Posted on 03/04/2006 7:12:12 PM PST by NormsRevenge
NEW YORK (AP) -- Mel Gibson will give audiences a preview of the ancient language spoken in his upcoming movie, "Apocalypto."
During a brief appearance on the Academy Awards on Sunday, Gibson will speak Maya, the only language in the film. His last movie, "The Passion of the Christ," was performed in Latin and Aramaic.
"I wanted to shake up the stale action-adventure genre," Gibson told Time for a story on the magazine's Web site. "So I think we almost had to come up with something utterly different like this."
"Apocalypto" is set in pre-Columbian Mexico and is being shot on the fringe of southern Mexico's rain forests. It addresses the end of civilizations and contains warnings about environmental degradation and political fear-mongering.
Somebody put this up another thread, next to Rasputin's picture, and for a second, I thought it was a picture comparing Sadaam Hussein to Rasputin! I had to look closely to see it was MEL!
Hey did anyone read the Time magazine thing about Mel Gibson that is linked on Drudge? HE DOESN'T TLIKE BUSH-CHENEY!
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