Beat the Heat: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)
Director: George Miller Run Time: 148 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2024
Starring: Alyla Browne, Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth, George Shevtsov, Tom Burke
Country: Australia
Language: English
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About the film:
As the world falls, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers and falls into the hands of a great Biker Horde led by the Warlord Dementus. Sweeping through the Wasteland, they come across the Citadel presided over by The Immortal Joe. While the two Tyrants war for dominance, Furiosa must survive many trials as she puts together the means to find her way home.
About the filmmaker:
George Miller is an Australian film director, screenwriter, producer, and former medical doctor. He is best known for his Mad Max franchise, with The Road Warrior (1981) and Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) being hailed as amongst the greatest action films of all time. Aside from the Mad Max films, Miller has been involved in a wide range of projects. These include the Academy Award-winning Babe (1995) and Happy Feet (2006) film series. In 2006, Miller won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for Happy Feet (2006). He has been nominated for five other Academy Awards: Best Original Screenplay in 1992 for Lorenzo’s Oil (1992), Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay in 1995 for Babe (1995), and Best Picture and Best Director for Mad Max: Fury Road (2015). Miller is returning to the Mad Max universe with Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024).
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