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Mel Gibson

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Mel Gibson: Encyclopedia II - Mel Gibson - 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 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 anti-war First World War film Gallipoli. In 1984, Gibson's boyish go ...

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Mel Gibson, Mel Gibson - Overview, Mel Gibson - Gibson and the movies, Mel Gibson - Lethal Weapon and Hamlet, Mel Gibson - Academy awards, Mel Gibson - The Passion of the Christ, Mel Gibson - Apocalypto, Mel Gibson - Gibson's controversies, Mel Gibson - Trivia, Mel Gibson - Quotes, Mel Gibson - Filmography, Mel Gibson - Awards & accomplishments

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Mel Gibson: Encyclopedia - 1956

1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. 1956 - Events. January 1 - End of Anglo-Egyptian Codominium in Sudan. January 16 - President Gamal Abdal Nasser of Egypt vows to reconquer Palestine. January 26 - 1956 Winter Olympic Games open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. January 26 - The United Kingdom bans heroin. January 25-January 26 - Finnish troops reoccupy Porkkala after Soviet troops vacate its military base. Civilian ...

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Mel Gibson: Encyclopedia - 1980s

1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. Informally, it can also include a few years at the end of the preceding decade or the beginning of the following decade. In the UK the first major 1980s fashion trend was sparked by the arrival of the New Romantics in the popular music charts in 1980. The election of Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister in 1979 is also considered to be a major turning point. In America, the decade was most poignan ...

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Mel Gibson: Encyclopedia - 1990s

The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive, the last decade of the 20th Century. Informally, it can also include a few years at the end of the preceding decade or the beginning of the following decade. The 90s were marked with rapid progression of democracy, globalization and global capitalism following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. Key forces shaping the decade were the Gulf War; popularization of Personal Computers and the Internet, leading to the .com boom. ...

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Mel Gibson: Encyclopedia II - Columbia River - Geography

Columbia Lake forms the Columbia's headwaters in the Canadian Rockies of southern British Columbia. The river then flows through Windermere Lake and the town of Invermere, then northwest to Golden and into Kinbasket Lake. The river then turns (the "Big Bend") south through Revelstoke Lake and the Arrow Lakes to the BC–Washington border. The river then flows through the east-central portion of Washington State. The last 300 miles (480 km) of the Columbia form the Washington-Oregon boundary. The river goes into the Pacific Ocean at Ilwaco, Washington a ...

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Columbia River, Columbia River - Geography, Columbia River - Major tributaries, Columbia River - History, Columbia River - Hydroelectric dams, Columbia River - Pollution, Columbia River - Culture, Columbia River - In the movies

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Mel Gibson: Encyclopedia - 2000 in music

See also: 1999 in music, other events of 2000, 2001 in music, 2000s in music and the list of 'years in music' 2000 in music - Albums released. 20th Century Masters- The Millennium Collection: The Best Of ABBA - ABBA Greatest Hits - Ace of Base Singles Of The 90s- Ace of Base ABBA Generation(US Released) - A-Teens Stiff Upper Lip - AC/DC Saints & Sinners - All Saints Mer de Noms - A Perfec ...

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Mel Gibson: Encyclopedia - 2004 in film

This is a list of film-related events in 2004. 2003 in film 2004 in film 2005 in film 2003 in home video 2004 in home video 2005 in home video 2003 in television 2004 in television 2005 in television 2004 in film - Events. 11: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 10: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World < ...

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Mel Gibson: Encyclopedia - Action movie

Action movies, or sometimes known as actioners, usually involve a fairly straightforward story of good guys versus bad guys, where most disputes are resolved by using physical force. Action films are largely derived from crime films and thrillers, by way of westerns and to some extent war films and disaster movies. Modern Hollywood examples of the genre are usually "high concept" films where the whole movie can be easily summarized (eg. "a scientist brings dinosaurs back to life only to find them trying to dominate earth, again ...

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Mel Gibson: Encyclopedia - Apple Newton

The Apple Newton, or simply Newton, was an early line of personal digital assistants developed, manufactured and marketed by Apple Computer from 1993 to 1998. The original Newtons were based on the ARM 610 RISC processor, and featured handwriting recognition. Apple's official name for the device was MessagePad; the term Newton was Apple's name for the operating system it used, but popular usage of the word Newton has grown to include the device and its software together. Apple Newton - The New ...

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Mel Gibson: Encyclopedia - Anne Catherine Emmerich

Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich (8 September 1774 - 9 February 1824) was a Catholic Augustinian nun, stigmatic, and ecstatic. She was born in Flamsche, near Coesfeld, in the Diocese of Münster, Westphalia, Germany and died in Dülmen. On October 3, 2004, Pope John Paul II officially beatified her, giving her the title "Blessed". (It is worth noting that her writings were not considered in the beatification process, since they were all dictated to Klemens Brentano, who may have t ...

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Mel Gibson: Encyclopedia - Academy Award for Directing

The Academy Award for Directing is an accolade given to the person that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences feels was best director of the past year. The expression of approval is given, along with an Oscar Statuette and a chance for the director to speak, at an annual Academy Awards ceremony. All but twenty of the seventy-seven Oscars for best director (before 2006) were for films that also won the award for best picture. The Academy has selected one director from five nominees each year for the past seven decades ...

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Mel Gibson: Encyclopedia - Mary Magdalene

History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Father Christ the Son The Holy Spirit The Bible Old Testament New Testament Apocrypha The Gospels Ten Commandments Sermon on the Mount Christian theology Salvation · Grace Christian worship Christian Church Catholicism Orthodox Christianity Protestantism Christian denominations
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Mel Gibson: Encyclopedia - Anti-Semitism

Anti-Semitism (alternatively spelled antisemitism) is hostility toward or prejudice against Jews as a religious, ethnic, or racial group, which can range from individual hatred to institutionalized, violent persecution. The highly explicit ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazism was the most extreme example of this phenomenon. Anti-Semitism has historically taken different forms: Religious anti-Semitism, or anti-Judaism. Before the 19th century, most anti-Semitism was primarily religious in nature, based on Christian or ...

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Mel Gibson: Encyclopedia - August 31

August 31 is the 243rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (244th in leap years), with 122 days remaining, as the final day of August. August 31 - Events. 1056 - Byzantine Empress Theodora dies suddenly without children to succeed the throne, ending the Macedonian dynasty 1864 - American Civil War: Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta, Georgia. 1876 - Ottoman sultan Murat V is deposed and succeeded by his bro ...

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Mel Gibson: Encyclopedia - Chinatown

A Chinatown is a section containing a large population of Chinese people within a city that is not predominantly Chinese. Singapore, with its predominently ethnic Chinese population, is the only exception. Chinatowns are most common in Southeast Asia and North America, but growing Chinatowns can be found in Europe and Australia, as well as in São Paulo, Brazil. Chinatowns were formed in the 19th century in many areas of the United States and Canada as a result of discriminatory land laws that forbade the sale of any land to Ch ...

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Mel Gibson: Encyclopedia - 1956 in film

See also: 1955 in film 1956 1957 in film 1950s in film years in film film 1956 in film - Events. November 15 - The film Love Me Tender starring Elvis Presley (his first film) opens. 1956 in film - Top grossing films. North America Guys and Dolls The King and I Trapeze tie High Society and I'll Cry Tomorrow ...

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Mel Gibson: Encyclopedia - 1979 in film

1978 in film 1979 1980 in film 1970s in film years in film film 1979 in film - Events. March 5 - Production begins on Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. November 1 - Production begins on Raiders of the Lost Ark. December 7 - Star Trek: The Motion Picture debuts in the United States to mixed reviews but strong box office, launching a film franchise that would span 10 films over the next 23 years. It also would eventually lead to t ...

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Mel Gibson: Encyclopedia - Hamlet

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is a tragedy by William Shakespeare and one of his best-known and most oft-quoted plays. It was written at an uncertain date between 1600 and the summer of 1602. Hamlet may be the most frequently produced work in almost every western country, and it is considered a crucial test for mature actors. Hamlet's "To be, or not to be" soliloquy (Act Three, Scene One), the most popular passage in the play, is so well known that it has bec ...

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Mel Gibson: Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church sex abuse scandal

In the late 20th century, and especially at the turn of the 21st, the Catholic Church in several countries was confronted with a series of allegations concerning sexual abuse of children under the legal age of consent ¹ by Catholic clergy and religious. The controversy was at its most famous when it hit the United States in the late 1990s and early 2000s. However, several countries, including Canada, had already faced similar controversies with high-profile cases such as the Mount Cashel Orphanage scandal in the province of ...

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Mel Gibson: Encyclopedia - Chicken Run

Chicken Run is a claymated film made by the Aardman Animations studios (which produced the Oscar-winning Wallace and Gromit shorts), which had its theatrical release in 2000. Chicken Run is the humorous story of a band of chickens who seek escape from their coop before their owners, mild-mannered farmer Mr. Tweedy and his overbearing wife, make them all into chicken pot pies. The film is an homage to the World War II prison films of the 1950s and 1960s (particu ...

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