Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
Release: July 10, 1985

About 15 years after the events of Mad Max 2, nuclear war has finally destroyed what little was left of civilization. Grizzled and older, former cop Max (Mel Gibson) roams the Australian desert in a camel-drawn vehicle — until father-and-son thieves Jebediah Sr. (Bruce Spence) and Jr. (Adam Cockburn) use their jury-rigged airplane to steal his possessions and means of transportation. Max soon winds up in Bartertown, a cesspool of post-apocalyptic capitalism powered by methane-rich pig manure and overseen by two competing overlords, Aunty Entity (Tina Turner) and Master (Angelo Rossitto), a crafty midget who rides around on the back of his hulking underling, Blaster (Paul Larsson). Seeking to re-equip himself, Max strikes a deal with the haughty Aunty to kill Blaster in ritualized combat inside Thunderdome, a giant jungle gym where Bartertown's conflicts are played out in a postmodern update of blood and circuses. Although Max manages to fell the mighty Blaster, he refuses to kill him after realizing the brute is actually a retarded boy. Aunty's henchmen murder Blaster nonetheless, then punish Max for violating the law that "Two men enter, one man leaves." Lashed to the back of a hapless pack animal and sent out into a sandstorm, a near-death Max is rescued by a band of tribal children and teens. The descendants of the victims of an airplane crash, the kids inhabit a lush valley and wait for the day when Captain Walker, the plane's pilot, will return to lead them back to civilization. Some of the children, refusing to believe that Max isn't Walker and that the glorious cities of their mythology no longer exist, set off in search of civilization on their own. Max and three tribe members must then rescue their friends from Bordertown and the clutches of Aunty Entity — a quest that ends in a lengthy desert chase sequence that echoes the first two Mad Max films. Spence also appeared in Mad Max 2 in a different role, that of the Gyro Captain.

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Max: "You!"
Jedediah the Pilot: "Me?"
Max: "You've got a plane!"
Jedediah the Pilot: "I have?"
Max: "It just might save your life!"
Jedediah the Pilot: "It will?"
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Max: "You!"
Jedediah the Pilot: "Me?"
Max: "It's your lucky day!"
Jedediah the Pilot: "It is?"
Max: "You've got a plane!"
Jedediah the Pilot: "I have? [plane motor starts outside]"
Max: "It just might save your life!"
Jedediah the Pilot : "It will?"
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Dr. Dealgood: "[to panicking Bartertown citizens] Sale! Chase now, pay later!"
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Max: "Who are you?"
Slake: "We're the waiting ones."
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Blackfinger: "[after inspecting a bomb] It's a class job. One mistake, and it'll blow the crap out of this place! Literally."
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Blackfinger: "[trying to disarm Max' booby trapped vehicle] I'll disconnect the battery!"
Max: "I wouldn't do that."
Master: "Who you?"
Max: "Me Max."
Master: "You smart."
Max: "That's my vehicle."
Master: "Disarm!"
Max: "How much?"
Master: "No trade! Do!"
Max: "[turns and walks away]"
Master: "[to Blaster] FETCH!"
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Jedediah Jr.: "[armed with more guns than he can hold] This is a stickup! Anybody moves, and they're dead meat! [Max turns around and looks at the approaching vehicles] Oh, no, I think we're all dead meat!"
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Max: "The first place you'll find is a sleaze-pit called Bartertown. Now if the earth doesn't swallow you up first, that place sure as hell will!"
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Master: "Who you?"
Max: "Me Max."
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Aunty Entity: "[to the citizens of Bartertown] Where are you gonna run? Where are you gonna hide? Listen to me! Bartertown will live! Find the little man! Bring him back to me! We will rebuild! For those who took him... No mercy."
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Pigkiller: "[sees that Max has discovered Blaster's weakness] Mr., who are ya?"
Max: "No-one"
Pigkiller: "What's your name?"
Max: "Nobody."
Pigkiller: "No Mr., I can feel it! The dice are rollin'!"
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The Master: "You want foot in face?"
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Jedediah the Pilot: "We're not gonna make it."
Max: "We haven't got any choice."
Jedediah the Pilot: "Between them and us, there isn't enough runway."
Max: "There will be."
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Max: "[Max recognizes Jedediah] YOU!"
Jedediah the Pilot: "Me?"
Max: "You, it's your lucky day!"
Jedediah the Pilot: "It is?"
Max: "Uh huh. You've got a plane."
Jedediah the Pilot: "I have?"
Max: "[Outside, a plane is being started] It might just save your life."
Jedediah the Pilot: "It will?"
Max: "Uh huh."
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Aunty Entity: "Congratulations! You're the first to survive the audition!"
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Aunty Entity: "This is no enemy. It's almost family."
Max: "Oh, I see, real civilized!"
Aunty Entity: "The reasons don't concern you, only the conditions. Do you want the deal or not?"
Max: "Mmm [nods in agreement]"
The Collector: "The first is, no one knows you're working for Aunty. You hit him, you go. The second is, it's a fair fight. The third is, it's to the death."
Max: "Who's the bunny?"
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Auntie Entity: "[the Blaster has reduced Bartertown's power supply] For God's sake, what now?"
The Master: "Who run Bartertown?"
Auntie Entity: "Dammit, I told you, no more embargos."
The Master: "More, Blaster. [the Blaster puts all power out]"
The Master: "Who run Bartertown? Who... run... Bartertown?"
Auntie Entity: "...You know who."
The Master: "Say."
Auntie Entity: "Master Blaster."
The Master: "Say loud! [the Master turns on the town loudspeakers]"
Auntie Entity: "Master Blaster."
The Master: "Master Blaster... what?"
Auntie Entity: "Master Blaster runs Bartertown."
The Master: "Louder!"
Auntie Entity: "Master Blaster runs Bartertown!"
The Master: "Lift embargo. [the Blaster turns power back on]"
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Dr. Dealgood: "Right now, I've got two men, two men with a gut full of fear. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls... dyin' times here!"
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Max: "Thunderdome. How do I get in there?"
Aunty Entity: "That's easy. Pick a fight!"
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Master: "Me order! Me Master! Me run Bartertown!"
Max: "Sure, that's why you live in shit!"
Master: "Not shit! Energy!"
Max: "Call it what you like. It still smells like shit to me!"
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