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Biographic - Sunday May 17, 2015 Comic Strip Licensing and Permissions

Biographic - Sunday May 17, 2015 Comic Strip
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While working in a hospital emergency room in Sydney, Australia, in the early 1970s medical doctor Geroge Miller teamed up with amateur filmmaker Byron Kennedy. By the end of the decade, the duo had scraped together enough money to make a low-budget, post-apocalyptic thriller set in a bleak, violent dystopian future. Members of local motorcycle gangs were recruited to play the movie's biker outlaws, and relatively unknown actors were cast in supporting roles. The lead went to a 21-year-old Mel Gibson, who arrived at his audition supporting cuts, bruises, a swollen nose and a broken jaw following a brawl the previous evening. "Mad Max" was critically panned on its release in 1979, but it was a box-office phenomenon, grossing $100 worldwide. It spawned two successful sequels and helped catapult Gibson to global superstardom. Producer Miller wrote and directed all three and has carved out a stellar career as a writer, creator, and director, with credits that include "Babe," "Lorenzo's Oil," "The Witches of Eastwick" and "Happy Feet" as well as numerous TV productions. This summer, Miller brings "Mad Max" back to the big screen, with "The Dark Knight Rises," star Tom Hardy taking on the lead role of loner "Mad" Max Rockatansky. Made on a budget of $150 million, "Mad Max: Fury Road" is slated to relaunch the franchise, and Hardy recently revealed that he is attached to three more "Mad Max" movies!