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Many classic cars of various makes and models appeared in the movie Mad Max (1979), Holdens that appeared included HQ Monaro, EH Ute, HJ Sandman PV, HJ Ute, EJ Ute, EK

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1 Holdens in Movies and on TV

[edit] Holdens in Movies and on TV

[edit] The 50s

**Holdens in the Movies and on TV**
Title and Year	Holden Model	Actor	Scene
A Town Like Alice (1956)	FJ Ute (White) Under Tree FJ Ute (White) Under Tree FJ Sedan (White) Partly obscured	Peter Finch Virginia McKenna	Final Scene, Cutaway of Alice Springs Airport It's likely an attempt was made to obscure the FJ's since the story was set close to the end of WWII and before FJ's went into production.
The Shiralee (1957)	48/215 FJ Sedans	Peter Finch Bruce Beeby	Solicitor's Office in Kings Cross Sydney Taxi arrives at Nilpena hospital
Three In One, The City (1957)	48/215 FJ Sedans	Stewart Ginn	Taxi FJ's being spray painted in the GMH Pagewood Plant in Sydney

Holden FB Wagon on simulated fire with who appears to be actor Leonard Teale in the foreground. Homicide (1964) ran from 1964 to 1975 and produced 509 episodes.

[edit] The 60s

**Holdens in the Movies and on TV**
Title and Year	Holden Model	Actor	Scene
Homicide (1964) (TV Series)	Many	Many	Many
They're a Wierd Mob (1966)	HD and Earlier	Extras	Many
Division 4 (1969)	HT and earlier	Chuck Faulkner	Many

[edit] The 70s

**Holdens in the Movies and on TV**
Title and Year	Holden Model	Actor	Scene
Wake in Fright (1971)	HK Taxi	Johnny Armstrong	John Grant Arrives in the Bundinyabba
Matlock Police (1971)	HG and earlier	Michael Pate	Many
Alvin Purple (1973)	Various	Many	Many
Stone (1974)	HQ Sedan	Slim De Grey	Burial of Go Down at Gore Hill Cemetary Sydney
The Cars That Ate Paris (1974)	48/215 FJ FE FC Sedans	Stuntmen	Many
Bazza McKenzie Holds His Own (1974)	CF Bedford Van	Barry Crocker	Bazza is harrassed by cops
Sunday Too Far Away (1975)	48/215 (Cream coloured sedan)	Jack Thompson	Wet patch rollover scene
The Man From Hong Kong (1975)	LC 2 Door	Yu Wang	Car Chase Scene
Solo One(1975)	HJ and earlier	Paul Cronin	Many
The Devil's Playground (1976)	FJ Sedan	Nick Tate	Some
Storm Boy (1976)	EK Ute	David Gulpilil	Many
Alvin Rides Again (1976)	Various	Many	Many
Don's Party (1976)	HG 161 Sedan Light Blue HR Sedan Taxi	Harold Hopkins Claire Binney Candy Raymond	Cooly drives to the Party Kerry leaves the party
The Fourth Wish (1976)	HX Ambulance 6 wheel	John Meillon	Hospital Scene
The Outsiders (1976 ABC TV)	EH Ute	Andrew Kier Sascha Hehn	Centrepiece
The FJ Holden (1977)	FJ Sedan 3 EH Vans	Many	Many
Summer City (1977)	Many	Mel Gibson	Many
Newsfront (1978)	FJ Panel Van (Yellow)	Bill Hunter Chris Haywood	Redex Trial Coverage
Money Movers (1978)	JO Bedfords	Bryan Brown Ed Deveraux	Many
Little Boy Lost (1978)	FJ Ute	Many	Many
The Deer Hunter(1978)	EH Premiere Sedan	Christopher Walken	Night phone box scene
Mad Max (1979)	HQ Monaro EH Ute HJ Sandman PV HJ Ute EJ Ute EK	Vince Gil Steve Bisley Mel Gibson	Opening scene Crash Max' Vehicle Background Nightclub Scene
Dimboola (1979)	Various	Max Gillies Bruce Spence	Various

[edit] The 80s

**Holdens in the Movies and on TV**
Title and Year	Holden Model	Actor	Scene
Kingswood Country (1980)	HJ V8 Sedan (Blue) VB V8 Sedan	Ross Higgins	Every
The Club (1980)	Statesman	Graham Kennedy	Many
Stir (1980)	HZ Sedan	Bryan Brown	End scene
A Country Practice (1981)	FX Sedan	Many	Many
The Chain Reaction (1980)	HJ 1 Tonner	Steve Bisley	Car chase on dirt road
The Killing of Angel Street (1981)	JO Bedford Truck TK Bedford Truck	Liz Alexander	Demolition scenes
Mad Max II (1981)	Blown HQ Stato Turbo'd LC HQ Monaro (Red)	Mel Gibson	End Chase Scene
Puberty Blues (1981)	HT 161 Panel Van	Nell Schofield	Various Cronulla scenes
Goodbye Pork Pie NZ (1981)	HZ Sedans HQ Sedans (Many police cars) HK-T-G Sedan EH Sedan (Black)	Tony Barry Marshall Napier	Car Chase Scene
Smash Palace NZ (1981)	HR (White Wagon) HZ Sedan (Police Car) HZ Sedan (Police Car) HQ Sedan (Police Car) HQ Sedan (Police Car) FC (Fawn Station Sedan)	Greer Robson Terence Donovan Bruno Lawrence Bruno Lawrence	Go Kart scene RALT Street Trial Ohakune Chemist Kidnapping Court Papers Served Siege Scene Siege Scene
Running on Empty (1982)	HK/HG Monaro EK/FB	Unknown	Unknown Rolls and lands in the mud
Scales of Justice - The Job(1983)	CF Bedford	Bill Hunter Isabelle Anderson	Domestic Callout
Scales of Justice - The Numbers (1983)	VH Sedan	Dennis Miller	Drug Bust
Midnite Spares (1983)	Many	Many	Many
Buddies (1983)	HQ Ute	Colin Friels Harold Hopkins	Rolled by Caterpillar
Silver City (1984)	Many	Dennis Miller Gosia Dobrawolska	Many
Fran (1985)	HQ Monaro GTS (Yellow) HQ Wagon (Gold)	Noni Hazelhurst	Opening Credits Fran Gets a Ride Home
Emoh Ruo (1985)	LC SL 2600 6 Cyl 4 Door	Joy Smithers	Joy tries to tow the anchored caravan
The Empty Beach (1985)	Sandman	Bryan Brown	Car chase scene
Mad Max III (1985) Beyond Thunderdome	FC	Mel Gibson	Tunnel Entrance
Shout (1985)	FJ Light green sedan Vauxhall Cresta EJ Taxi Sedan	Terry Serio Slim De Grey	Poster Scene Marriage Seperation Scene
Shaker Run (1985) NZ	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Came a Hot Friday (1985) NZ	FX	Unknown	Unknown
The Fringe Dwellers (1986)	EJ Wagon JO Bedford	Bob Maza	The Family Leave Town
The Great Bookie Robbery (1986)	HQ Monaro	Unknown	Getaway scene
Army Wives (1986)	HT 186 Sedan	Julie Nihill	Breaks down the Army Mess door. One scene shows the unearthed taillight symptom
The Fast Lane (1986)	HD Sedan	Terry Bader Richard Healy	Episode Regular
Malcolm (1986)	White VH White HQ B&W Taxi Glimpse of a heap of Holdens behind a wire fence White VH Police car gets hoisted by forklift White VH Police car in a couple of car chases one is where Malcom splits his car.	Chris Heywood	The Police Car is Lifted by Chris Driving a Forklift Truck
Initiation (1987)	FX/FJ Ute VH (White Sedan) WB (Blue Panel Van VH grill and front lights)	Rodney Harvey Miranda Otto Bruno Lawrence	Danny talks with Stevie Danny's escape
High Tide (1987)	HT 161 Ute	John Clayton	Slams into Cowboy Bob's Landcruiser
The Year My Voice Broke (1987)	EH and earlier	Noah Taylor Loene Carmen	Many
Running From the Guns (1987)	HG Panelvan	John Blake	Many
Vietnam (1987)	Vauxhall Cresta Ute EJ (White Taxi Sedan)	John Polson Nicole Kidman Nicholas Eadie	Date Phil Departs for Vietnam
Ground Zero (1987)	FB Ambulance (red) HQ Ute	Colin Friels Jack Thompson	Sydney streets, desert
Cry Freedom (1987)	HQ Sedan Export Model	John Hargreaves	Escape scene
Shame (1987)	VH Commodore Cop Car HQ Wagon HZ Ute White	Peter Aanensen Deborra-Lee Furness Tony Barry	Fight Scene
Cane Toads (1988)	FJ Sedan (Black)	Unknown	Cane Toad's romantic engagement.
Rikki and Pete (1988)	VB Police Cars	Stephen Kearney	Police cars chained together
Incident at Raven's Gate (1988)	HQ	Steven Vidler	Dirt road chase
Evil Angels (1988)	LX (4 Cyl)	Sam Neill	Many
Bangkok Hilton (1989)	HR (White 161 Sedan)	Denholm Elliot	Visit Kat's House Scene
The Delinquents (1989)	FJ FC	Kylie Minogue	Many

[edit] The 90s

**Holdens in the Movies and on TV**
Title and Year	Holden Model	Actor	Scene
The Big Steal (1990)	HQ Monaro	Ben Mendelsohn Claudia Karvan	Drag Scene
Return Home (1990)	HD Sedan	Ben Mendelsohn	Many
The Crossing (1990)	FC Ute EK Sedan	Russell Crowe Robert Mammone	Many
Dingo (1991)	HR Ute	Colin Friels	Airport Scene, Main Street Scene
Brides of Christ TV (1991)	FB Sedan (Lime Green and White Taxi) HR (Blue) EJ (Gold) FC Ute EK Sedan (Blue) 48/215 (Green Sedan)	Anne Tenney Phillip Quast Sandy Gore Russel Crowe Kym Wilson Lisa Hensley	Episode 2 - Anne Tenney arrives at School Episode 4 - Phillip and Sandy exit the cinema Episode 6 - Russell and Kym talk about conscription Episode 7 - Lisa arrives in country town
Police Rescue TV (1991)	HX Ute	Gary Sweet	Various
Sweet Talker (1991)	FJ Sedan	Bryan Brown	Ending
Resistance (1992)	HQ (Black Monaro)	Lorna Lesley	Roadside Diner Scene
Road to Alice (1992)	HD (Black Sedan)	Loene Carmen Helen Buday Noah Taylor Hugo Weaving	Various
Jackeroo (1992)	Statesman Commodores	Various	Various
The Last Days of Chez Nous (1992)	HD Sedan (Black)	Kerry Fox	Car Theft Attempt Scene
Spotswood (1992)	FC Sedan (Black)	Toni Collette	Clutch Starting Scene
Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior NZ (1992)	VH Commodore Sedan Taxi (Green)		Spies Check Out of the Hotel
Blood Warriors (1993)	HQ/HJ (Blue Sedan)	Unknown	Unknown
Stark (1993)	FC Sedan	Jacqueline Mckenzie	Many
Bad Boy Bubby (1993)	Panel Van HQ Monaros	Nicolas Hope	Many
Once Were Warriors NZ (1994)	HQ Sedan (Red) VR Commodore (Red) HQ Wagon (Red)	Mamaengaroa Kerr-Bell Temeura Morrison Rena Owen	Grace Visits Toot Last Family Outing Beth's Relatives Wave Goodbye
Metal Skin (1994)	SLR Torana HQ Coupe	Aden Young	Street racing scenes
Hotel Sorrento (1995)	FJ Sedan (Yellow) EH Sedan (Brown missing front badge)	None John Hargreaves Joan Plowright	Opening Home Movie Shots John and Joan enter the shop
Rose Against the Odds (1995)	FJ Ute (Blue)	Paul Williams	Lionel's Street Parade
Blue Murder (1995)	HQ Sedan HQ GTS coupe	Tony Martin Alex Dimitriades Loene Carmen	Someone tries to top Neddy Smith Motorcycle donut in pub scene
Dating the Enemy (1996)	VT Taxi	Guy Pearce Claudia Karvan	Ending
Mr Reliable (1996)	HK Sedans HR Ute	Geoff Morell	Seige
True Love and Chaos (1997)	VT (Police Car) HQ Ute (White)	Miranda Otto Ben Mendelsohn	Gas Station Scene Street Chase
Heaven's Burning (1997)	VS Series II HJ/HX Monaro?	Russell Crowe	Taxis Crashes Rolls and Burns
The Castle (1997)	VH (White Wagon)	Michael Caton Anne Tenney	Radar Detector Scene The Family arrives at the lake
Wildside (1997)	VP Sedan HX Sedan	Tony Martin Aaron Pedersen	Many
Blackrock (1997)	HZ Panel Van	Simon Lyndon	Hood riding scene
Road to Nhill (1997)	Commodore Police Car	Matthew Dyktynski	Police Station Scene
Doing Time For Patsy Cline (1997)	Commodore Police Car	Matt Day	Washing Police Car
Dance Me to My Song (1998)	HR Ute (White)	Rena Owen Heather Rose	The ute does donuts with Julia inside
The Sound of One Hand Clapping (1998)	FJ Sedan (Wheel Covers)	Kristoff Kaczmarek	Many
Aftershocks (1998)	HK Sedan	Lorna Lesley Jeremy Sims	Relating the Earthquake Events While Driving
Two Hands (1999)	Statesman VR (Blue Sedan) VL Walkinshaw Torana HT or HG Monaro	Susie Porter Heath Ledger Steve Le Marquand Keiran Darcy-Smith	Susie and Heath Driving Bank Robbery Cars parked at Wazza'a House
The Craic (1999)	Metallic Blue HX "50th Anniversary" (of General Motors) Sedan	Jimeoin	Chase Scene
The Mick Molloy Show (1999)	HR (Blue)	Mick Molloy	Many
In The Red (1999)	LX Torana VT Police Cars VS Autotech Ute	N/A	Crash Scene Burnout Scene

[edit] 2000 and onwards

**Holdens in the Movies and on TV**
Title and Year	Holden Model	Actor	Scene
The Goddess of 1967 (2000)	FJ HK White Sedan HQ - HZ Ute white	Rose Byrne	Outside pub
Risk (2000)	VT Sedan VT Police Car	Bryan Brown Claudia Karvan Tom Long	Various End Scene
Mission Impossible II (2000)	VS Statesman (Burgundy)	Tom Cruise	The car is T Boned by a Tow Truck
Looking For Alibrandi (2000)	HJ - Z Sedan (Black) HJ - Z Panel Van (Red)	Pia Miranda	Pia goes with the guys. Pia gets on Triumph bike.
Savage Honeymoon NZ (2000)	CF Bedford Van (Black)	Nicholas Eadie	Stolen Bike Recovery Scene
Jubilee NZ (2000)	HT Ute (White)	Various	Various
The Dish (2000)	EJ Wagon	Eliza Szonert	Backs into post scene
Mullet (2001)	HQ (Ute Gun Metal Grey)	Ben Mendelsohnn	Unknown
La Spagnola (2001)	FX (cream coloured)	Lola Marceli	Wedding Scene
The Farm (2001)	HQ Premier V8 Ute Cream Coloured	Colin Friels	Drive from Bundara to the City
Yolgnu Boy (2001)	VT (Blue Sedan)	Sean Mununggurr	Street Chase
Wilfull (2001)	WB Tonner WB Ute VT Commodore HX Tonner	Ellesha Dobbs Anna Lise Phillips	Father dies Anna drives to the country house Anna departs country house
Lantana (2001)	VT Commodore	Anthony Lapaglia	Anthony Breaks Down
Bush Mechanics (2001)	Many	Great Warlpiri Actors	Many
He Died With a Felafel in His Hand (2001)	Holden Utes	Noah Taylor	Street Scenes
McLeod's Daughters (2001)	EK Sedan	Many	Many
Australian Rules (2002)	LH Torana HQ - HZ Ute	Unknown	Unknown
Dirty Deeds (2002)	Brougham EK Ute EH Sedan	Bryan Brown Anthony Jensen Andrew S Gilbert	Various
Foyle's War (2002)	K Series Bedford Trucks	Michael Kitchen Honeysuckle Weeks	Various
Crackerjack (2002)	HD Sedan EH Sedan	Mick Molloy	Car Park
The Honourable Wally Normal (2003)	HJ (Ute) Statesman (Pink)	Kevin Harrington	Many
Strange Bedfellows (2004)	J2 Bedford (Red) VT Commodore (Police Car)	Paul Hogan Michael Caton	Opening Scene
The Crop (2004)	HQ or HJ (Sedan Green)	Unknown	Unknown
Get Rich Quick (2004)	T's HZ Wagon (EFI VK Injected)	Tamara Lovatt-Smith Grant Naylor	Hitch Hike Scene
The Alice (2004)	HZ Blue Sedan	Various	Many
Bondi Tsunami (2004)	EK Wagon	Various	Many
Through My Eyes (2004)	Many	Craig MacLachlan Miranda Otto	Many
Lucky (2005)	HJ (Red Sedan)	Nash Edgerton	The entire short
Small Claims: White Wedding (2005)	HK Monaro	Various	Body in the boot
Wolf Creek (2005)	HQ Statesman	John Jarret	"Mad Max" scene
World's Fastest Indian NZ (2006)	FJ Sedan (Green) FJ Sedan (Black) Vauxhall Velox Vauxhall Cresta	Anthony Hopkins	Burt's Party Beach Race Burt's Return Burt's Departure scenes
Who Killed Dr Bogle and Mrs Chandler (2006)	EK Special Sedan (White) FB Special Sedan (Fawn and White)	Nicholas Hope	Mr Chandler under surveillance
Catch a Fire (2006)	HQ Police Car (White Sedan) VH Police Car (Yellow Sedan with Chev bow tie)	Tim Robbins Bonnie Mbuli	Harrassment Scene
King of the Mountain (2006)	XU1 A9X	David Campbell Matt Newton	Many
Unfolding Florence (2006)	HZ Sedan blue EH Green Wagon HQ Blue (front only)	Judi Farr Felicity Price	Archival Footage
Kenny (2006)	Kingswood Vacationer (2 Tone Gold) Many others	Shane Jacobsen	Geelong scene
Black Sheep NZ (2006)	HJ Kingswood Wagon	Danielle Mason
West (2007)	VH Commodore Sedan FE Panel Van	Khan Chittenden Tim McCunn Gillian Alexy Felicity Price	Drunk Driving Scene Pregnancy Scene
Murder in the Outback (2007)	Commodores HZ Ute (blue)	Bryan Brown Denise Roberts	Many
Bastard Boys (2007)	Commodore police cars	Jack Thompson Tony Hayes	Strike Scenes
Transformers (2007)	Pontiac Monaro		Blow up scene
Romulus My Father (2007)	FX Sedan Black FE-FC ute powder blue	Eric Bana Franka Potente	Opening scene

[edit] TV Advertisements

Companies like McDonalds often use Holdens in their advertising to give that "true blue" Australian feel.

**Holdens in TV Advertisements**
Title and Year	Holden Model	Actor	Scene
MacDonald's; How long M has been in Australia	HR Sedan	Unknown	Retired folks eating ice creams
Home Hardware Ad	FJ (Pleisticene model)	Unknown	Two dogs
Big M Milk	FX/FJ	Unknown	Milk lands on Porsche
Big M Milk	FC (Grey) Sedan	Unknown	Tyre change scene
Big M Milk	HK Monaro	Unknown	Piano rolls downhill
Big M Milk	HQ - Z Panel Van (Yellow)	Unknown	Opening Scene
Nicorette	WB Tonner	Unknown	Unknown
Tooheys Extra Dry	HR Ute (colour Brown) Blown	Unknown	Ending

[edit] Holden Commercials

**Holden TV Commercials**
Title	Holden Model	Year
Holden HQ Television Commercial	HQ Kingswood	Unknown
Holden Ad - Jet Smooth	HQ Kingswood	Unknown
Holden Ad from the 70's	HZ's ++ (please add)	Unknown
Holden Kingswood HX Commercial	HX - Kingswood, Wagon, Premier, and GTS	Unknown
LX Torana Hatchback Ad - Full