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MAD MAX MARATHON
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Join the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in celebrating the Anniversary of these cult classics with a Mad Max Movie Marathon!
Mad Max: Rockatansky (Mel Gibson, in his first starring role) is a cop of the desolate, post-apocalyptic Australia of the "near future". He and his comrades have to regularly go after the goons and punks who terrorize the highways. Until Max quits his job and sets out to seek revenge for his partner's incineration, and wife and child are attacked by a gang of bikers. This energetic cult hit has some amazing stunt work and action scenes and is also subtly atmospheric.
The Road Warrior: Even better - with cooler, creepier villains and LOADS of action. Still in the post-apocalyptic Australian wasteland, a cynical drifter (Max/Mel Gibson) agrees to help a small, gasoline rich, community escape a band of bandits.
Beyond Thunder Dome: Mad Max (Mel Gibson), still wandering the post-apocalyptic Outback alone, stumbles across the corrupt Bartertown, led by Auntie Entity (Tina Turner) and must compete in the "Thunder Dome".
3:15 pm-ROADWAR 151: A Fan sponsored "RUN" down Hwy 151 culminates in our parking lot. Come and mingle, see the costumes, movie replicas and inspired vehicles. Or contact
[email protected] to register and take part in the "RUN".
4:00 pm-MAD MAX (the one that started it all, and Made Mel Gibson a house hold name)
6:10 pm- Mad Max II "The Road Warrior" (When all that's left is one last chance, pray that he's still out there ... somewhere!)
8:15 pm-Beyond Thunder Dome (Mad Max III, "two men enter, one man leaves") Showings (click on a show time to buy tickets):
Saturday, April 16
3:15 pm (http://www.drafthouse.com/online_tix/buy.asp?showing=64314) (No Passes)
'Mad Max' fans run afoul of the SAPD
Web Posted: 04/18/2005 12:00 AM CDT
Mariano Castillo
Express-News Staff Writer
Spooked motorists called police to report a scene so bizarre it could've come from a movie: a convoy of armed men apparently trying to hijack a tanker truck.
In fact, it did come from a movie.
"Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior," to be exact.
Eleven "Mad Max" movie buffs were arrested and charged Saturday afternoon with obstruction of a highway during their theatrical convoy from Boerne to the Alamo Draft House in San Antonio for a movie marathon.
Police received several calls from motorists near U.S. 151 and Loop 410 who reported a "militia" armed with machine guns surrounding a tanker truck, a police report states.
The guns were fake and the tanker truck was part of the act, but two of the collared movie buffs were also charged with possession of prohibited knives.
Someone in the group told police that they were filming a documentary. But instead of sympathy, they got a citation for filming without a permit.
One of the organizers of the event, Chris Fenner, said the arrests were unfair to the group.
Fenner said he was riding a motorcycle behind the tanker truck, and the rest of the convoy was lined up behind him, not speeding or weaving in traffic.
Fenner had even e-mailed police spokesman Gabe Trevino to give the Police Department a heads-up on the event and invite officers to attend.
Along the route to the theater, Fenner had to pull over for a little while, and he arrived at the Alamo Draft House last, only to see a group of police cars there.
"I thought, wow, what a great turnout by the San Antonio police," Fenner said.
Some cops found the situation humorous, but some others were quite agitated and made the arrests, said Fenner, who was confounded that anyone would have confused the costumed crew for a real threat.
"I honestly don't know how that could be, because 'Road Warrior' was so over the top," he said.
About 25 people participated in the convoy, some from across the country, and more than twice that number were expected to attend the movie marathon.
Most were die-hard "Mad Max" fans, like Fenner.
He remembers watching the first "Mad Max" with his father and the second on a date with the woman who would be his future bride.
"I really like cars and motorcycles, and they're great car and motorcycle movies," he said.
The convoy was part of an event dubbed "Road War 151," which was to culminate with the movie marathon.
The marathon was canceled after the arrests.
According to the Web site roadwarusa.com, actor Vernon Wells, who portrayed the character "Wez," was to appear at the marathon.
Of those arrested, Jeffrey Kuykendall, 25, was charged with three counts of obstruction of a highway and possession of a prohibited knife. William Rodriguez, 20, faced one count each.
The others, charged with single counts of obstruction were Fenner, 42; Sean Richmond, 20; Joseph Goss, 45; Kevin Wright, 35; Robert Castro, 35; Manuel Salgado, 25; Gary Minter, 43; Karol Bactoszynski, 29; Christopher Medellin, 35; and Steven Shelton, 58.