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Mad Max High Octane Collection Announced, 'Fury Road' Black & Chrome Edition Included

Mad Max High Octane Collection
By Peter Sciretta

Warner Bros Home Entertainment have announced that the Mad Max High Octane Collection will be released on December 6th, 2016, just in time for the Holiday season. The collection will include all four Mad Max films, as well as the fabled black and chrome edition of Mad Max: Fury Road. Hit the jump for details.

Mad Max High Octane Collection

Mad Max High Octane Collection Details

The Mad Max High Octane Collection will be released on Blu-ray with a $79.99 MSRP and DVD with a $54.97 MSRP. Both collections include the four films (Mad Max, Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome and Mad Max: Fury Road) as well as five hours of bonus content, including the Mad Max: Fury Road "Black & Chrome" Edition. Director George Miller has said that the Black & Chrome edition of the film is "the best version of 'Fury Road'"

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.

This is that version. The Blu-ray collection will also include a 4K-Ultra HD version and a UV Digital Copy of Mad Max: Fury Road.

Mad Max: Fury Road Black and Chrome Edition

Fury Road Black & Chrome Edition Will Be Released Seperately

If you already own the previous Mad Max films or just aren't interested in the Mel Gibson movies, don't worry — Mad Max: Fury Road Black & Chrome Edition will also be released separate from the collection on Blu-ray ($29.98 MSRP) in a two film set which also includes the theatrical version of the film and a special introduction by George Miller describing his vision.

The High Octane Collection Special Features and Additions:

  • NEW! *Fury Road "Black & Chrome" Edition – Witness the surreal black and white version of mastermind George Miller's Fury Road.
  • NEW! *George Miller Introduction to the Mad Max Fury Road: Black and Chrome Edition – Special introductory piece by George Miller describing his vision.
  • NEW! Road War – In 1982, the world was blindsided by George Miller's masterpiece of apocalyptic destruction: The Road Warrior. For the first time ever George Miller, Terry Hayes and star Mel Gibson tell the story of the car-crushing production that redefined action cinema forever.
  • Madness of Max – The previously released Mad Max (1979) documentary is a feature-length documentary on the making of arguably the most influential movie of the past thirty years. With over forty cast-and-crew interviews, hundreds of behind-the-scenes photographs and never-before-seen film footage of the shoot, this is, without a doubt, the last word on Mad Max (1979). Interviews include: George Miller, Byron Kennedy, Mel Gibson, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley, Roger Ward, Joanne Samuel, David Eggby, Jon Dowding and many more. From the Producers to the Bike Designers to the Traffic Stoppers, this is the story of how Mad Max was made.

    • Mad Max: Fury Road Two Film Collection Special Features and Additions:

  • NEW! *George Miller Introduction to the Mad Max Fury Road: Black and Chrome Edition – Special introductory piece by George Miller describing his vision.

    • And here are the official synopsises for the four films:

    Mad Max (1979)

    George Miller's first entry in the trilogy, Mad Max packs brutal action and insane stunts as it follows the inevitable downfall of relentless cop Max Rockatansky (Mel Gibson) in a world gone mad. Living on the edge of an apocalypse, Max is ready to run far away from it all with his family. But when he experiences an unfortunate encounter with a motorcycle gang and its menacing leader, the Toecutter, his retreat from the madness of the world is now a race to save his family's life.

    Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1982)

    The sequel to Mad Max, Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior provides action-packed "automotive" entertainment, telling the story of a selfish-turned-selfless hero and his efforts to protect a small camp of desert survivors and defend an oil refinery under siege from a ferocious marauding horde that plunders the land for gasoline.

    Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)

    Mel Gibson returns for his third go-round as the title hero who takes on the barbarians of the post-nuclear future – and this time becomes the savior of a tribe of lost children. Music superstar Tina Turner co-stars as Aunty Entity, a power-mad dominatrix determined to use Max to tighten her stranglehold on Bartertown, where fresh water, clean food and gasoline are worth more than gold.

    Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

    Haunted by his turbulent past, Mad Max (Tom Hardy) believes the best way to survive is to wander alone. Nevertheless, he becomes swept up with a group fleeing across the Wasteland in a War Rig driven by an elite Imperator, Furiosa (Charlize Theron). They are escaping a Citadel tyrannized by the Immortan Joe (Hugh Keays-Byrne), from whom something irreplaceable has been taken. Enraged, the Warlord marshals all his gangs and pursues the rebels ruthlessly in the high-octane Road War that follows.

    via: ComingSoon

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