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French Grande (46" x 62")
Very Fine+ on Linen; Artwork by John Hamagami
Warner Bros., R-1983

Mel Gibson stars as a vengeful Australian policeman in a self-destructing world, seeking to stop a violent motorcycle gang in the first film of this series. This French reissue poster features dynamic artwork of Max standing tall while his V8 Interceptor bursts off the poster! This example, which was folded, was professionally linen-backed without the need for any restoration. It is in outstanding condition, as even the fold lines are not noticeable.

This low-budget, independently-made dystopian action film, cast with unknown stars, helmed by an unknown, first-time director, and written by a finance journalist crafting his first screenplay, would likely not have been singled out at the time as the beginning of a highly successful franchise and the launching pad for a few remarkable careers, but that's precisely what it did. "Mad Max" (1979) was the brainchild of George Miller, an emergency room doctor in Sydney, who was intimately familiar with the kinds of injury and death seen in this film about Max Rockatansky (Mel Gibson), a cop-turned-vigilante trying to bring law and order to collapsing society (Miller raised part of the money for this film by doing several months of emergency medical calls). The initial film was followed by three sequels (the first two with Gibson) and continues to be a fan-favorite.

Estimate: $200 - 400