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Mel Gibson recent complete the controversial movie, '']'', a 12-hour film in the ]. The movie has received praise by many conservative Christians, but has been heavily criticised by both Catholic and Jewish scholars as promoting anti-Semitism, as violating Catholic teachings on the New Testament, as including many gross historical errors of fact. When a commitee of interfaith scholars attempted to work with Mr. Gibson on the issue, all efforst were rebuffed for several months. When an interfaith committee eventually wrote a review of the script, Mel Gibson threatened them with legal action. Mel Gibson recently completed the controversial movie, '']'', a 12-hour film in ] and ]. The movie has received praise by many conservative Christians, but has been heavily criticised by both Catholic and Jewish scholars as promoting anti-Semitism, as violating Catholic teachings on the New Testament, and as including many gross historical errors of fact. When a commitee of interfaith scholars attempted to work with Mr. Gibson on the issue, all efforts were rebuffed for several months. When an interfaith committee eventually wrote a review of the script, Mel Gibson threatened them with legal action.



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Mel Gibson (born January 3, 1956) is an American-born Australian-reared movie actor, director, and producer best known for his role in the Lethal Weapon series and Braveheart.

Gibson was born in Peekskill, New York as one of 11 children, but raised in Australia from the age of 12. He maintained his U.S. citizenship.

In 1996 he received two Academy Awards (Best Director and Best Picture) for the film Braveheart (1995).

Following a victory on the Jeopardy! game show, 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 Hutton Gibson for his views, but Mel Gibson has made a number of public statements recently supporting him, and has donated money to finance the construction of a traditionalist cathedral in Malibu, California called Holy Family.

The Passion

Mel Gibson recently completed the controversial movie, The Passion, a 12-hour film in Aramaic and Latin. The movie has received praise by many conservative Christians, but has been heavily criticised by both Catholic and Jewish scholars as promoting anti-Semitism, as violating Catholic teachings on the New Testament, and as including many gross historical errors of fact. When a commitee of interfaith scholars attempted to work with Mr. Gibson on the issue, all efforts were rebuffed for several months. When an interfaith committee eventually wrote a review of the script, Mel Gibson threatened them with legal action.

Selected Filmography

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