Mel Gibson is backer of new non-diocese Catholic church complex (brings true faith to Hollywarped)

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030309/ap_wo_en_po/na_cel_us_people_gibson_1 ^ | Sun Mar 9

[Liz]

NEW YORK - Actor Mel Gibson is the person behind a 9,300-square-foot (837-square-meter), Mission-style Catholic church complex in Malibu, California, that is not affiliated with any diocese.

The star of "Braveheart," "Lethal Weapon" and "Mad Max" financed the building for about 70 fellow members of the ultraconservative group Holy Family, according to Sunday's The New York Times Magazine.

Among other things, Holy Family and other so-called traditionalist congregations conduct Sunday Mass in Latin.

Gibson has never minimized the importance of his religion, but of late it is even showing up in his work, the magazine noted.

Last year he portrayed two characters deeply affected by their religion — a former minister in "Signs," about an alien invasion, and a Catholic lieutenant in the war drama "We Were Soldiers."

Currently, Gibson is directing a film that depicts the last 12 hours in the life of Jesus Christ. The movie, "The Passion," is in production in Rome, with the actors speaking only Latin and Aramaic.

Gibson declined to comment for the Times article, but at a news conference to announce the film last September, he acknowledged difficulty in finding a U.S. studio or distributor for the film.

"Obviously, nobody wants to touch something filmed in two dead languages. They think I'm crazy, and maybe I am. But maybe I'm a genius," Gibson said.

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On the Net: Times Magazine:
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/09/magazine/09GIBSON.html

[Mamzelle]

Lack of distribution can kill a good movie. Hollywood has a monopoly on this.

[Barnacle]

Mel Ping

[The_Victor]

Last year he portrayed two characters deeply affected by their religion — a former minister in "Signs," about an alien invasion,

For those who haven't seen Signs, I highly recommend it. The alien invasion is just a backdrop for a very serious message about faith. Great movie!

[Liz]

With Gibson's star power, I'm sure he can get a thousand or more theaters needed to run it.

[Liz]

Thanks for the great mini review.

[VOA]

bump

[Liz]

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[SternTrek]

You're right about Signs. It was even better then second and third times that I viewed it. It's has an obvious message, but it's really uplifting.

[lasereye]

Does it have foul language or nudity?

[nanomid]

'The Passion' will make money. It will be run by churches
all over the world for the next 10 years.

He already has a distribution channel. His main audience.

[Barnacle]

Mel Ping

[ALOHA RONNIE]

NEVER FORGET

..'MEL GIBSON - America's new JOHN WAYNE under attack...'

http://www.TheAlamoFILM.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=604


Signed:..ALOHA RONNIE Guyer / Vet-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.LZXRay.com

NEVER FORGET

[annyokie]

If it is Latin Rite, then it is probably Tridentine. I don't know if there are any sanctions from the Bishop about Latin Rite Mass in Los Angeles. You had to get special permission from the Bishop when I lived back east.

[The_Victor]

No nudity for certain, and I don't recall any language, but like much of our society, I've learned to ignore, and forget it. Desensitization.

[showme_the_Glory]

How cool..... A community church with traditional/orthodox liturgy. All it needs is a little charismata and some sound bible teaching...

[mass55th]

"and I don't recall any language..."

You won't know anyway unless you speak Latin or Aramaic.

[The_Victor]

My reply was a slight deviation from the original topic. We we're talking about "Signs".