Their pond was preserved as an environmental feature of the Olympic Park, and Ring Walk, a suspended walkway, now allows you a bird's-eye view of the tiny amphibians without disturbing their habitat. The discovery of a colony of endangered Green and Golden Bell Frogs living in the quarry necessitated a change of plan. In 1988, the Brickworks finally closed and the area was scheduled to be developed as the Olympic Stadium for the 1992 Sydney games.
During the Sixties and Seventies, ‘Brickies’, as it was known, became the destination of choice for Sydney’s young drag racers, which is how it’s seen in the 1977 film, The FJ Holden (affectionately dubbed ‘Australian Graffiti’). The State Brickworks, established by the NSW Government in 1911 at Homebush, an Inner West suburb, survived the various ups and downs of the housing market. The town is also one of the stop-offs for the trio of dragsters in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.ĭrag of a different kind featured at Homebush State Brickworks, a Sydney brick quarry where ‘Bartertown’ was built. To drive there, take National Route 1 from Adelaide to Port Augusta, then continue on Route 87, Stuart Highway. You can fly out to Coober Pedy or, if you’re more adventurous, take a daily bus from Adelaide or Alice Springs (expect a lengthy journey, 530 miles from Adelaide, 455 from Alice). It’s Crocodile Harry's Underground Nest, about three miles outside Coober Pedy – though Crocodile Harry himself is, sadly, no longer with us. You can visit the dugout house of Jedediah ( Bruce Spence), seen at the end of the movie. The name means ‘White Man’s Burrow’ – most of the homes here, even the church and the rooms of two of the five motels, are dug out of the ground. What's your favorite Mad Max movie? For more news on the Mad Max universe, make sure to swing by here often.The main location for the third part of the trilogy is the strange, moonlike landscape, scarred by opal mining, around Coober Pedy in South Australia. Oh, and I absolutely can't wait for the Mad Max spinoff, Furiosa. Ask me tomorrow, and I might change my mind. It's hard for me to choose one over the other, but I just narrowly give Fury Road a leg up over The Road Warrior.
MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME MOVIE
Whereas the other three films had more of a gritty look to them, Fury Road is blasting with color and energy (the black and white version, Black and Chrome, even feels like a completely different movie without all that color).īut, the movie is just plain exhilarating. Tom Hardy makes for a fantastic Max, but what makes Fury Road shine the most is the world itself, as it's never been livelier. Nominated for freaking Best Picture, Mad Max: Fury Road is more of a remake than a sequel, and I think that works for the best, as this feels similar to the older films, but also wholly original. What follows is quite possibly the greatest chase movie ever put to film. Starring Tom Hardy as the titular Max, as well as Charlize Theron as the warrior woman, Imperator Furiosa, and Hugh Keays-Byrne as the series' best villain, Immortan Joe, Fury Road is really Furiosa's story, as she tries to bring Immortan Joe's five wives to safety, banding with Max in the process. Was Mad Max: Fury Road worth its decades long sequel wait after Beyond Thunderdome? Oh, hell yeah. On a different day, I might have put this as the best Mad Max movie, but today, I'm putting it at number two. Plus, it moves at such a brisk pace that you're given little time to breathe, and I mean that in the very best sort of way. Mel Gibson has never been better in the role as a reluctant hero, and it doesn't feel ridiculous like it does in Beyond Thunderdome. This sequel is so action-packed and balls to the wall that it still feels like the freshest version of itself beyond all the imitators. So many other films and stories have pulled from The Road Warrior, that you would think it would feel old, but no. You already know what number one is going to be now, but I seriously considered putting this at the top spot since it never gets old. It really doesn't get much better than this.
But, he eventually fights to defend a community against a ravenous gang of lunatics, led by the super imposing, Humungus. In this superior in every way sequel directed by George Miller (they're all directed by him), and starring Mel Gibson, and Kjell Nilsson as Lord Humungus, Max is a broken man who fights to survive and steals this world's most valuable commodity - gasoline - whenever he can.
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