Mad Max
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Mad Max is a 1979 Australian dystopian action film that launched a popular franchise and helped establish Mel Gibson as an international star.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mad Max canonical | 78 |
| Mad Max (1979 film) | 4 |
| 1979 film Mad Max | 1 |
| Mad Max film series | 1 |
| Mad Max franchise | 1 |
| film Mad Max (1979) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T977444 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Mad Max Context triple: [Australian New Wave cinema, notableFilm, Mad Max]
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Mad Max: Fury Road
Mad Max: Fury Road is a 2015 post-apocalyptic action film directed by George Miller, acclaimed for its high-octane practical stunts, striking visuals, and feminist themes within the Mad Max franchise.
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B.
Terminus
Terminus was the original 19th-century name for the settlement that later became the city of Atlanta, Georgia.
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Machete
Machete is a 2010 action-exploitation film directed by Robert Rodriguez, featuring Danny Trejo as a former Mexican federale seeking revenge against corrupt politicians and criminals.
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Judge Dredd
Judge Dredd is a long-running British comic book character and law-enforcement antihero from the science fiction series "2000 AD," set in the dystopian future city of Mega-City One.
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E.
Starship Troopers
Starship Troopers is a 1997 science fiction action film directed by Paul Verhoeven that satirically depicts a militaristic future society waging war against alien insects.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mad Max Target entity description: Mad Max is a 1979 Australian dystopian action film that launched a popular franchise and helped establish Mel Gibson as an international star.
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A.
Mad Max: Fury Road
Mad Max: Fury Road is a 2015 post-apocalyptic action film directed by George Miller, acclaimed for its high-octane practical stunts, striking visuals, and feminist themes within the Mad Max franchise.
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B.
Terminus
Terminus was the original 19th-century name for the settlement that later became the city of Atlanta, Georgia.
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C.
Machete
Machete is a 2010 action-exploitation film directed by Robert Rodriguez, featuring Danny Trejo as a former Mexican federale seeking revenge against corrupt politicians and criminals.
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D.
Judge Dredd
Judge Dredd is a long-running British comic book character and law-enforcement antihero from the science fiction series "2000 AD," set in the dystopian future city of Mega-City One.
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E.
Starship Troopers
Starship Troopers is a 1997 science fiction action film directed by Paul Verhoeven that satirically depicts a militaristic future society waging war against alien insects.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian film
ⓘ
action film ⓘ dystopian film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | The Road Warrior franchise first film ⓘ |
| award |
Australian Film Institute Award for Best Editing (nominated)
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Australian Film Institute Award for Best Original Music Score (won) ⓘ
linked to:
AFI Award for Best Original Music Score
|
| boxOfficeUSD | over 100000000 ⓘ |
| budgetUSD | approximately 350000 ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | David Eggby ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Australia ⓘ |
| director | George Miller ⓘ |
| distributor |
American International Pictures (US)
ⓘ
linked to:
American International Pictures
Roadshow Film Distributors ⓘ |
| editedBy |
Cliff Hayes
ⓘ
Tony Paterson ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Victoria, Australia
ⓘ
linked to:
Victoria (Australia)
|
| followedBy | Mad Max 2 ⓘ |
| franchise | Mad Max ⓘ |
| genre |
action
ⓘ
dystopian ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| hasSequel |
Mad Max 2
ⓘ
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome ⓘ Mad Max: Fury Road ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Max Rockatansky ⓘ |
| musicBy |
Brian May (composer)
ⓘ
linked to:
Howard Blake
|
| notableFor |
establishing Mel Gibson as an international star
ⓘ
launching the Mad Max franchise ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays | breakdown of law and order ⓘ |
| producer | Byron Kennedy ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Kennedy Miller Productions ⓘ |
| ratingSystem | Australian classification system ⓘ |
| recordHeld | most profitable film ever made at the time of its release ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 12 April 1979 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1979 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 93 ⓘ |
| setIn | near-future Australia ⓘ |
| starring |
Hugh Keays-Byrne
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Joanne Samuel ⓘ Mel Gibson ⓘ Roger Ward ⓘ Steve Bisley ⓘ Tim Burns ⓘ |
| theme |
revenge
ⓘ
societal collapse ⓘ vigilantism ⓘ |
| writer |
George Miller
ⓘ
James McCausland ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mad Max Description of subject: Mad Max is a 1979 Australian dystopian action film that launched a popular franchise and helped establish Mel Gibson as an international star.
Referenced by (86)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Mad Max
subject linked to:
Imperator Furiosa in Mad Max: Fury Road
linked to: Mad Max
subject linked to:
Walter Black; Mel Gibson
subject linked to:
Aunty Entity in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
subject linked to:
Max Mayfield, Stranger Things
subject linked to:
Roger Ward