Mad Max 2 - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[ella]

The two men strapped to the front of Hummungus's vehicle who smash into the back of the tanker were actually dummies with watermelons. "Watermelons with wigs," says Semler.

[richard]

The scene where the guys in the buggy attach a grappling hook to the basket at the back of the tanker trunk initially had Miller thinking the stunt driver had fallen out of the tumbling car. He called "cut" in a panic before realizing it was actually just the dummy passenger.

[bessie]

The yellow graffiti on the green tarp on the trailer and the door of the Mack Truck at the Mundi Mundi lookout reads "The Vermin Have Inherited the Earth."

[bessie]

The only thing that Mel Gibson complained about during production, (or at least the only thing that gets mentioned at conventions he attends) was the fake blood he had on his face for much of the third act of the movie, it was made from coffee and cochineal. Miller didn't get the issue until he applied some to his neck and went through a day with the irritating mixture drying on his skin.

[edgar]

Only two original Interceptors were used in the Mad Max movies. The one that was used in Mad Max (1979), was modified and re-used in all of the interior and close-up car shots in this movie. After filming was over, this Interceptor was bought and restored by Bob Forsenko, and is currently on display in the "Cars of the Stars Motor Museum" in England. Another car was built for the chase scenes in the second movie, but that one was destroyed, when the script required it to be pushed off the road and blown up. The wreckage used to be viewable at Broken Hill, Australia, but due to thefts it can't be found there any longer. The Planet Hollywood Interceptor is a replica, and was never used in any of the films.

[jessie]

In the opening scene, Max stands near a roadside sign that says "Mundi Mundi Look Out", where the movie was shot. The other locations on the sign are One Tree Hill 50, Los Angeles 3500, Casablanca 3500, London 4500, Silverton 5.

[bernice]

This film and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) have been spoofed, payed homage to, and influenced many films and cartoons with their action and set pieces, such as: South Park (1997), Fist of the North Star (1995), Cyborg (1989), and Waterworld (1995).

[carl]

Emil Mintys sister put him in the acting agency, he starred in one commercial before this film.

[richard]

George Miller also met with John Seale as a potential cinematographer before giving the job to Dean Semler. Seale would come to the franchise for Mad Max: Fury Road (2015).

[elmer]

The climactic highway battle is thirteen minutes long.

[clayton]

In the original script, Pappagallo was once the Chief Executive of Seven Sisters Petroleum, a major oil company. After 'the world crumbled' he decided to escape out into the wastelands along with a group of people.

[ken]

Mel Gibson had to wear a sticky bruise and blood make-up for several weeks.

[ivan]

The first Australian film mixed with a Dolby soundtrack.

[clayton]

There were over eighty custom vehicles made for this movie. More than half got demolished.