Making one movie over a decade is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Mad Max: Fury Road, from its numerous delays that started in 1998 with Mel Gibson, to the risking life in limb stunts in the unruly deserts of Africa that caused Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy to nearly kill each other.

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In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and troubled productions are bound to happen. And we are going to talk about these disastrous, never ending, and sometimes dangerous productions. From the creators of WTF Happened To This Movie?, It Was A Sh*t Show is a video essay/documentary/podcast series looking at some of your favorite films and tv shows, and why they were such a nightmare to make.

Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:29 - Origins of Mad Max & George Miller
01:30 - The Cultural Impact of the Mad Max Trilogy
03:31 - George Miller Tries to Leave Mad Max Behind
04:23 - What is a MacGuffin?
05:22 - The First Failed Mad Max 4
06:33 - Happy Feet & Justice League of America
07:25 - Mad Max 4: Fury Road Becomes a Reality
08:44 - Fury Road's Desert Turns into a Garden
09:57 - A Nerve Racking, Dangerous Production
11:55 - Filming Fury Road without a Script
13:37 - Feuding Cast: Charlize Theron & Tom Hardy
14:56 - Warner Bros Shuts Down Production
16:16 - George Miller & Fury Road's Second Chance
17:27 - Master Class in Editing & VFX
19:30 - Mad Max: Fury Road Releases May 15, 2015

Sources:
Ain’t It Cool News: https://bit.ly/3pFSOdc
https://bit.ly/3aoh8JR
Australian Screen: https://bit.ly/2YwK7G3
Box Office Mojo: https://bit.ly/2Me0mFD
The Daily Telegraph: https://bit.ly/3tc1nyl
Entertainment Weekly: https://bit.ly/2MHjSdg
Esquire: https://bit.ly/2NPfk57
The Hollywood Reporter: https://bit.ly/36soxXq
https://bit.ly/39yrV5e
IndieWire: https://bit.ly/36xwXNw
MTV: https://on.mtv.com/3oBDpsW
New York Post: https://bit.ly/3pFNo1y
New York Times: https://nyti.ms/3cnG6vM
Rotten Tomatoes: https://bit.ly/36uBkcd
Variety: https://bit.ly/2YzpqsU
The Wrap: https://bit.ly/3ajB6pe

Featured Footage:
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Bronson (2008)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Contact (1993)
Dude, Where's My Car? (2000)
Fallout 3 (2008)
Family Guy (1999 - )
The Hangover (2009)
Happy Feet (2006)
Happy Feet Two (2011)
Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
The Hurt Locker (2008)
Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade (1989)
Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom (1984)
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005 - )
Justice League (2001-2004)
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Mad Max (1979)
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981) and special features
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) and special features
Pitch Perfect 2 (2015)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Stuart: A Life Backwards (2007)
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) and special features
Waterworld (1995)
What Women Want (2000)

Australian Screen: https://aso.gov.au/people/George_Mill...
CBS News:    • Mel Gibson Threatens to Kill Ex  
Festival de Canne:    • MAD MAX -conference- (en) Cannes 2015  
iloura: https://vimeo.com/152659670
Oscars 2007:    • "Happy Feet" winning Best Animated Fe...  
Oscars 2016:    • "Mad Max: Fury Road" wins for Costume...  
   • "Mad Max: Fury Road" wins for Film Ed...  
   • "Mad Max: Fury Road" wins Production ...  
Roy Hessey:    • Desert Wildflowers Australia  
Wired:    • Mad Max Fury Road: Choreographing Com...  

Music:
David Schwartz - Face Blindness (L&M)
Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme
Tom Holkenborg - Mad Max: Fury Road (Original Soundtrack)

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