Mad Max was in instant monster success in Australia, and by the time of Gallipolli Gibson had also made a film called 'Tim', which was the first film adaptation of a Colleen McCullough novel. Gibson was a bona fide leading man in Australian cinema by then
When Mad Max was first released in the States, the entire film was redubbed so the actors all had middle American accents. Movie made absolutely no friggin' sense at all.
I remember spending the whole thing trying to figure out why they were driving on the wrong side of the &*^%# road.