Posted on 09/01/2009 9:14:21 AM PDT by Wardenclyffe
A British man’s 27-year obsession with the post-apocalyptic biker movie Mad Max has led to him moving his family from Yorkshire to a tiny town in the middle of the Australian Outback.
Adrian Bennett first saw the iconic Australian film Mad Max and its sequel The Road Warrior, when he was a teenager in England in 1982.
Now 45, Mr Bennett has decided to fulfill his dream of living in the same town where the first two movies were made and has moved his wife Linda and two of his sons from their home in Bradford, Yorkshire, to Silverton on the border of New South Wales and South Australia.
He says he moved to the tiny and remote Outback town, which is located over 800 miles west of Sydney and has a population of just 51, so he can set up a Mad Max museum in his backyard where he can park his custom-made made replica black Interceptor.
A panel beater and crash repairer by trade, Mr Bennett even created his own version of Max’s Interceptor car in his garage in Bradford after exporting a Ford Falcon Coupe from the US. He spent over £15,000 customising the machine, and even more bringing it to Australia.
He has even acquired his own blue heeler cattle dog, aptly named Dog, after Max’s own faithful companion in the movie.
The Bennetts first moved from England to Adelaide in South Australia three years ago before finally buying a house in Silverton last month, and are now living off their savings while Mr Bennett begins to plan his museum.
Silverton is often described as a “ghost town” because of its remote location and small population, but is a popular tourist destination with approximately 140,000 visitors each year.
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Certainly one would get a lot more sunshine in the Australian Outback vs. Yorkshire.
Probably more job opportunities too!
A few things: It’s great to follow your dreams, but this is odd. And Mad Max is probably not a film to emulate. Just my opinion.
Also, this shows how Hollywood has helped lead people out of the real world and into the fantasy world. Too many people have ideas and expectations based on what they see in the movies/on television.
Otherwise, I’m sure the outback is a fun place to live.
You can run but you can’t hide-WEZ
Matter of taste, I suppose, but I much prefer The Road Warrior.
Just walk away. All we want is the oil. Just walk away!
I’ll bet it’s just impossible to actually watch the movie with this guy.
Looks like I got myself some gazoline.
Seriously, the outback is pretty wild. Don’t know why he would want to live there.
Oh... and his wife needs some sort of “Good Sport of the Year” award.
I wonder what her favorite movie is? Hopefully not “Waterworld”.
I tried to move to NYC to relive “Escape from New York”, but the place turned out to be too hellish.
[snicker]
Heh.
I always loved that line, from the movie.
I saw the “Road Warrior” when I was seven years old. That little kid gave me nightmares.
“Perhaps it was the result of anxiety”
I want to build that Interceptor someday...
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