Where is Fury Road set?

50 years after the apocalypse, Australia is a desert wasteland and civilization has collapsed. Max (Tom Hardy), a former MFP officer, is captured by the War Boys
War Boys
War Boys are the paramilitary arm of The Citadel and serve as Immortan Joe's servants and soldiers. They appear in both Mad Max: Fury Road and Mad Max (2015 video game).
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, the army of a tyrannical cult leader named Immortan Joe (Hugh Keays-Byrne) based at a now rare aquifer called The Citadel.
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Where in Australia does Fury Road take place?

In October 2009, Miller announced that principal photography on Fury Road would commence at Broken Hill, New South Wales in August 2010.
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Does Mad Max take place in Australia?

Mad Max is a 1979 Australian dystopian action film directed by George Miller and produced by Byron Kennedy. Mel Gibson stars as "Mad" Max Rockatansky, a police officer turned vigilante in a near-future Australia in the midst of societal collapse.
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What is the city in Mad Max: Fury Road?

Gas Town is featured in the beginning of Mad Max: Fury Road; it serves as the town Imperator Furiosa was intended to visit before betraying Immortan Joe.
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Where does Mad Max: Fury Road take place in the timeline?

Mad Max: Fury Road

Given a few references to the amount of time since the war, and the real-life references in the comics, the fourth film likely takes place around 2050.
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Why is Mad Max in the desert?

According to George Miller this detracted from the post-apocalyptic feeling that he had in mind. Therefore the shooting location was moved to the desert terrain of the Namib desert in Namibia, Africa. The area is first referred to as The Wasteland in the second film's script.
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Where did Mad Max take place?

Taking place in a dystopian Australia in the near future, Mad Max tells the story of a highway patrolman cruising the squalid back roads that have become the breeding ground of criminals foraging for gasoline and scraps.
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Why do they call it Guzzoline?

Etymology. "Gasoline" is an American word that denotes fuel for automobiles. The term is thought to have been influenced by the trademark "Cazeline" or "Gazeline", named after the surname of British publisher, coffee merchant, and social campaigner John Cassell.
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Who runs Gastown?

Gastown is ruled and governed by none other than Scabrous Scrotus, Son of Immortan Joe. It's where all of the gas in The Wasteland Is refined, and pushed out to other parts of The Wasteland.
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Why is everyone sick in Mad Max?

Health issues

Most of them are plagued by cancer, the most common one being lymphoma, others resulting in partial or complete blindness. They require blood transfusions to prolong their lives and it's one of the reasons they hunt for unsuspecting wanderers of The Wasteland such as Max.
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Is Mad Max: Fury Road based in Australia?

The long-awaited prequel to George Miller's Academy Award Winning Mad Max: Fury Road is set to be filmed in NSW, and expected to become the biggest film ever to be made in Australia. Securing the production of Furiosa in NSW was an important win for the State and the NSW film industry.
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What year is Mad Max set in 2021?

This "Mad Max Was Set in 2021" Meme is Wrong

As noted by Screen Rant, The Road Warrior (1982) took place three years after the first film, with Beyond Thunderdome (1985) set sometime around 1999, and Fury Road (2015) roughly in 2050.
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Does Mad Max: Fury Road take place in Australia?

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Shooting ultimately took place in Namibia the following year.
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What makes Mad Max Australian?

Giving action an Australian accent

Like other Ozploitation films, Mad Max was the product of low budget guerrilla style film-making. Where it differed was in its quality and the level of success achieved in overseas markets.
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Is Mad Max after a nuclear war?

According to George MIller, in the original timeline the nuclear exchange happened after the events of Mad Max 2, but according to the 2015 Mad Max: Fury Road prequel comic books, the war occurs after Max Rockatansky defeats the Toecutter's road-gang and disappears into the Outback, but prior to the events of The Road ...
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Why is gas town called gas town?

Gastown is named after Captain John Deighton, an English mariner and saloon keeper whose talkative nature earned him the nickname “Gassy Jack.” In 1867, Deighton was running the Globe Saloon in New Westminster when he noticed that some of his customers were workers who would walk about five hours from the British ...
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What do they call gas in Mad Max?

thousands of `gallons... as much as you want!" Guzzolene is the name used to refer to gasoline in the Mad Max series. It is used in Mad Max 2, Mad Max: Fury Road and Mad Max (2015 video game).
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What was on fire in Gastown?

Unattended candles caused Gastown rooming house fire: Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services. Fire officials say sprinklers at the Winters Hotel had been shut off and that a fire watch patrol was in place at the time of the April 11 blaze, which was caused by unattended candles on the second floor.
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What do they call fuel in Ireland?

It's only called petrol in the UK and Ireland.
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What do they drink in Mad Max?

The Big Short. Drink sadness in a glass: a shaken Manhattan, an Old Fashioned made with muddled maraschino cherries and orange slices.
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Where is the farm house in Mad Max?

May's Farm was a farmyard owned by May Swaisey located somewhere along Highway 9, sector 26.
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Where in Melbourne was Mad Max filmed?

The famous shot of the 'Halls of Justice', dilapidated headquarters of the 'Bronze', the Main Force Patrol (MFP), is the South Melbourne Gasworks in Port Melbourne. After natural gas reserves were discovered around Australia in 1960, the site closed down and, at the time of filming, was abandoned.
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Is Mad Max based on true story?

Mad Max: Fury Road and the whole franchise is based on the real-life apocalypse that happened in the 1970s. Here are the real-life origins of the franchise. Mad Max: Fury Road is considered one of the greatest movie series of all time.
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Is Mad Max immortal?

Mad Max Does Age (Despite His Immortality)

In Beyond Thunderdome, Max is going grey at the temples, which is quite an achievement when the script notes that it's been 15 years since the events of The Road Warrior.
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