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13
August 2006
Disney
Goes Ahead With Mel
Gibson
Film
Walt
Disney has said it will
proceed with
distribution of a film
directed by
Mel
Gibson,
rebutting reports that
it wanted to distance
itself from
him.
It
was "not true" the
family-oriented
corporation would sell
the rights to Apocalypto
after the actor's recent
anti-Jewish outburst, a
spokesman
said.
Mel
Gibson made derogatory
remarks about Jews
during his recent arrest
on drinking and driving
charges.
He
does not star in the
movie but is no longer
expected to be
publicising
it.
Apocalypto
features a cast of
unknowns and is set in
an ancient
settlement.
The
thriller is told through
the eyes of a Mayan man,
his family and
village.
The
characters use a dialect
known as Yucatec but the
film also has English
subtitles.
Mel
Gibson has said it deals
with "civilisations and
what undermines
them".
The
backing for the actor is
in contrast to the
reaction of US
television network ABC,
which is also part of
the Disney
empire.
Shortly
after his arrest, in
California last month,
ABC
decided not to proceed
with a mini-series on
the Holocaust which was
to be made by Gibson's
production
company.
The
50-year-old apologised
for making "harmful"
comments when stopped by
police
officers.
He
also insisted he was not
an
anti-Semite.
He
is expected to appear in
court on 28 September
2006 on a total of three
charges.
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