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Mel Gibson
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After brief appearances on Australian TV & a small role in the teen flick “Summer City”, Mel graduated to a starring role in the action thriller “Mad Max”. Mel’s career continued to skyrocket with hit action films such as “Mad Max 2”, “Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome”, “Lethal Weapon’s 1,2,3 & 4”, “Payback” & “The Patriot”. In 1996 Mel’s epic action drama “Braveheart” picked up 5 Oscars including 2 for Mel himself, Best Picture & Best Director.
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Fact File : |
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Birth Name:
Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson
Date Of Birth: 3rd January 1956
Place Of Birth: Peekskill, New York, USA
Height: 5’11”
Spouses: Robyn Moore (1980 - Present)
7 Children: Hannah, Edward & Christian (twins), William, Louis, Milo & Tommy.
Debut Film:Summer City (1977)
Salary: From $400 (Summer City 1977) to $25 million (Signs 2002)
Australian Awards:Winner of 2 Best Actor AFI Awards (Australian Film Institue) for Tim (1979) & Gallipoli (1981).
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Mel Gibson’s Top 10 Movies on DVD & VHS
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Summer City(1976) VHS
It's "American Graffiti," Aussie-style, as four friends from Sydney set out on a weekend of surfing, racing and girls. Mel Gibson made his screen debut in this seriocomic look at teen life Down Under in the '60s; with Phil Avalon, Steve Bisley. AKA: "Coast of Terror." 83 min.
Tim [DVD](1979) DVD
Mel Gibson plays a retarded man who discovers love with an older woman (Piper Laurie) teaching him to read in a thoughtful and touching drama based on a Colleen McCullough novel. 108 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono; scene access.
Mad Max (Special Edition) [DVD](1980) DVD
The initial entry in director George Miller's "Road Warrior" series offered a star-making turn by Mel Gibson as Max, a fed-up Australian cop in the near future whose decision to retire from the force is railroaded by the death of his wife and daughter at the hands of a murderous gang of cycle-riding marauders. Co-stars Joanne Samuel, Steve Bisley. Special edition disc features the original Australian audio track that had been previously unheard in America. 94 min. Standard and Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: Australian English 5.1, mono, American English dubbed mono; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; audio commentary; featurettes; "making of" documentaries; theatrical trailers.
Lethal Weapon [DVD](1987) DVD
Seminal "buddy" actioner that spawned several sequels stars Danny Glover as a veteran L.A. detective who is less than pleased with new partner Mel Gibson, a gung-ho wildman whose memories of Vietnam and his wife's death are edging him ever closer to psychosis. Can the mismatched pair bring down a heroin ring? With Gary Busey, Mitchell Ryan, Darlene Love; Richard Donner directs. 110 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby 5.1, French Dolby Surround; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; production notes; interactive menus; scene access; theatrical trailer.
Bird On A Wire [DVD](1990) DVD
A hair-raising action-comedy starring hunky Mel Gibson and hilarious Goldie Hawn. Mel's a former drug dealer who rats on federal agent-turned-pusher David Carradine. Now, Mel's in trouble and Goldie, a former girlfriend, joins him on a cross-country, chase-filled odyssey. With Bill Duke. 106 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby Surround, French; Subtitles: Spanish.
Forever Young [DVD](1992) DVD
Romantic fantasy stars Mel Gibson as a daredevil Air Force pilot who is cryogenically frozen in 1939 after his girlfriend enters a coma. He reawakens in 1992 and becomes involved in the lives of a fatherless boy and his feisty mother (Jamie Lee Curtis). With Elijah Wood, Isabel Glasser, George Wendt. 102 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital Surround stereo; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; interactive menus; production notes; scene access; theatrical trailer.
Maverick [DVD](1994) DVD
Mel Gibson dons cowboy hat, boots and six-guns to play the roguish, sharp-shooting gambler inspired by the classic 1960s TV western. Along with sexy scam artist Jodie Foster and crafty sheriff James Garner (the TV series' Bret Maverick), Gibson enters a high-stakes riverboat poker game. James Coburn and Graham Greene co-star in Richard Donner's amiable sagebrush saga. 127 min. Standard and Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital Surround stereo, French Dolby Digital Surround stereo; interactive menus; production notes; scene access.
Braveheart [DVD](1995) DVD
Director/star Mel Gibson took home Best Picture and Best Director Academy Awards for this historical epic about 13th-century Scottish hero William Wallace, a farmer forced into fighting the forces of England's King Edward I after they kill his father and new wife. Highlighted by amazing battle scenes, the passionate saga also stars Patrick McGoohan, Sophie Marceau and Catherine McCormick. 177 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Surround, French Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: English; audio commentary by Gibson; interactive menus; "making of" documentary; scene access; theatrical trailers.
Ransom [DVD](1996) DVD
When pilot-turned-airline magnate Mel Gibson's young son is abducted and a rescue attempt by FBI agents fails, Gibson takes matters into his own hands and offers the $2 million ransom as a bounty on the kidnappers. The twists and turns continue to mount in director Ron Howard's hit suspenser, based on the 1956 film of the same name. Rene Russo, Gary Sinise, Delroy Lindo and Lili Taylor also star. 121 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: Spanish; interactive menus; scene access; theatrical trailer.
The Patriot (Superbit) [DVD](2000) DVD
Mel Gibson is Benjamin Martin, the legendary "Hero of Fort Wilderness" who has left military life to raise his family on his South Carolina farm in 1776. But after a British commander torches his home and kills one of his sons, Gibson joins with oldest son Heath Ledger to lead a ragtag militia against the Redcoats. This stirring, action-packed epic from, appropriately, "Independence Day" director Roland Emmerich also stars Chris Cooper, Joely Richardson and Jason Isaacs. 165 min. Sony's Superbit process encodes at double the standard bit rate for better picture resolution and enhanced DTS and Dolby Digital 5.1 sound so viewers can use their existing home theater equipment to its optimal capacity. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1; Subtitles: English, Chinese, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai; deleted scenes; featurettes; filmographies; photo galleries; theatrical trailers. Two-disc set.
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Mel Gibson’s Videos & DVDs - Complete List
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Book Title: The Films of Mel Gibson by John McCarty
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