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Mel Gibson (born January 3, 1956) is an United
States|American-born Australian-reared actor, film
director|director and film producer|producer best
known for acting in the Mad Max movie series, the
Lethal Weapon series, Braveheart and directing the
2004 blockbuster The Passion of the Christ.

==Overview==

Gibson was born Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson in
Peekskill, New York|Peekskill, New York, the sixth
child of eleven born to Hutton Gibson|Hutton and
Ann Gibson.

Gibson was born with a physical anomaly called
"Horseshoe kidney". His two kidneys are fused at
the base into a U shape. This fusion anomaly
occurs in about one of every 400 people.

Although he maintained his United States
citizenship, he was raised in Australia from the
age of twelve. Following a victory on the TV game
show Jeopardy!, Gibson's father, Hutton, moved his
family to Australia in 1968 in protest of the
Vietnam War and because he believed that changes
in American society were immoral.

Some people have attacked his father Hutton Gibson
for religious views that he says are based on
Catholic Traditionalism, and on his political
opinions. A member of a Roman Catholic group that
chooses not to accept as valid current Church
teachings deriving from Second Vatican
Council|Vatican II, Mel Gibson has donated money
to finance the construction of a traditional
Catholic chapel in Malibu, California.

Gibson, 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) married Robyn Moore on
June 7 1980 with whom he has 7 children: daughter,
Hannah Gibson|Hannah (born 1980); twin sons,
Edward Gibso|Edward and Christian Gibson|Christian
(born 1982); son, Willie Gibson|Willie (born
1985); son, Louis Gibson|Louis (born 1988); son,
Milo Gibson|Milo (born 1990); son, Tommy
Gibson|Tommy (born 1999).

In early 2005, Mago Island was purchased by
Gibson. Natives to the island plan to protest
Gibson's plans to turn the island into a private
getaway. Gibson purchased the island from Japan's
Tokyu corporation for $15 million.

==Gibson and the movies== 

After graduating from the National Institute of
Dramatic Art in 1977, Gibson's acting career began
in Australia with appearances in the television
series The Sullivans. 

He made his Australian movie debut as the
leather-clad post-apocalyptic survivor in George
Miller's Mad Max, which later became a cult
film|cult hit and launched two of its own sequels.
His international profile increased through Peter
Weir's anti-war World War I|First World War film
Gallipoli (film)|Gallipoli. In 1984, he made his
U.S. movie debut, starring as Fletcher Christian
in The Bounty (film)|The Bounty. Wales|Welsh actor
Anthony Hopkins played opposite Gibson as William
Bligh|Captain Bligh.

===Lethal Weapon and Hamlet===
Gibson moved to more mainstream filmmaking with
the popular Lethal Weapon series, where he starred
as a maverick and violent cop, Martin Riggs, in a
buddy relationship with his older and more
conservative partner played by Danny Glover.
Gibson surprisingly moved to the classical genre,
playing the melancholy Danish prince in Franco
Zeffirelli's movie of William
Shakespeare|Shakespeare's Hamlet (1990). Gibson
has been equally successful as a comedy actor, in
movies such as Maverick (movie)|Maverick (1994)
and What Women Want (2000).

===Academy awards===
In 1996, Gibson received two Academy Awards
(Academy Award for Directing|Best Director and
Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture) for
Braveheart (1995), loosely based on the life of
Sir William Wallace, a thirteenth century
Scotland|Scottish warlord who fought the
England|English.

===The Passion of the Christ===

main|The Passion of Christ

Gibson played a crucial role in the Making of The
Passion of the Christ|making of The Passion of the
Christ, a 2004 movie in Aramaic language|Aramaic,
Hebrew language|Hebrew, and Latin, recounting a
description of the last twelve hours of the life
of Jesus|Jesus Christ. The movie has received
praise from Christians and a number of politically
conservative Jews (e.g., Michael Medved, David
Horowitz, and Steven Waldman).

The movie has been criticised by some Christian
and Jewish scholars, some of whom have claimed it
may promote anti-Semitism, as it relies on imagery
similar to that of passion-plays that have in the
past incited anti-Semitic incidents. The movie has
been criticised by Christian scholars for taking
liberties with the New Testament storylines; a
significant number of scenes and details in the
movie are original ideas from an 19th century
Catholic nun, Anne Catherine Emmerich, in her book
http://www.jesus-passion.com/DOLOROUS_PASSION_OF_O
UR_LORD_JESUS_CHRIST.htm The Dolorous Passion of
Our Lord Jesus Christ.

Gibson was asked if his movie would be offensive
to Jews today; his response was "It's not meant
to. I think it's meant to just tell the truth. I
want to be as truthful as possible. But when you
look at the reasons Christ came, he was
crucified—he died for all mankind and he
suffered for all mankind. So that, really, anyone
who transgresses has to look at their own part or
look at their own culpability." He also stated in
an interview in The New Yorker, that he trimmed a
scene from The Passion of the Christ involving the
Jewish high priest Caiaphas because if he did not,
"they'd be coming after me at my house, they'd
come to kill me." 

When the Carmelite nuns at the convent in Coimbra,
Portugal got word out that they wanted to see a
copy of the film before it was released on DVD,
Gibson personally arranged for a special digital
screening off of one inch tape and shipped in a
projector and screens to view it and introduced
the film in person. Later, he stopped by again to
have a private meeting with the convent's most
famous nun, Sister Lucia who was 97 and was the
last survivor of the three children who saw the
vision of the Virgin Mary and were said to have
been given secrets by her, known as the Our Lady
of Fatima|Fatima Secrets.

In spite of the criticism (or perhaps helped by
it), the movie grossed $611,899,420 worlwide
($370,782,930 in the US alone) and became the
eighth List of highest-grossing
films|highest-grossing film in history. It
currently is the 10th highest-grossing film and
the highest-grossing Rated R film.

==Gibson's politics and opinions==
Some gay rights groups have accused Gibson of
homophobia for his alleged Traditionalist Catholic
views on homosexuality, and for depicting
homosexuals as villains in Braveheart. However,
historians agree that the character, the King
Edward II of England was indeed a homosexual, and
also agree with what was portrayed in the movie of
the King being a mere puppet of Thomas of
Lancaster.

Despite the fact that he has been perceived as
being politically conservative (even though he has
never identified himself as such), Gibson joined
many of his colleagues in the entertainment
industry in opposition to the Iraq War and even
praised Michael Moore's film Fahrenheit 9/11,
leading many to question labeling him as a
conservative.

==Quotes==

*"Vatican II corrupted the institution of the
church. Look at the main fruits: dwindling numbers
and pedophilia." - Time, January 27, 2003 

*"Why are they calling her a Nazi? ...  Because
modern secular Judaism wants to blame the
Holocaust on the Catholic Church. And it's a lie.
And it's revisionism. And they've been working on
that one for a while." - On criticism of Anne
Catherine Emmerich, an 18th century nun whose
writings influenced his portrayal of Jesus' death
and also featured what Gibson's opponents consider
anti-Semitic overtones. The New Yorker, September
15, 2003


==Selected filmography==
*Apocalypto(2006)
*The Passion of the Christ  (2004, produced,
directed and co-wrote)
*The Singing Detective (movie)|The Singing
Detective (2003)
*Signs (2002)
*We Were Soldiers (2002)
*Chicken Run (2000),  (voice)
*The Million Dollar Hotel (2000)
*The Patriot (2000)
*What Women Want (2000)
*Payback (movie)|Payback (1999)
*Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
*Conspiracy Theory (1997)
*Fairy Tale: A True Story (1997, uncredited)
*Father's Day (1997 movie)|Father's Day (1997,
uncredited)
*Ransom (movie)|Ransom (1996)
*Braveheart (1995, also directed)
*Pocahontas (1995 movie)|Pocahontas (1995, voice)
*Maverick (1994 movie)|Maverick (1994)
*The Man Without a Face (1993, also directed)
*Forever Young (movie)|Forever Young (1992)
*Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
*Air America (1990 movie)|Air America (1990)
*Bird on a Wire (1990)
*Hamlet (1990 movie)|Hamlet (1990)
*Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
*Tequila Sunrise (1988 movie)|Tequila Sunrise
(1988)
*Lethal Weapon (1987)
*Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
*The Bounty (1984 movie)|The Bounty (1984)
*Mrs. Soffel (1984)
*The River (movie)|The River (1984)
*Attack Force Z (1982)
*The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
*Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
*Gallipoli (film)|Gallipoli (1981)
*Mad Max (1979)
*Tim (1979 movie)|Tim (1979)
*Summer City (1977)

==Awards & accomplishments==
*Best Actor in a Lead Role, TIM (1979)
*Australian Film Institute: Best Actor in a Lead
Role, GALLIPOLI (1981)
*People's Choice Awards: Favorite Motion Picture
Actor (1991)
*MTV Movie Awards: Best Action Sequence, LETHAL
WEAPON 3 (1993)
*MTV Movie Awards: Best On-Screen Duo, LETHAL
WEAPON 3 (1993) - shared with Danny Glover
*ShoWest Award: Male Star of the Year (1993)
*National Board of Review of Motion
Pictures|National Board of Review: Special
Achievement in Filmmaking, BRAVEHEART (1995)
*American Cinematheque Gala Tribute: American
Cinematheque Award (1995)
*ShoWest Award: Director of the Year (1996)
*Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards: Best
Director, BRAVEHEART (1996)
*Golden Globe Awards: Best Director, BRAVEHEART
(1996)
*Academy Awards: Best Director, BRAVEHEART (1996)
*Academy Awards: Best Picture, BRAVEHEART (1996)
*People's Choice Awards: Favorite Motion Picture
Actor (1997)
*Hasty Pudding Theatricals: Man of the Year (1997)
*Blockbuster Entertainment Awards: Favorite Actor
- Suspense, RANSOM (1997)
*Blockbuster Entertainment Awards: Favorite Actor
- Suspense, CONSPIRACY THEORY (1998)
*People's Choice Awards: Favorite Motion Picture
Star in a Drama (2001)
*People's Choice Awards: Favorite Motion Picture
Actor (2001)
*Blockbuster Entertainment Awards: Favorite Actor
- Drama, THE PATRIOT (2001)
*Australian Film Institute: Global Achievement
Award (2002)
*People's Choice Awards: Favorite Motion Picture
Actor (2003)
*People's Choice Awards: Favorite Motion Picture
Actor (2004)
*Named as the world's most powerful celebrity by
US business magazine Forbes (2004)

==External links==
*http://www.dmoz.org/Arts/People/G/Gibson,_Mel/
Mel Gibson Directory
*http://www.melgibson.com/ The Unauthorized Mel
Gibson Web Site
*http://www.religionnewsblog.com/category-cat=447.
html Religion News Blog (news and news archive on
Mel Gibson)
*imdb name|id=0000154|name=Mel Gibson
*http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/gibson.as
p snopes.com story about Mel Gibson and his father
*http://melgibsonofficialfansite.freeservers.com/i
ndex.html Mel Gibson fan site.
*http://www.townhall.com/columnists/brentbozell/bb
20030815.shtml Article: Mel Gibson, wronged for
his 'Passion'
*http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n
ews/archive/2003/09/19/national1505EDT0626.DTL
Jewish civil rights leader says actor Mel Gibson
espouses anti-Semitic views
*http://www.supportmelgibson.com/ Support Mel
Gibson.Com
*http://www.celebrityscreenshots.com/actors/melgib
sonactor/ Mel Gibson Actor Site
Apocalypto
**http://www.variety.com/VR1117926351.html
'Apocalypto' now for Mel Variety
(magazine)|Variety, July 22, 2005
**http://www.variety.com/VR1117926430.html Mel
tongue-ties studiosVariety (magazine)|Variety,
July 24, 2005

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Mel Gibson (born January 3, 1956) is an United
States|American-born Australian-reared actor, film
director|director and film producer|producer best
known for acting in the Mad Max movie series, the
Lethal Weapon series, acting and directing the
Academy Award winning Braveheart and directing the
2004 blockbuster The Passion of the Christ.

NOTE: He is not related to Charles Gibson, the ABC
TV host and anchor.

==Overview==

Gibson's full name is Mel Columcille Gerard
Gibson. He was born in Peekskill, New
York|Peekskill, New York, the sixth of ten
children born to Hutton Gibson|Hutton and the late
Ann Gibson, who also adopted one child, bringing
the total number of children in the family to 11.
His younger brother, Donal, is also an actor,
albeit not as successful as his older brother,
Mel.

Although he maintained his United States
citizenship, he was raised in Australia from the
age of twelve. Following a victory on the TV game
show Jeopardy!, Gibson's father, Hutton, moved his
family to Australia in 1968 in protest of the
Vietnam War for which his elder sons were
potentially at risk for being drafted, and also
because he believed that changes in American
society were immoral.

Some people have attacked his father Hutton Gibson
for religious views that he says are based on
Catholic Traditionalism, and on his political
opinions. A Roman Catholic who prefers the
Tridentine Mass, Mel Gibson has donated money to
finance the construction of a traditional style
Catholic chapel in Malibu, California.

Gibson married Robyn Moore on June 7 1980, with
whom he has the following children: daughter,
Hannah (born 1980); twin sons, Edward and
Christian (born 1982); son, Willie (born 1985);
son, Louis (born 1988); son, Milo (born 1990);
son, Tommy (born 1999). Rumors that Hannah was
going to become a nun were quashed by the family
after initial mention in the media.

In early 2005, Mago Island was purchased by
Gibson. Natives to the island plan to protest
Gibson's plans to turn the island into a private
getaway. Gibson purchased the island from Japan's
Tokyu corporation for $15 million.

Gibson was born with a physical anomaly called
"Horseshoe kidney". His two kidneys are fused at
the base into a U shape. This fusion anomaly
occurs in about one of every 400 people.

Although at one point Gibson possessed an
Australian English|Australian accent that was so
thick that his voice was Dubbing
(filmmaking)|dubbed in the US release of Mad Max,
in the early 1990s he began to lose the accent
after having lived in the United States for over a
decade. He now has a fully General
American|American accent.

==Gibson and the movies== 

After graduating from the National Institute of
Dramatic Art in 1977, Gibson's acting career began
in Australia with appearances in the television
series The Sullivans. 

He made his Australian movie debut as the
leather-clad post-apocalyptic survivor in George
Miller's Mad Max, which later became a cult
film|cult hit and launched two of its own sequels.
His international profile increased through Peter
Weir's anti-war World War I|First World War film
Gallipoli (film)|Gallipoli. In 1984, Gibson made
his U.S. movie debut, starring as Fletcher
Christian in The Bounty (film)|The Bounty. Actor
Anthony Hopkins played opposite Gibson as William
Bligh|Captain Bligh.

===Lethal Weapon and Hamlet===
Gibson moved to more mainstream filmmaking with
the popular Lethal Weapon series, where he starred
as a maverick and violent cop, Martin Riggs, in a
buddy relationship with his older and more
conservative partner played by Danny Glover.
Gibson surprisingly moved to the classical genre,
playing the melancholy Danish prince in Franco
Zeffirelli's movie of William
Shakespeare|Shakespeare's Hamlet (1990). Gibson
has been equally successful as a comedy actor, in
movies such as Maverick (movie)|Maverick (1994)
and What Women Want (2000).

===Academy awards===
In 1996, Gibson received two Academy Awards
(Academy Award for Directing|Best Director and
Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture) for
Braveheart (1995), loosely based on the life of
Sir William Wallace, a thirteenth century
Scotland|Scottish warlord who fought the
England|English.

===The Passion of the Christ===

main|The Passion of Christ



Gibson co-wrote, produced and directed The Passion
of the Christ, a 2004 movie in Aramaic
language|Aramaic, Hebrew language|Hebrew, and
Latin, recounting a description of the last twelve
hours of the life of Jesus|Jesus Christ. The movie
has received praise from Christians and a number
of politically conservative Jews (e.g., Michael
Medved, David Horowitz, and Steven Waldman).

The movie has been criticised by some Christian
and Jewish scholars, some of whom have claimed it
may promote anti-Semitism, as it relies on imagery
similar to that of passion-plays that have in the
past incited anti-Semitic incidents. The movie has
been criticised by Christian scholars for taking
liberties with the New Testament storylines; a
significant number of scenes and details in the
movie are original ideas from an 19th century
Catholic nun, Anne Catherine Emmerich, in her book
http://www.jesus-passion.com/DOLOROUS_PASSION_OF_O
UR_LORD_JESUS_CHRIST.htm The Dolorous Passion of
Our Lord Jesus Christ.

Gibson was asked if his movie would be offensive
to Jews today; his response was "It's not meant
to. I think it's meant to just tell the truth. I
want to be as truthful as possible. But when you
look at the reasons Christ came, he was
crucified—he died for all mankind and he
suffered for all mankind. So that, really, anyone
who transgresses has to look at their own part or
look at their own culpability." He also stated in
an interview in The New Yorker, that he trimmed a
scene from The Passion of the Christ involving the
Jewish high priest Caiaphas because if he did not,
"they'd be coming after me at my house, they'd
come to kill me." 

When the Carmelite nuns at the convent in Coimbra,
Portugal got word out that they wanted to see a
copy of the film before it was released on DVD,
Gibson personally arranged for a special digital
screening off of one inch tape and shipped in a
projector and screens to view it and introduced
the film in person. Later, he stopped by again to
have a private meeting with the convent's most
famous nun, Sister Lucia who was 97 and was the
last survivor of the three children who saw the
vision of the Virgin Mary and were said to have
been given secrets by her, known as the Our Lady
of Fatima|Fatima Secrets. Sister Lucia died not
long after.

In spite of the criticism (or perhaps helped by
it), the movie grossed $611,899,420 worlwide
($370,782,930 in the US alone) and became the
eighth List of highest-grossing
films|highest-grossing film in history. It
currently is the 10th highest-grossing film and
the highest-grossing Rated R film.

==Gibson's politics and opinions==
Some gay rights groups have accused Gibson of
homophobia for his alleged Traditionalist Catholic
views on homosexuality. In a 1992 interview, when
asked what he thought of gays, he said, "They take
it up the ass." Gibson then bent over and pointed
to his butt, saying "This is only for taking a
shit." When the interviewer recalled that Gibson
previously had expressed fear people would think
he is gay because he's an actor, Gibson responded
in saying "Do I sound like a homosexual? Do I talk
like them? Do I move like them?" Gibson later
defended his comments on Good Morning America,
saying "I don't think there's an apology
necessary, and I'm
certainly not giving one. Those remarks were a
response to a direct question. If someone wants my
opinion, I'll give it. What, am I supposed to lie
to them?"

Gibson later said that he was only joking. In
January of 1997, to make amends with the gay
community and to show that he is not homophobic,
Gibson hosted along with GLAAD 10 lesbian and gay
filmmakers for an on-location seminar on the set
of the movie Conspiracy Theory. During the seminar
Gibson provided up-and-coming lesbian and gay
filmmakers with an up-close and personal look into
the inner workings of a major Hollywood feature
film.
http://www.glaad.org/media/archive_detail.php?id=1
81

Other groups were later angry at his depiction
homosexuals as villains in Braveheart. However,
historians agree that the character, the King
Edward II of England was indeed a homosexual, and
also agree with what was portrayed in the movie of
the King being a mere puppet of Thomas of
Lancaster. It should also be noted that Gibson did
not write the screenplay for that film.

Gibson was accused of homophobia once more in his
movies with his portrayl of Herod Antipas in The
Passion of the Christ. Antipas is portrayed as an
effeminate homosexual, complete with a
“prostitution|boy-toy�. Although this was a
common caricature of Herod in Middle Ages|medieval
Passion plays, it does not appear in the Gospels
and is contrary to the historical record regarding
Antipas.

Despite the fact that he has been perceived as
being politically conservative (even though he has
never identified himself as such), Gibson joined
many of his colleagues in the entertainment
industry in opposition to the Iraq War and even
praised Michael Moore's film Fahrenheit 9/11,
leading some to question labeling him as a
conservative.

==Quotes==

*"Vatican II corrupted the institution of the
church. Look at the main fruits: dwindling numbers
and pedophilia." - Time, January 27, 2003 

*"Why are they calling her a Nazi? ...  Because
modern secular Judaism wants to blame the
Holocaust on the Catholic Church. And it's a lie.
And it's revisionism. And they've been working on
that one for a while." - On criticism of Anne
Catherine Emmerich, an 18th century nun whose
writings influenced his portrayal of Jesus' death
and also featured what Gibson's opponents consider
anti-Semitic overtones. The New Yorker, September
15, 2003


==Selected filmography==
*Apocalypto(2006)
*The Passion of the Christ  (2004, produced,
directed and co-wrote)
*The Singing Detective (movie)|The Singing
Detective (2003)
*Signs (2002)
*We Were Soldiers (2002)
*Chicken Run (2000),  (voice)
*The Million Dollar Hotel (2000)
*The Patriot (2000)
*What Women Want (2000)
*Payback (movie)|Payback (1999)
*Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
*Conspiracy Theory (1997)
*Fairy Tale: A True Story (1997, uncredited)
*Father's Day (1997 movie)|Father's Day (1997,
uncredited)
*Ransom (movie)|Ransom (1996)
*Braveheart (1995, also directed)
*Pocahontas (1995 movie)|Pocahontas (1995, voice)
*Maverick (movie)|Maverick (1994)
*The Man Without a Face (1993, also directed)
*Forever Young (movie)|Forever Young (1992)
*Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
*Air America (film)|Air America (1990)
*Bird on a Wire (1990)
*Hamlet (1990 movie)|Hamlet (1990)
*Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
*Tequila Sunrise (1988 movie)|Tequila Sunrise
(1988)
*Lethal Weapon (1987)
*Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
*The Bounty (1984 movie)|The Bounty (1984)
*Mrs. Soffel (1984)
*The River (movie)|The River (1984)
*Attack Force Z (1982)
*The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
*Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
*Gallipoli (film)|Gallipoli (1981)
*Mad Max (1979)
*Tim (1979 movie)|Tim (1979)
*Summer City (1977)

==Awards & accomplishments==
*Best Actor in a Lead Role, Tim (1979)
*Australian Film Institute: Best Actor in a Lead
Role, Gallipoli (1981)
*People's Choice Awards: Favorite Motion Picture
Actor (1991)
*MTV Movie Awards: Best Action Sequence, Lethal
Weapon 3 (1993)
*MTV Movie Awards: Best On-Screen Duo, Lethal
Weapon 3 (1993) - shared with Danny Glover
*ShoWest Award: Male Star of the Year (1993)
*National Board of Review of Motion
Pictures|National Board of Review: Special
Achievement in Filmmaking, Braveheart (1995)
*American Cinematheque Gala Tribute: American
Cinematheque Award (1995)
*ShoWest Award: Director of the Year (1996)
*Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards: Best
Director, Braveheart (1996)
*Golden Globe Awards: Best Director, Braveheart
(1996)
*Academy Awards: Best Director, Braveheart (1996)
*Academy Awards: Best Picture, Braveheart (1996)
*People's Choice Awards: Favorite Motion Picture
Actor (1997)
*Hasty Pudding Theatricals: Man of the Year (1997)
*Blockbuster Entertainment Awards: Favorite Actor
- Suspense, Ransom (1997)
*Blockbuster Entertainment Awards: Favorite Actor
- Suspense, Conspiracy Theory (1998)
*People's Choice Awards: Favorite Motion Picture
Star in a Drama (2001)
*People's Choice Awards: Favorite Motion Picture
Actor (2001)
*Blockbuster Entertainment Awards: Favorite Actor
- Drama, The Patriot (2001)
*Australian Film Institute: Global Achievement
Award (2002)
*People's Choice Awards: Favorite Motion Picture
Actor (2003)
*People's Choice Awards: Favorite Motion Picture
Actor (2004)
*Named as the world's most powerful celebrity by
U.S. business magazine Forbes (2004)

==External links==
*http://www.dmoz.org/Arts/People/G/Gibson,_Mel/
Mel Gibson Directory
*http://www.melgibson.com/ The Unauthorized Mel
Gibson Web Site
*http://www.religionnewsblog.com/category-cat=447.
html Religion News Blog (news and news archive on
Mel Gibson)
*imdb name|id=0000154|name=Mel Gibson
*http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/gibson.as
p snopes.com story about Mel Gibson and his father
*http://melgibsonofficialfansite.freeservers.com/i
ndex.html Mel Gibson fan site.
*http://www.townhall.com/columnists/brentbozell/bb
20030815.shtml Article: Mel Gibson, wronged for
his 'Passion'
*http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n
ews/archive/2003/09/19/national1505EDT0626.DTL
Jewish civil rights leader says actor Mel Gibson
espouses anti-Semitic views
*http://www.supportmelgibson.com/ Support Mel
Gibson.Com
*http://www.celebrityscreenshots.com/actors/melgib
sonactor/ Mel Gibson Actor Site
Apocalypto
**http://www.variety.com/VR1117926351.html
'Apocalypto' now for Mel Variety
(magazine)|Variety, July 22, 2005
**http://www.variety.com/VR1117926430.html Mel
tongue-ties studiosVariety (magazine)|Variety,
July 24, 2005