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Mad Max: Fury Road

year 2015decade 10sdirector George Millergenre Drama
host Chris Ryanhost Sean Fennesseyhost Micah Petershost Jason Concepcion
All 15 categories

Most Rewatchable Scene · 11:20

The canyon Excitebike sequence

Three sequences are proposed to start, all more sequences than scenes: the War Boys coming after Imperator Furiosa, which introduces the Doof Warrior and Rictus Erectus and culminates in the sandstorm; the Bullet Farmer pursuing the war rig while it is stuck in the mud and the chain-up to the tree, which impressed on second watch; and the return to the Citadel with the pole cats and the Vuvillini's valiant defence; the slower dialogue-laden scenes are deliberately left out, and a joke calls Andres Biedrins the original Doof Warrior.

The canyon sequence, with Furiosa warning she will drop the pod and the signal to go when she yells, is added as the thing to show someone asking what makes the movie special: a director taking a wide-open vista and putting it into a rectangle so you know where everyone is and how long it takes to get there, pure visual filmmaking only ten or eleven people have mastered, and very John Ford-ish as the rig arrives at the canyon surrounded on all sides.

The Neil McCauley “A Book about Metals” Award for Best Line from the Movie · 52:52

"I am the scales of justice"

The Bullet Farmer's lines open the category: 'I am the scales of justice', 'Sing, brother' and 'Conductor of the Choir of Death', called good writing; almost every Immortan Joe line is biblical phraseology, such as 'Do not, my friends, become addicted to water, it will take hold of you and you will resent its absence'.

The film

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

Directed by George Miller · Drama

120 minutes

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Cast

Selected cast credits · Film reference

Tom Hardy "Mad Max" Rockatansky , a former police officer
Charlize Theron Imperator Furiosa , a woman with a prosthetic left arm with whom Max allies. Theron shaved her head for her portrayal of Furiosa.
Nicholas Hoult Nux, a sickly War Boy who Max is briefly chained to
Hugh Keays-Byrne Immortan Joe , the ruler of the Citadel
Josh Helman Slit, Nux's lancer
Nathan Jones Rictus Erectus, Joe's muscular, intellectually disabled son
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley The Splendid Angharad, a barefoot woman who is Joe's most "treasured" breeder. Pregnant with his child, she is shown to be strong yet compassionate and protective, and as the de facto leader of the other wives.
Zoë Kravitz Toast the Knowing, a barefoot woman who is another of Joe's wives. She is the most practical and intellectual of the five and is shown to have good knowledge of guns. Kravitz wore a dark pixie wig over her natural hair when portraying Toast.
Riley Keough Capable, a red-haired woman and another of Joe's wives, she appears to be the most level-headed and mature of the five and forms a bond with the War Boy Nux. Keough's hair was dyed red when portraying Capable.
Abbey Lee The Dag, a platinum-haired girl and another of Joe's wives, she has an eccentric and bold personality who is later shown to form a bond with the Keeper of Seeds and is often seen with fellow wife Cheedo the Fragile. Lee wore a platinum wig over her natural hair when portraying the Dag.
Courtney Eaton Cheedo the Fragile, a barefoot teenage girl who is the youngest of Joe's wives. She is portrayed as the meekest and most fearful, and is initially afraid to leave Joe. However, she becomes more courageous later on. She is often seen with her fellow wife The Dag.
John Howard The People Eater, a minion of Joe who rules Gas Town
Richard Carter The Bullet Farmer, a minion of Joe who rules the Bullet Farm
iOTA The Doof Warrior (Coma), the eyeless guitarist who travels with Joe's war convoy and whose guitar doubles as a flamethrower
Angus Sampson The Organic Mechanic, a doctor who works for Joe
Jennifer Hagan Miss Giddy, an old woman who is the caretaker of Joe's wives who aids in their escape.
Megan Gale The Valkyrie, the youngest of the Vuvalini and Furiosa's childhood friend
Melissa Jaffer Keeper of the Seeds, one of the Vuvalini
Jon Iles The Ace, head of security on the War Rig
Quentin Kenihan Corpus Colossus, Joe's older son who has a physical disability that stunted his growth and prevents him from being able to walk
Coco Jack Gillies Glory the Child, the young girl in Max's flashbacks [ a ]
Chris Patton Morsov, a War Boy that was assigned to protect the War Rig when it was en route to the Bullet Farm and Gastown

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