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Név: Mel Gibson
Születés ideje: 1956. január 3.
Születés helye: Peekskill, New York, USA
Foglalkozás: színész, rendező, producer
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Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson (született 1956. január 3-án) amerikai Akadémia-díjas rendező, producer, színész, legemlékezetesebb szerepei a Mad Max mozifilm sorozat, a Halálos fegyver (Lethal Weapon) sorozat főszerepei, a főszerepet játszotta és rendezte az Akadémia-díjas Rettenthetetlen (Braveheart) című filmet, és ő rendezte a 2004-es kasszasikert, a A passió (The Passion of the Christ) című filmet. 1985 februárjában megkapta a People magazin „legszexibb élő férfi” címét.

Tartalomjegyzék

[szerkesztés] Áttekintés

Gibson Peekskill-ben, New York-ban született Hutton Gibson (John Hutton Gibson, amerikai üzletember és az ír-ausztrál opera énekesnő, Eva Mylott fia) és Anne Reilly Gibson (aki ír bevándorlók gyermekeként már az Egyesült Államokban született) tíz gyermeke közül a hatodikként. A család még örökbe fogadott egy gyermeket, így nőtt a gyermekek száma immár tizenegyre. Mel öccsei közül az egyik Donal, szintén színész.

Noha Gibson mindig hangoztatja amerikai állampolgárságát, tizenkét éves korától Ausztráliában él. A Jeopardy! tv-shown aratott győzelmét követően Gibson apja egész családját Ausztráliába költöztette 1968-ban, így tiltakozva a Vietnámi háború ellen, melynek révén idősebb fiai ki voltak téve a besorozás veszélyének, és mivel úgy gondolta, hogy az amerikai társadalomban történt változások erkölcstelenek. Gibson korai filmjeiben szembeötlő emlékezetes ausztrál akcenutsa.

Néhányan kritizálták Mel Gibson-t és apját hagyományos katolikus hitük és politikai nézeteik miatt, mely have drawn accusations of antiszemitizmus és holokauszt megtagadása .

Extremely devoted to his faith, as evidenced by his production of The Passion of the Christ, Mel Gibson has donated money to finance the construction of an "Independent" Traditional Catholic chapel in Malibu, California, in which only the Latin Tridentine Mass is celebrated. Gibson claims to go to Catholic Mass everyday.

Gibson married Robyn Moore, whom he initially met through a dating service, 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.

His wife remains an Anglican despite 26 years of marriage to Gibson. Hutton never disapproved of her religion, saying that "true love knows no boundaries". Nor has Gibson attempted to convert her (although all their children are Catholic, not Anglican) although he did admit to believing his wife will burn in hell for her beliefs.[1]

[szerkesztés] Filmes karriere

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Helen Hunt and Mel Gibson in What Women Want

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

He made his Australian movie debut as the leather-clad post-apocalyptic survivor in George Miller's Mad Max, which later became a cult hit and launched two of its own sequels. His international profile increased through Peter Weir's First World War film Gallipoli. Gibson's boyish good looks made him a natural for leading man roles. In 1984, he made his US movie debut, starring as Fletcher Christian in The Bounty. Actor Anthony Hopkins played Captain Bligh opposite Gibson.

In December 2005, it was announced that Gibson will produce a television movie about Dutch Holocaust survivor Flory Van Beek, although it had been rumoured previously that he would make a movie about the Maccabees.

Gibson's next film, Apocalypto, will be a mythic action-adventure set in the days of the Mayan civilization.

[szerkesztés] Halálos fegyver és a Hamlet

Sablon:Main articles 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 Shakespeare's Hamlet (1990). Gibson has been equally successful as a comedic actor, in movies such as Maverick (1994) and What Women Want (2000).

[szerkesztés] Rettenthetetlen

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In 1996, Gibson received two Academy Awards (Best Director and Best Picture) for Braveheart (1995), based on the life of Sir William Wallace, a thirteenth century Scottish warlord who fought the English in the late 13th century and early 14th century. Gibson played Wallace.

[szerkesztés] A passió

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The Passion of the Christ

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

The movie was initially criticised by some Christian and Jewish figures, a number of whom claimed that it may promote anti-Semitism, as it relies on imagery similar to that of passion-plays, a mainstream Christian tradition that some activists believe to be capable of inciting anti-Semitic incidents. The movie has been criticised by a group of Protestant scholars for its adherence in a number of scenes and details to the visions of a 17th century mystic and nun, the Venerable Mary of Agreda and a 19th century German visionary, Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich, both Roman Catholics. Despite such fears, no anti-Semitic incidents traceable to the movie's influence ever materialized.

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 on his decision to cut a scene in which Caiaphas says "his blood be on us and on our children" soon after Poncius Pilátus washes his hands of Jesus:

I wanted it in. My brother said I was wimping out if I didn't include it. But, man, if I included that in there, they'd be coming after me at my house. They'd come to kill me. [2], [3], [4], [5]

In spite of the criticism (or perhaps helped by it), the movie grossed US$611.899.420 worldwide ($370,782,930 in the US alone) and became the eighth highest-grossing film in history and the highest-grossing rated R film of all time. The ticket sales were boosted by the film attracting viewers who generally do not attend theaters, including entire congregations from churches attending together. [6] The film was nominated for Best music (score), Best cinematography, and Best make-up at the 77th Academy Awards and won the People's Choice Award for Best Drama.

When the Carmelite nuns at the convent in Coimbra, Portugália 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 from 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 Our Lady of Fatima, the Virgin Mary, and were said to have been given secrets by her, known as the Three Secrets of Fatima. Sister Lucia died not long after.

[szerkesztés] Apocalypto

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Gibson's next historical epic, Apocalypto, will be released into theaters in the summer of 2006. The film is set 600 years ago in Meso-America, before the Spanish conquest, during the decline of the Maya. Dialogue is spoken in the Yucatec Maya language, in the same way Gibson used Aramaic and Latin for his The Passion of the Christ. It will feature a cast of unknown actors from Mexico City, the Yucatán, and some Native Americans from the United States.

While Gibson financed the film himself, Disney will release it in certain markets.

All that has been revealed about the plot is that the film is set against the turbulent end times of the once great Mayan civilization. When a Mayan man's idyllic existence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey. Through a twist of fate and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family he will make a desperate break to return home and to ultimately save his way of life.

The title is a Greek term which means " an unveiling" or "new beginning", but the movie is not religiously themed or connected to the biblical Apocalypse.

[szerkesztés] Viták

Some gay rights groups have accused Gibson of homophobia for a 1992 interview in the Spanish magazine El Pais. In the interview, when asked what he thought of gay people, he said, "They take it up the ass." Gibson then bent over and pointed to his buttocks, saying "This is only for taking a shit." When the interviewer recalled that Gibson previously had expressed fear that 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?"

In January 1997, to make amends with the gay community and to show that he wasn't homophobic, Gibson hosted along with Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) ten 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. [7]

Other groups were later angry at the depiction of a homosexual character in Braveheart. Although historians agree that the character, the Prince (later King) Edward II of England, was indeed homosexual, and also agree with what was portrayed in the movie of the King being a mere puppet of Thomas of Lancaster (though Edward's father never threw his lover out of a window), historians dispute the portrayal of Edward as effeminate. 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 portrayal of Heródes Antipas in A passióban. Antipas is portrayed as an effeminate character (despite never being explicitly stated, some people believe it is implied he is a homosexual). Although this was a common caricature of Herod in medieval Passion plays, it does not appear in the Gospels and is contrary to the historical record regarding Antipas.

In 2006, Gibson threatened[8] to sue Melgibsonsblog.blogspot.com (link), a hoax website which a person pretending to be Gibson writes ridiculous statement, if the site did not shut down. The site remains open, however.

Despite the fact that he has been perceived as being a conservative Republican (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 the liberal director Michael Moore and his documentary film Fahrenheit 9/11, leading some to question labeling him as a conservative, although it's possible he leans more towards traditionally anti-interventionist paleoconservatism. Many of Gibson's positions are, however, in accordance with traditional Catholicism. In 2004 he publicly condemned taxpayer-funded embryonic stem-cell reasearch that involves the cloning and destruction of human embryos. In March 2005 he issued a statement condemning the ending of Terri Schiavo's life. He is also a proponent of the death penalty, which many conservative catholics support, even though the Roman Catholic Church oppose it.

[szerkesztés] Apróságok

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Mel Gibson's "hidden" one-frame cameo appearance in the teaser trailer for Apocalypto
  • In Gibson's early Australian television and film roles, he spoke in a heavy general Australian accent. His voice was even dubbed in the US release of Mad Max (along with the rest of the cast). In the early 1990s, he began to lose the accent after having lived in the United States for over a decade. In fact, even in 1987's Lethal Weapon his accent is only slightly discernable. He now speaks in an American accent.
  • 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.
  • In December 2004, Gibson purchased Mago Island from Tokyu Corporation of Japan for $15 million. [9] Descendants of the original native inhabitants of Mago (who were displaced in the 1860s) have protested the purchase.
  • He is a teetotaller.
  • Gibson has a one-frame cameo appearance in the teaser trailer of Apocalypto.
  • With his earnings from The Passion of the Christ, Gibson constructed a church on his California estate.
  • Gibson almost did not get the role that made him a star. His agent got him an audition for Mad Max, but the night before, he got into a drunken brawl with three other men at a party, resulting in a swelled-up nose, a broken jawline, and various other bruises. Mel showed up at the audition the next day looking like a "black and blue pumpkin" (his own words). Mel did not expect to get the role and only went to accompany his friend. However, the casting agent told Mel to come back in two weeks, telling him "we need freaks". Mel did come back, was not recognized because his wounds had healed almost completely, and received the part.

[szerkesztés] A tréfamester

Gibson has a reputation for being a prankster on the set of his movies, and many of his leading ladies have often accused him of acting juvenile on the set. On the set of Conspiracy Theory, he played several pranks on co-star Julia Roberts, and grossed out co-star Jodie Foster by licking the dirt off a wagon wheel on the set of Maverick. On the set of Braveheart, he spread the false rumor that co-star Sophie Marceau was the granddaughter of famous French mime Marcel Marceau. He also directed several scenes in an Elmer Fudd voice, including the funeral scene of Murron Wallace, causing everyone to break down laughing. Before the filming of What Women Want, co-star Helen Hunt pleaded with Gibson to be spared of his pranks. Reportedly, there was no incident.

[szerkesztés] 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

[szerkesztés] Filmográfia

[szerkesztés] Színészként

  • A terror nyara (1977)
  • I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977)
  • Mad Max (1979)
  • Tim (1979)
  • Láncreakció (1980)
  • Gallipoli (1981)
  • Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
  • Z-men kommandó (1982)
  • A veszélyes élet éve (1982)
  • Lázadás a Bountyn (1984)
  • A folyó (1984)
  • Mrs. Soffel - Börtönszellem (film) (1984)
  • Mad Max 3. - Az igazság csarnokain innen és túl (1985)
  • Halálos fegyver (1987)
  • Az utolsó csepp (Tequila Sunrise) (1988)
  • Halálos fegyver 2 (1989)
  • Bird on a Wire (1990)
  • Air America (1990)
  • Hamlet (1990)
  • Halálos fegyver 3 (1992)
  • Earth and the American Dream (1992) (dokumentumfilm) (narrátor)
  • Forever Young (1992) (also executive producer)
  • The Chili Con Carne Club (1993) (short subject)
  • Az arcnélküli ember (1993)
  • Maverick (1994)
  • Rettenthetetlen (Braveheart) (1995)
  • Váltságdíj (Ransom) (1996)
  • Fathers' Day (1997) (Cameo)
  • Összeesküvés-elmélet (film) (Conspiracy Theory) (1997)
  • FairyTale: A True Story (1997) (Cameo)
  • Halálos fegyver 4 (1998)
  • Payback (1999)
  • The Million Dollar Hotel (2000)
  • Csibefutam (Chicken Run) (2000) (szinkron)
  • A hazafi (The Patriot) (2000)
  • Mi kell a nőnek? (What Women Want) (2000)
  • The One Dollar Diary (2001) (dokumentumfilm)
  • Katonák voltunk (We Were Soldiers) (2002)
  • Jelek (Signs) (2002)
  • Acting Lessons: Should Have Looked Like Mel (2003) (short subject)
  • Paparazzi (2004) (producer is)
  • Sam and George (2007) (currently announced start of production) (also producer)

[szerkesztés] Rendezőként

  • Az arcnélküli ember (1993)
  • Rettenthetetlen (1995)
  • A passió (2004) (rendező és író)
  • Apocalypto (2006) (jelenleg készül) (vezető rendező, rendező és író)

[szerkesztés] Díjak és elismerések

  • 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: 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)

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