Long alien fingers slowly wrap around the side of the shed door as the creature pants heavily.At 2 am in Elliott""s bedroom, the family dog (sleeping on a lower bunk) awakens when it senses something stirring outside.A man who wandered out into the wasteland.And it was here in this blighted place that he learned to live again."The opening (and closing) images of lone rogue cop or ""road warrior"" Mad Max (Rockatansky) (Mel Gibson), an ex-member of the Australian highway patrol (the Main Force Patrol (MFP)), portrayed him standing as a lone figure amidst visions of a post-apocalyptic violent world.They are ordered to sing a Negro spiritual by Lyle (Burton Gilliam), the white-chain gang overseer:Now come on boys, where""s your spirit? I don""t hear no singin"".Lubitsch""s and Lengyel""s comedic material was then put into script form by New York playwright Edwin Justus Mayer.