Mad Max Fury Road takes Best Movie and Director in the International AACTA!

George Miller’s dystopian Road War MAD MAX: FURY ROAD stepped up its Oscars campaign, taking home two Australian Academy Cinema television Arts (AACTA) International Awards - Best Film and Best Direction.

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We'll see a black & white version of Mad Max Fury Road according Miller

Miller told LA Times : " Not in cinemas. The best version of "Road Warrior" was what we called a "slash dupe," a cheap, black-and-white version of the movie for the composer. Something about it seemed more authentic and elemental. So I asked Eric Whipp, the ["Fury Road"] colorist, "Can I see some scenes in black and white with quite a bit of contrast?" They looked great. So I said to the guys at Warners, "Can we put a black-and-white version on the DVD?" There wasn't enough room. [It'll end up] on another version with commentary and other features."

 

The whole interview with LA Times is very interesting

George is the Best Director according Critics' Choice Awards

Mad Max Fury Road took 9 awards in this year's Critics' Choice Award. Besides George Miller as Best Director then Best Action Movie, Best Actor in an Action Movie for Tom Hardy and Best Actress in an Action Movie for Charlize Theron.

The film also swept the board on the design front, picking up Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Hair & Makeup, Best Editing and Best Visual Effects.

Full list of winners

10 Oscars Nominations for Mad Max Fury Road!

Including the two big ones ( Best Movie and Best Director), Mad Max Fury Road received 10 Oscars nominations : 

• Best Movie
• Best Director (George Miller)
• Cinematography (John Seale)
• Costume Design (Jenny Beavan)
• Film Editing (Margaret Sixel)
• Make Up (Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin)
• Production Design ( Colin Gibson; Set Decoration: Lisa Thompson)
• Sound Editing (Mark Mangini and David White)
• Sound Mixing (Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff and Ben Osmo)
• Visual Effects ( Andrew Jackson, Tom Wood, Dan Oliver and Andy Williams)

Full List of Nominees

Go Fury Road Go!

George Miller is a DGA nominee!

Directors Guild of America President Paris Barclay announced the five nominees for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2015:

GEORGE MILLER : Mad Max Fury Road 
Mr. Miller’s Directorial Team:

• Unit Production Manager: Dean Hood
• First Assistant Director: PJ Voeten
• Second Assistant Directors: Samantha Smith, Wendy Croad, Chris O’Hara
• Second Assistant Directors: Eddie Thorne (Sydney Unit), Emma Jamvold (Sydney Unit)
• Second Second Assistant Directors: Danielle Blake (Sydney Unit), Joshua Watkins (Sydney Unit)

This is Mr. Miller’s first DGA Feature Film Award nomination.

The other 4 nominees were :  ALEJANDRO G. IÑÁRRITU (The Revenant) ,  TOM McCARTHY (Spotlight), ADAM McKAY (The Big Short) and  RIDLEY SCOTT (The Martian)

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Mad Max Fury Road is the Best 2015 film according GFCA!

 

The Georgia Film Critics Assosiation has selected Mad Max Fury Road as the best Movie of 2015 , George Miller as Best Director, John Seale as Best Cinematographer and Colin Gibson , Shira Hockman and Jacinta leong for Best Production Design .

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George Miller and Nicholas Hoult On Mad Max Fury Road AOL and receiving the Golden Rotten Tomatoes!

The video starts with a commented trailer of MMFR. Then George Miller starts talking at 3:07 minute   . Nicholas Hoult appears at minute 26. George Miller receives the Golden Rotten Tomatoes at minute 32:30 as the best reviewed film of the year .  Finally an audience Q & A at minute 36. Total length of the video 45 minutes

Indiewire writes that Mad Max Fury Road might win the Oscar as Best Picture!

"And this story may indeed wind up as the most unorthodox Oscar winner in modern history. While other blockbusters have found their way into the best picture race — from "The Dark Knight" to "Avatar" — none of them offer such a rich tapestry of ideas to complement their baser elements. "Fury Road" is the rare movie that starts and ends with a bang that reverberates, long after the credits roll, as the conversations continue."

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Mad Max Fury Road among the PGA nominees for Best Picture of 2015!

The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for "Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures" include:

• The Big Short (Producers: Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner)
• Bridge of Spies (Producers: Steven Spielberg, Marc Platt, Kristie Macosko Krieger)
• Brooklyn (Producers: Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey)
• Ex Machina (This film is in the process of being vetted for producer eligibility)
• Mad Max: Fury Road (Producers: Doug Mitchell, George Miller)
• The Martian (Producers: Simon Kinberg, Ridley Scott, Michael Schaefer, Mark Huffam)
• The Revenant (Producers: Arnon Milchan, Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Mary Parent, Keith Redmon)
• Sicario (Producers: Basil Iwanyk, Edward L. McDonnell, Molly Smith)
• Spotlight (Producers: Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin, Blye Pagon Faust)
• Straight Outta Compton (Producers: Ice Cube, Matt Alvarez, F. Gary Gray, Dr. Dre, Scott Bernstein)

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