Mad Max: Fury Road Film Research 100 Facts1. In which country did war that stop filming? Early attempts were made to shoot the film in 2001 and 2003, but were delayed due to the September 11 attacks and the Iraq War.

2. What TWO formats was the film originally going to be in to only then NOT be in? 3D, but then developed into a 3D live movie

3. How many times was filming delayed? 3 times. This was due to the rain, Iraq war and Happy Feet filming for George Miller.

4. In which year did filming first conclude? 2012

5. In what year did they have to go back and film additional scenes? 2013

6. At what point did Warner Bros panic and insist someone must write a script? 2003

7. When did the stars sign up to be in the film? 2010

8. Where was the film originally going to be produced only for it to rain! Australian Desert

9. How much was spent on TV adverts? 43.7 million

10. How long did the crew spend in Namibia? 10 months

11. How long did the film last? 120 minutes

12. What was the IMDb rating? 8.2

13. What was the release date for Mad Max: Fury Road in the UK? 14 May 2015

14. What was the release date for Mad Max: Fury Road in the US? 7 May 2015

15. What was the budget? $150,000,000

16. What was the opening weekend figure? $44,440,000

17. How much money did the film take? $153,629,485

18. Who was the production company for the film? Warner Bros

19. What certificate was the film? 15

20. What were the four genres the film falls under? Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi and Thriller

21. Who are the four main producers in the film? Doug Mitchell, George Miller, P.J. Voeten and Kennedy Miller Mitchell

22. What where the two production companies involved in the film? Village Roadshow Pictures and RatPac-Dune Entertainment

23. Who was the director of the film? George Miller

24. Who were the four main actors that were featured in the film? Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult and Hugh Keayes Byrne

25. How many screens was the film showed on in total? 16,700 screens

26. How many different countries was the film showed in? 68 countries

27. What was the box office figure worldwide? $374.7 million

28. What company was the composer of the music in the film? Junkie XL

29. Charlize Theron shaved her head for her role of Furiosa

30. The harsh desert location and shooting conditions required the cameras had to be waterproof and dust proof

31. Film Editor,Margaret Sixel,was given over 480 hours of footage

32. Liam Fountain auditioned for Maxbut lost the part to Tom Hardy

33. Millerdid have over 3500 storyboards created byMark Sexton art department

34. A video game has been created about Mad Max which has been released in 2015

35. They blew upa part of the quarry for the scene they desired.

36. The scene for the night time part, was actually filmed in day light however, it was transformed to a blue environment by colourist Eric Whipp based on a suggestion made by Jackson.

37. Jackson even engaged Eric Whipp's iPhone at one point to film extra elements to be comp'd into the War Rig crash.

38. The final twisted mix of vehicle pieces, metal and bungie-corded guitar that fly towards the camera were largely practical effects.

39. In Fury Road, during a scene that required the spectacular crash of the Interceptor, the stunt crew had to figure out the best way of flipping the vehicle in the safest way possible40. Performers and the film crew needed to consult with George constantly because the entire movie was in Miller's head.

41. The movie was huge, requiring up to 1,700 workers on set to film the action, including over 150 stunt performers, stunt drivers, camera crews and even a team of snake wranglers to clear the path of deadly, desert serpents that impeded production.42. Tom hardy and Charlize Theron did not get along when working with each other on set, it got to the point where they wouldnt speak to each other 43. Miller gave audiences around the world a one-of-a-kind, live-action film rather than another movie that relies on CGI44. After Furiosa and Max team up, Max almost falls off the War Rig but is caught by Furiosa and a couple of escapees.45. It was a very dangerous film to produce46. Making matters more difficult, after the terrorist attack, vehicles, film gear and other equipment took three months longer to ship and insurance costs increased. Miller ended up putting Mad Max on hiatus, focusing on completing Happy Feet while waiting for the next opportunity to do Fury Road.

47. 9/11 was the first delay in what turned out to be a fourteen year process to get Mad Max: Fury Road in movie theatres.

48. The role of an arid, post-apocalyptic desert was to be played by Broken Hill in New South Wales, Australia, known for drought conditions that have lasted for more than a decade. Just as the movie was slated to start filming, sudden heavy rains broke the long drought, causing wild flowers to bloom, ruining the location as a wasteland.

49. Much to the chagrin of government officials, who fought to have the film made in Broken Hill, the production picked up and moved to Namibia, another drought-ridden desert appropriate for the film.

50. When the crews arrived in Namibia, they were greeted by unprecedented rain the most the area had seen in well over a century.

51. The Mad Max franchise derives much of its charm from a rogues gallery of incredible characters designed to fulfil George Millers vision of a post-apocalyptic world gone mad. Creators were given free rein to come up with whatever they wanted, as long as the character or prop had a backstory related to the fictional world.53. One point there was a six month shoot in the desert

54. Whipp believes that the trickest part of filming was the day to night section

55. Contrast range between the interiors and the harsh desert exteriors a challenge for the cameras.

56. The camera used to film the final crash sequence was the Phantom Camera and it takes 300 frames per second.

57. The vehicles got rigged, driven and crashed by the key crew including special effects supervisors Andy Williams and Dan Oliver and supervising stunt co-ordinator Guy Norris.

58. An in-house positives and VFX crew set up at production company Kennedy Miller Mitchell, dubbed Fury FX, was also crucial in planning and realising hundreds of effects shots59. Other work was completed by Method Studios and BlackGinger, with early previous delivered by The Third Floor.60. There was a practical set piece that was shot in one of the stages at Fox Studios in Sydney, which was completely replaced.61. There was a combination of real photography in Namibia of various cars an additional green screen and stage shoots was coined with CG car take-overs, digital doubles and complex fluid and dust stimulations by Iloura for the storm.

62. VFX elements were shot to help tie pieces together and provide more foreground dust.

63. Jackson incorporated a dust element shoot for swirling action close to camera and streams of sand blowing off the vehicles, this was to ensure the toxic storm looked somewhat grounded.

64. Conceived as a practical effect, the refinery was blown up in Namibia, with Iloura then compositing in the other cars and Max on the foreground pole.

65. Jackson went back out and shot equivalent plates for all the chase vehicles to be around it.

66. The final chase sequence was also one in which The Third Floor delivered previs, under previsualization supervisor Glenn Burton.

67. The final car chase consists of a lot of characters and a lot of switching vehicles and concurrent action.68. The previs had to carefully track where everyone was at a particular beat and help work out the transitions so the characters would be at the right place at the right time.69. The sequence of the final crash made use of numerous Namibia plates, including stationary action that would be enhanced by moving backgrounds, canyon augmentation, a War Rig and other vehicle crash stunts.70. The sequence of the final crash made use of numerous Namibia plates, including stationary action that would be enhanced by moving backgrounds, canyon augmentation, a War Rig and other vehicle crash stunts.71. Miller wanted to use real dust for the end, so they went one floor up on a balcony and put a whole bunch of dry wall rocks and dust and crashed them down and filmed it at 240 fps for the slow-mo bit at the end, because they did not want to use CG.72. The frenetic pace and complexity of the shoot in Namibia meant that backgrounds and skies were not always consistent from shot to shot.73. According to Miller, the Doof Warrior that plays the guitar is a blind survivor of the apocalypse who lived in a cave and spent his considerable free time noodling on his guitar. When he was found by Immortan Joe, the Doof Warrior was recruited to entertain the troops while rallying them to war.74. George Miller had a fully-working, flame-throwing electric guitar constructed for the film. Despite an impending explosion of worldwide demand for this flaming axe, plans for mass production have yet to be announced.75. On location in Namibia, production approximated where the twisters in the toxic storm would be located, and then had vehicles driving accordingly.76. Over 80% of the effects seen in the film are real practical effects, stunt, make up and sets.77. CGI was used sparingly mainly to enhance the Namibian landscape, remove stunt rigging and for Charlize Theron's left hand which in the film is a prosthetic arm.78. Mel Gibson was originally to have the role of the rig thrifter in the film but this never came to fruition.79. The vehicles were rigged, driven and crashed by key crew and special effects supervisors: Andy Williams and Dan Oliver and supervising stunt co-ordinator Guy Norris.80. Hundreds of visual effects artists, led by overall visual effects supervisor Andrew Jackson, would spend considerable time crafting more than 2,000 visual effects shots and helping to transform the exquisite photography into the final film.81. A combination of real photography in Namibia of various cars and additional green screen and stage shoots combined with CG car take-overs, digital doubles and complex fluid and dust simulations by Iloura for the storm. Additional VFX elements were shot to help the pieces together and provide for more foreground dust.82. John Seale used multiple digital cameras to capture practical stunts with more than 150 vehicles conceived by production designer Colin Gibson.83. Mad Max: Fury Road was released 30 years after the film Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome.85. The girl who Max sees in his visions, commonly believed to be his daughter, is in fact Glory the Child, who can be seen in the comic series. It can also be noted that she is seen being run down in a desert by a selection of vehicles, while Max's child was killed by a biker gang prior to the war.86. George Millerdescribed the film as "a very simple allegory, almost a western on wheels".87. George MillercitedAkira(1988) as an inspiration for what he wanted to do with the franchise.88. On April 3, 2015, Tom Hardy announced he would sign on for 3 more Mad Max films89. The jacket worn by Tom Hardy is a replica of the one worn by Mel Gibson in the second two movies of the original trilogy. The Gibson jacket was found in storage at Kennedy-Miller and copied heavily.90. According to George Miller the film's storyboard was made even before the screenplay. The reason behind that was because Miller envisioned the film as a continuous chase, with little dialogue and focusing on the visuals. The storyboard was made with the collaboration of five artists and had about 3,500 panels.91. According to Tom Hardy, he had lunch with Mel Gibson to discuss him taking over the iconic role of Max Rockatansky. Gibson told him that he was fine with it, and gave Hardy his blessing.92. As in the previous movies in this series, many characters' names are never said in full or at all onscreen and are only provided in the credits.93. The film used three identical War Rigs, the large main truck in the film. They were based on a Czechoslovakian all-wheel drive military vehicle.94. Night scenes were filmed in bright daylight, deliberately overexposed, and colour-manipulated. In many shots, the sky was digitally replaced with more detailed or interesting skies.95. This is the second Mad Max film for screenwriter Nick Lathouris. As an actor, he played a brief role in Mad Max (1979).96. With a runtime of two hours, this is the longest film in the Mad Max series97. The long range rifle used by Charlize Theron is a Russian SKS. Originally designed in 1945. Making its design 70 years old at the time of the films release.98. When Nux head-butts Slit, there is a flash of white, which echoes a shot in Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981): Wez head-butts a compound defender and there is a similar flash of white to show the impact.99. Amid claims of the film going over-budget and behind schedule, Warner Bros. then sent a producer to oversee production in Namibia.100. Co-writer Brendan McCarthy designed many of the new characters and vehicles