, 9 November 2015

Mad Max: Fury Road notes/research


  • Producer (include green light)- Kennedy Miller Productions, Village Roadshow Pictures.
  • Distributor- Alexandra Films, Cocinsa, Cuvision, Galaxy Studios, Golden Village Pictures, InterCom, NOS Audiovisuais, Roadshow Films, SF Films Finland, Svensk Filmindustri, Tanweer Alliances, Twentieth Century Fox, Warner Bros.
  • Script Writer- George Miller, Brendan McCarthy, Nick Lathouris.
  • Budget- $150,000,000 (estimated).
  • Box Office Gross- $153.6M (US Box Office).
  • Director- George Miller.
  • Actors-
    Tom Hardy (Max Rockatansky)- His breakthrough was in Interception, playing Eames, director of the film was Christopher Nolen. Since that performance, he has been brought to attention of the mainstream audiences throughout the world. A versatile actor, Hardy has been working on both stage and screen since he made his debut in television in 2001, starring in Band Of Brothers.  Hardy was cast Black Dawn in that same year. A year later, he was villain Shinzon in Star Trek: Nemesis. Hardy went to drama schools to further improve his acting and also his looks were recognised from an early age as he won a modelling competition aged at only 21 years. He also had a short contract with Models One.
    One of Hardy's best performance came in the year of 2012, playing the villain Bane in 'The Dark Knight Rises' he got a lot of attention for his role as his mouth was non visible and so he did well to show his emotions whilst having the Bane mask on. Recently, he has been well credited for his double performance in Legend, playing both Kray twins. One of the most unique things about Hardy is his ability to change his voice, make his voice impressions sound realistic, and once again this is demonstrated in Mad Max: Fury Road.
    Charlize Theron (Imperator Furiosa)- South- African born, Theron wanted to leave as there wasn't much opportunity in South Africa for acting, her mother bought her a one way ticket to LA in 1994, she then started to go and visit on Hollywood Boulevard. She went to a bank to exchange a $500 cheque, only to then find out it was out of stake. She made a scene in the bank and then an agent came up to her and gave her his card, in exchange, she had to learn the language, which she did by watching soap operas.
    Since then, she has starred in movies such as 'The Italian Job', 'A Million Way To Die', 'Snow White And The Huntsman', 'Dark Places', 'Monster' and of course Mad Max: Fury Road, which is getting her a lot of attention because of how well she played the role of Furiosa.
    Nicholas Hoult (Nux)- Hoult has starred in films such as 'Clash Of The Titans', 'Dark Places', 'X-Men: Apocalypse', 'Jack The Giant Slayer', 'About A Boy', 'X-Men: First Class', 'X-Men: Days Of Future Past'. He is a great actor who has played various roles in all films getting him good recognition from the mainstream audiences.
    Hugh Keays Bryne (Immortan Joe)- Born in India, Hugh moved to Australia where he began his acting career. In Australia he is a well recognised theatre, TV and film actor. He became noticed from films such as 'Stone', 'Mad Dog Morgan', he became internationally known from his performance in Mad Max (1979) playing Toecutter.
    Rosie Huntington- Whiteley (Splendid)-  Modelling since 2003, Whiteley has been widely noticed for her looks, modelling for many clothiers such as Abercrombie& Fitch, Burberry, Bloomingdale's, Ralph Lauren, DKNY and Victoria's Secret. Her first film role was replaced Megan Fox in 'Transformers: Dark Of The Moon'.
    Zoe Kravitz (Toast The Knowing)- She has starred in films such as 'X-Men: Fits Class', 'Divergent', 'Dope', 'Good Kill' and a few more. She isn't highly recognised but is a good enough actor to play her role in Mad Max: Fury Road.
    Riley Keough (Capable)- Grandchild of the great Elvis Presley. Keough started modelling when she was a teenager. her acting debut came in 2010 in 'The Runaways' and she also starred in 'The Good Doctor', 'Jack& Diane' and she also was in Magic Mike (2012).
    Abbey Lee Kershaw (The Dag)- Mad Max: Fury Road is her first movie she has starred in.
    Courtney Eaton (Fragile)- previously starred in 'Up Close With Carrie Keagan and her latest film was Mad Max: Furry Road.
    Nathan Jones (Rictus Erectus)- Jones has been an actor for a number of years, including films such as 'Warrior Kings', 'Fearless' and many more. He also has a couple of movies that are in pre production that are due in the next few years.

  • Marketing (Poster, Trailers, Adverts, Websites)- To advertise Mad Max: Fury Road, posters, adverts, trailers and websites were made to let people know worldwide that the movie was upcoming. Posters at/ on bus stops, billboards, busses were used. There was trailers and adverts on television, Youtube and social Media played also a big part to advertise the movie. An official website was also created. 
  • Critical reception- 
    Metacritic- On Metacritic, all critic reviews gave the film a mark of 50 or over (out of 100), based on the Metascore, the film got 89/100 which is outstanding and it has certainly. The user score on Metacritic, the film got 8.7/10, which again is an outstanding rating for a film. 
    Rotten Tomatoes- On Rotten Tomatoes, critic reviews were fairly positive for the film, out of 303 reviews counted, the film averaged a rating of 8.7/10 which is extremely good. For the audience score, out of 108,991 reviews counted, the film got an average rating of 4.2/5 which again is an outstanding score to get.
    Rebooting such a successful film franchise was a big risk as they didn't know whether this film would be as successful as the previous three and i feel that, it was crucial for George Miller to make this movie as good as, if not better than the previous three. Miller has ensured, with this reboot that the franchise of Mad Max still has an extremely high status to all mainstream audiences.

  • Awards the Australian film institute 2016, nominated this film for 6 awards (AACTA awards) including best lead actress, best film and best editing. At the Hollywood film awards, USA 2015 it won the make up of the year and production designer of the year. at the San Sebastian international film festival 2015 it also won the film of the year award. And finally at the Teen choice awards 2015 it has been nominated for the best sci-fi fantasy film and the scene stealer for Nicholas Hoult's role in the film.
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