<Tr> <Th> Language </Th> <Td> English </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> A $350,000--400,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> US $100 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Mad Max is a 1979 Australian dystopian action film directed by George Miller, produced by Byron Kennedy, and starring Mel Gibson as "Mad" Max Rockatansky, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays - Byrne, Steve Bisley, Tim Burns, and Roger Ward . James McCausland and Miller wrote the screenplay from a story by Miller and Kennedy . The film presents a tale of societal collapse, murder, and revenge set in a future Australia, in which an unhinged policeman becomes embroiled in a violent feud with a savage motorcycle gang . Principal photography took place in and around Melbourne, Australia, and lasted six weeks . </P>

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