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Mel Gibson
Born Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson - 3 January 1956, in Peekskill, New York - and raised in Australia. Alcohol, and wrestling with addiction, has framed his life and career so far: turning up haggard and hung-over to the Mad Max audition landed Gibson his big break in 1979; spouting off at LA freeway cops in July 2006 landed him in a storm of anti-Semitic controversy.
Little denying the power of the man as a box-office draw though. He’s been a bankable leading man in the 80s ( The Year Of Living Dangerously, Lethal Weapon, Tequila Sunrise), the 90s ( Maverick, Ransom, Payback) and the 00s ( The Patriot, What Women Want, We Were Soldiers).
And ventures behind the camera haven’t been half-bad either: Braveheart, The Passion Of The Christ, Apocalypto – all compelling, visceral and rather bloody affairs, the tartan-flavoured one yielding a Best Director Oscar.
Wise words: "Hollywood is a factory. You have to realise that you are working in a factory and you're part of the mechanism. If you break down, you'll be replaced."
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Mel Gibson fires back at Eszterhas over rant leak -
29 April 2012
-Mel Gibson has addressed his ongoing feud with screenwriter Joe Eszterhas on TV for the first time, revealing he's still upset his former friend recorded him losing his temper during a vacation at the Braveheart star's holiday home in Costa Rica.-Eszterhas embarras
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Eszterhas releases alleged Gibson tirade recording -
19 April 2012
-Screenwriter Joe Eszterhas has released audio evidence of what he insists is Mel Gibson's vacation tirade in a bid to prove he's not lying about the Mad Max star's temper.-A recording said to be of Gibson exploding into an expletive-filled rant at his home in Costa
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Eszterhas takes Gibson feud to TV -
13 April 2012
-Screenwriter Joe Eszterhas cut all personal ties with "violent" actor Mel Gibson after his fearful son began sleeping with a knife under his pillow during a joint family trip.-Eszterhas sparked a war of words with the actor/director earlier this week (begs09Apr12)
Mel Gibson - what members say
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Lethal Combination 30 August 2004
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Mad Max 2 'Road Warrior' 20 January 2013
Mel Gibson - filmography
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Edge of Darkness
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Danny Huston, Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone
Director: Martin Campbell
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Edge of Darkness is an emotionally charged thriller set at the intersection of politics and big business. Thomas Craven (Mel Gibson) is a veteran homicide detective for the Boston Police Department and a single father. When his only child, twenty-four year old Emma (Bojana Novakovic), is murdered ..read more »
 
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from 30,221 members
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Edge of Darkness - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Danny Huston, Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone
Director: Martin Campbell
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Edge of Darkness is an emotionally charged thriller set at the intersection of politics and big business. Thomas Craven (Mel Gibson) is a veteran homicide detective for the Boston Police Department and a single father. When his only child, twenty-four year old Emma (Bojana Novakovic), is murdered ..read more »
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from 8,777 members
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Apocalypto
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Rudy Youngblood, Dalia Hernandez, Mayra Serbulo
Director: Mel Gibson
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As the Maya kingdom faces its decline, the rulers insist the key to prosperity is to build more temples and offer human sacrifices. Jaguar Paw (Rudy Youngblood), a young man chosen for sacrifice, flees the kingdom to avoid his fate.
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from 64,283 members
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Apocalypto - Blu-ray
(2006)
Starring: Rudy Youngblood, Dalia Hernandez, Mayra Serbulo
Director: Mel Gibson
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As the Maya kingdom faces its decline, the rulers insist the key to prosperity is to build more temples and offer human sacrifices. Jaguar Paw (Rudy Youngblood), a young man chosen for sacrifice, flees the kingdom to avoid his fate.
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from 7,968 members
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Who Killed The Electric Car?
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: martin sheen (voice), martin sheen, Martin Sheen
Director: Chris Paine
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In 1996, electric cars began to appear on roads all over California. They were quiet and fast, produced no exhaust and ran without gasoline. Ten years later, these futuristic cars were almost entirely gone. This documentary investigates the birth and death of the electric car, as well as the role ..read more »
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from 5,080 members
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The Passion Of The Christ
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: James Caviezel, Maja Morgenstern, Monica Bellucci
Director: Mel Gibson
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This depiction of the last 12 hours in the life of Jesus opens with his betrayal by Judas, his condemnation by the Pharisees and his appearance before Pontius Pilate. Pilate defers to King Herod, but Herod returns Jesus. Pilate then asks the crowd to choose between Jesus and Barrabas. The crowd ..read more »
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from 31,536 members
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The Passion Of The Christ
(2004)
Starring: James Caviezel, Maja Morgenstern, Monica Bellucci
Director: Mel Gibson
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Mel Gibson directs this highly controversial and brutally visceral film about the suffering of Jesus Christ in the twelve hours leading up to his crucifixion. Betrayed by Judas Iscariot, Jesus is arrested and accused by the Pharisees of blasphemy, punishable by death. He is handed over to Roman ..read more »
66%
from 795 members
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The Singing Detective
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Katie Holmes, Jeremy Northam, Robert Downey Jr.
Director: Keith Gordon
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The big-screen version of Dennis Potter's dark, claustrophobic comedy. Robert Downey Jr stars as Dan Dark, the psoriasis-ridden writer confined to a hospital bed. Desperately uncomfortable, feverish and increasingly paranoid, he begins to rework his first novel in his mind. Over time he works ..read more »
43%
from 3,137 members
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Signs
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Mel Gibson, Cherry Jones
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
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Reverend Graham Hess discovers a five hundred foot crop circle on his farmland which creates a media frenzy. Hess and his family tries to determine what the crop circle means...
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from 26,187 members
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We Were Soldiers
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Mel Gibson, Madeline Stowe, Greg Kinnear
Director: Randall Wallace
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Mel Gibson stars as Colonel Hal Moore in this big budget war movie telling the true story of the Battle of Landing Zone X-Ray. The year is 1965 and Colonel Moore's men arrive in the highlands of South Vietnam ready to carry out a search-and-destroy mission. But thanks to a fault in military ..read more »
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from 11,536 members
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Chicken Run
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: John Sharian, Imelda Staunton, Julia Sawalha
Director: Peter Lord, Nick Park
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'Wallace and Gromit' progenitor Nick Park's first big screen outing is an animated pastiche of 'The Great Escape'. Life on Tweedy's Chicken Farm is far from pleasant for the inmates; they are badly treated by Mr Tweedy and his domineering wife, and kept alive only as long as they keep producing ..read more »
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from 12,749 members
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What Women Want
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Helen Hunt, Sarah Paulson, Eric Balfour
Director: Nancy Meyers
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Hot shot advertising executive Nick Marshall (Mel Gibson) thinks he's God's gift to women and can get anyone he wants. After an accident he discovers that he can hear what women are really thinking about and is upset that his showing off techniques are not popular with his female colleagues. To ..read more »
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from 19,468 members
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Million Dollar Hotel
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Peter Stormare, Milla Jovovich, Amanda Plummer
Director: Wim Wenders
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After Izzy Goldkiss plunges to his death from the roof of the Million Dollar Hotel - a Los Angeles dive inhabited by losers and misfits - Detective Skinner (Mel Gibson) is called in to investigate his death. His guide to the eccentric residents is the childlike young man Tom Tom (Jeremy Davies), ..read more »
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from 1,539 member
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What Women Want - Blu-ray
(2000)
Starring: Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt, Marisa Tomei
Director: Nancy Meyers
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Director, writer, and producer Nancy Meyers's (THE PARENT TRAP) sophomore directorial effort is a lively screwball fantasy featuring Mel Gibson in his first romantic comedy. Gibson plays Nick Marshall, a high-flying chauvinistic Chicago advertising executive who, like his musical idol, Frank ..read more »
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from 1,577 member
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The Patriot
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Joely Richardson, Rene Auberjonois, Jason Isaacs
Director: Roland Emmerich
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Benjamin Martin is a reluctant hero who is swept into the American Revolution when the war reaches his home and threatens his family. A hero of the fierce French and Indian conflict, Martin had renounced fighting forever to raise his family in peace. But when the British arrive at his South ..read more »
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from 11,568 members
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The Patriot - Blu-ray
(2000)
Starring: Joely Richardson, Rene Auberjonois, Jason Isaacs
Director: Roland Emmerich
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South Carolina, 1776. Benjamin Martin (Mel Gibson), a plantation owner and ex-soldier, refuses to join his countrymen in the battle for American Independence. However, when one of his sons is killed and another is wounded, Benjamin is forced to enter the fray in order to protect those he loves. He ..read more »
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from 1,767 member
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Payback
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, David Paymer
Director: Brian Helgeland
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Porter (Mel Gibson) carries out a $140,000 heist with his partner Val Resnick (Gregg Henry) and wife, Lynn (Deborah Kara Unger), only for them to double-cross him, shooting Porter and leaving him for dead. Vowing revenge, a recovered Porter sets off in pursuit, but in so doing attracts the ..read more »
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from 14,113 members
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Lethal Weapon 4
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Danny Glover, Jet Li, Mel Gibson
Director: Richard Donner
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Mismatched cops Riggs (Mel Gibson) and Murtaugh (Danny Glover) team up for a fourth time to foil an immigrant smuggling racket, run by a ruthless Asian Triad leader (Jet Li). Joe Pesci also returns as Leo Getz, the cops' cowardly informant whilst Rene Russo leavens the boys with toys atmosphere as ..read more »
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from 17,769 members
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Payback - Blu-ray
(1998)
Starring: James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, David Paymer
Director: Brian Helgeland
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Porter (Mel Gibson) carries out a $140,000 heist with his partner Val Resnick (Gregg Henry) and wife, Lynn (Deborah Kara Unger), only for them to double-cross him, shooting Porter and leaving him for dead. Vowing revenge, a recovered Porter sets off in pursuit, but in so doing attracts the ..read more »
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from 1,210 member
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Conspiracy Theory
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Brian, Cylk Cozart, Alex McArthur
Director: Richard Donner
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Taxi driver Jerry (Mel Gibson) is traumatized by a past he cannot remember, and spends all his spare time assembling information on conspiracies. He takes his 'evidence' to attorney Alice Sutton (Julia Roberts), who is investigating a conspiracy theory of her own relating to the murder of her ..read more »
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Ransom
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: , ,
Director: Ron Howard
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Millionaire Tom Mullen (Mel Gibson) has built his career on business gambles. When his son Sean is kidnapped, he initially agrees to make the $2 million payment to ensure Sean's safety, but is assaulted by one of the kidnappers. Realising that he has no guarantee of Sean's return if he pays the ..read more »
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Braveheart - Blu-ray
(1995)
Starring: Mel Gibson, Angus Macfadyen, Sophie Marceau
Director: Mel Gibson
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Mel Gibson directs and stars in this Academy Award-winning epic based on the life of legendary thirteenth century Scottish hero William Wallace. Returning to his homeland following the death of an heirless king, Wallace (Mel Gibson) finds the political landscape precarious. Edward the Longshanks, ..read more »
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from 2,130 members
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Braveheart
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Patrick McGoohan, Catherine McCormack, Sophie Marceau
Director: Mel Gibson
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In the late 13th century, William Wallace returns to Scotland after living away from his homeland for many years. The king of Scotland has died without an heir and the king of England, a ruthless pagan known as Edward the Longshanks, has seized the throne. Wallace becomes the leader of a ramshackle ..read more »
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Maverick
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Jodie Foster, Mel Gibson, James Garner
Director: Richard Donner
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Big-budget Western feature based on the successful TV series and starring Mel Gibson as the eponymous gambling hero. The convoluted plot has Brett Maverick struggling to raise the $25,000 entrance stake for a poker game by ripping off as many people as he can. During his quest to reach the game he ..read more »
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The Man Without A Face
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Geoffrey Lewis, Faye Masterson, Margaret Whitton
Director: Mel Gibson
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Mel Gibson directed and starred in this rites of passage movie. Gibson plays the disfigured teacher McLeod, who befriends a young and lonely boy Chuck Nastadt, and secretly provides him with tuition so that he can pass the entry exams of the military academy once attended by the boy's late father. ..read more »
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from 2,102 members
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Forever Young
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Elijah Wood, Joe Morton
Director: Steve Miner
Certificate: 
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In the 1940s a pilot (Mel Gibson), overcome with grief when his girlfriend goes into a coma, agrees to be cryogenically frozen in an experiment. He is forgotten about however, and is only woken by chance in 1992, where he has to struggle to adjust to a radically different world, while staying one ..read more »
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Lethal Weapon 3
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Danny Glover, Alan Scarfe, Mary Ellen Trainor
Director: Richard Donner
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Detectives Murtaugh and Riggs (Danny Glover and Mel Gibson) are both demoted after triggering a car bomb in a multi-storey car park, but they are soon reinstated after uncovering a network - run by an ex-cop - which is smuggling weapons out of a police ammunition dump.
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Hamlet
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Glenn Close, Ian Holm, Paul Scofield
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
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Franco Zeffirelli directs his third Shakespeare adaptation (after Romeo and Juliet and Otello) with this film version of the tragedy Hamlet. The titular prince of Denmark (Mel Gibson), returns home to his family's castle of Elsinore after years of attending school in Germany to find out his father ..read more »
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Bird On A Wire
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Goldie Hawn, Bill Duke, Stephen Tobolowsky
Director: John Badham
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Rick Jarmin (Mel Gibson) is a double-crossed federal witness on the run with his ex-girlfriend, Marianne Graves (Goldie Hawn). Formerly involved in a South American drug cartel, Rick's whereabouts under the witness relocation program have been betrayed by an FBI agent. Now he and Marianne must ..read more »
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Air America
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Nancy Travis, Lane Smith, David Marshall Grant
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
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Mel Gibson plays veteran pilot Gene Ryack, hired by the CIA to smuggle supplies to the indigenous forces. He is also running guns on the side for personal profit. All his plans are thrown into chaos, however, by the arrival of maverick young pilot Billy Covington (Robert Downey Jr), who has just ..read more »
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from 4,581 members
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Lethal Weapon 2
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Joe Pes, Mel Gibson, Danny Glover
Director: Richard Donner
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'Lethal weapon' Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) and his partner Murtaugh (Danny Glover) once again tackle the evils of drug smuggling, this time coming up against a South African syndicate whose kingpins are protected by diplomatic immunity.
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Tequila Sunrise
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer, Kurt Russell, Raul Julia
Director: Robert Towne
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Best friends Dale (Mel Gibson) and Nick (Kurt Russell) grow up on opposite sides of the law. Dale is a cocaine dealer, trying to go straight, and Nick is a drug-busting cop, determined to nail his friend if he insists on doing one final deal with a Mexican drug baron (Raul Julia). Michelle Pfeiffer ..read more »
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Lethal Weapon - Blu-ray
(1987)
Starring: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey
Director: Richard Donner
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Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover) is a family man cop who is about to turn fifty. Cautious by nature, he is less than happy to be paired with Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) when he is assigned to investigate Californian drug baron 'The General' (Mitchell Ryan). Following the death of his wife, Riggs has ..read more »
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from 2,734 members
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Lethal Weapon
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey
Director: Richard Donner
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Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover) is a family man cop who is about to turn fifty. Cautious by nature, he is less than happy to be paired with Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) when he is assigned to investigate Californian drug baron 'The General' (Mitchell Ryan). Following the death of his wife, Riggs has ..read more »
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Mad Max 3 - Beyond Thunderdome
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Rod Zuanic, Bruce Spence, Helen Buday
Director: George Ogilvie, George Miller
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In the third 'Mad Max' film, Max (Mel Gibson), arriving in Bartertown in search of some stolen property, has to fight a duel in the Thunderdome arena. He is exiled to the desert by Bartertown's ruler, Auntie (Tina Turner), where he is rescued by a community of feral children.
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Mrs. Soffel
(1984)
Starring: Diane Keaton, Mel Gibson
Director: Gillian Armstrong
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Set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1901, this drama depicts a true story that shocked contemporary society. Kate Soffel is a warden's wife so full of Christian values that she regularly visits her husband's jail, handing out bibles and attempting to reform the convicts. But Ed Biddle, a rather ..read more »
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The Bounty
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Liam Neeson, Anthony Hopkins, Bernard Hill
Director: Roger Donaldson
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A revisionist remake of the famous maritime story. Captain William Bligh (Anthony Hopkins) is in charge of the Bounty as it endures a long and harrowing voyage across the South Seas. When the ship reaches Tahiti, and the crew go to shore in search of breadfruit, they soon become used to the island ..read more »
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from 2,666 members
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The River
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Sissy Spacek, Scott Glenn, Mel Gibson
Director: Mark Rydell
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Struggling East Tennessee farmer Tom Garvey (Mel Gibson) is forced to break a picket line to earn extra money as a scab labourer. Reviled by the striking workers, Tom has to rekindle a sense of community spirit when all their livelihoods are subjected to a twin threat: the speculations of an ..read more »
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Attack Force Z
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: Sam Waters, Sam Neill, Chris Haywood
Director: Tim Burstall
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Mel Gibson, fresh from his success as Mad Max, stars as the young Commander of an elite squad of hard-core Australian soldiers (including Sam Neill) working behind the lines on a Japanese occupied island in World War Two. They have to avoid the Japanese soldiers and enlist the help of the local ..read more »
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Gallipoli
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: Bill Hunter, Mark Lee, Mel Gibson
Director: Peter Weir
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The first of two consecutive films to see director Peter Weir team with Mel Gibson (the other being The Year of Living Dangerously), Gallipoli follows two idealistic young friends, Frank (Gibson) and Archy (Mark Lee), who join the Australian army during World War I and fight the doomed Battle of ..read more »
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Mad Max 2 - The Road Warrior
on DVD
(1981)
Starring: Mel Gibson, Virginia Hey, Bruce Spence
Director: George Miller
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Following the road-side slaughter of his family, ex-cop Max (Mel Gibson) roams the post-apocalyptic landscape alone. Reluctantly taking a pit-stop at a desert-set fortress, Max is gradually persuaded to help protect the people inside it and the commodity that makes it a prime target for marauding ..read more »
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Mad Max 2 - The Road Warrior - Blu-ray
(1981)
Starring: Mel Gibson, Virginia Hey, Bruce Spence
Director: George Miller
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Following the road-side slaughter of his family, ex-cop Max (Mel Gibson) roams the post-apocalyptic landscape alone. Reluctantly taking a pit-stop at a desert-set fortress, Max is gradually persuaded to help protect the people inside it and the commodity that makes it a prime target for marauding ..read more »
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from 1,385 member
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Mad Max
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: Steven Bisley, Joanne Samuel, Mel Gibson
Director: George Miller
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Set sometime after an apocalyptic war, 'Mad Max' depicts a world in which the police have their hands full fighting roving motorcycle gangs. When the wife and child of cop Max (Mel Gibson) are murdered by one of the gangs, he sets out to get revenge. Followed by two sequels, 'Mad Max 2' and 'Mad ..read more »
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Tim
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: Peter Gwynne, Alwyn Kurts, Deborah Kennedy
Director: Michael Pate
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Mel Gibson plays Tim, a slightly mentally retarded builder who is often taken advantage of by other people. When Mary (Piper Laurie) takes him on to work on her yard for the day a friendship develops and soon Tim is working full time for her. As their friendship grows, people start getting ..read more »
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Mad Max - Blu-ray
(1979)
Starring: Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne
Director: George Miller
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Set sometime after an apocalyptic war, 'Mad Max' depicts a world in which the police have their hands full fighting roving motorcycle gangs. When the wife and child of cop Max (Mel Gibson) are murdered by one of the gangs, he sets out to get revenge. Followed by two sequels, 'Mad Max 2' and 'Mad ..read more »
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Sullivans
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Mel Gibson, Andrew McFarlane
Director: Graeme Arthur, Pino Amenta
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First three episodes of the popular Australian soap. Three days before World War Two breaks out, siblings Kitty and Terry get into trouble when they lose their father's watch, while John worries about his German fiancee. Meanwhile, Maggie Haywood takes over as landlady of the Great Southern. ..read more »
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Mel Gibson facts
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...r Lethal Weapon 1, With the moody almost suicidal 'loose cannon cop ' played by Mel Gibson ? Well that caracter died along time ago , now he is happy with a women how has...
