Mad Max: Fury Road is a 2015
action film directed and produced by
George Miller, and written by Miller,
Brendan McCarthy and
Nico Lathouris. The fourth instalment in the
Mad Max franchise, it is an Australian and American
[6] venture produced by
Kennedy Miller Mitchell,
RatPac-Dune Entertainment and
Village Roadshow Pictures. The film is set in a future desert wasteland where gasoline and water are scarce commodities. It follows
Max Rockatansky (
Tom Hardy), who joins forces with
Imperator Furiosa (
Charlize Theron) to flee from cult leader Immortan Joe (
Hugh Keays-Byrne) and his army in an armoured tanker truck, which leads to a lengthy road battle. The film also features
Nicholas Hoult,
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley,
Riley Keough,
Zoë Kravitz,
Abbey Lee, and
Courtney Eaton.
Fury Road was in
development hell
for many years, with pre-production starting as early as 1997. Attempts
were made to shoot the film in 2001 and 2003, but were delayed due to
the
September 11 attacks and the
Iraq War. In 2007, after focusing on
Happy Feet,
Miller decided to pursue producing the film again. He briefly
considered producing it as a computer-animated film but abandoned it in
favor of live-action. In 2009, Miller announced that filming would begin
in early 2011. Hardy was cast as Max in June 2010, with production
planned to begin that November. Principal photography was delayed
several more times before beginning in July 2012. The film
wrapped in December 2012, although additional footage was shot in November 2013.
The film had its world premiere on 7 May 2015 at the
TCL Chinese Theatre. It began a worldwide theatrical release on 14 May 2015, including an out-of-competition screening at the
68th Cannes Film Festival, in 2D,
3D,
IMAX 3D and
4DX. It has grossed over $378 million worldwide, making it the highest grossing film in the
Mad Max
franchise. The film was widely acclaimed for its acting, Miller's
direction, screenplay, art direction, score, practical effects, stunts,
action sequences, and visual storytelling, and is considered the best
film of 2015 by many critics and publications as well as
one of the greatest action films of all time.
Fury Road won multiple critical and guild awards, and received ten
Academy Award nominations including
Best Picture and
Best Director for
George Miller. It won six:
Best Costume Design,
Best Production Design,
Best Makeup and Hairstyling,
Best Film Editing,
Best Sound Editing, and
Best Sound Mixing.
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Son of Saul (Hungarian: Saul fia) is a 2015 Hungarian drama film directed by László Nemes and co-written by Nemes and Clara Royer. It is set in the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II, and follows a day-and-a-half in the life of Saul Ausländer (played by Géza Röhrig), a Hungarian member of the Sonderkommando.[4]
