"effort. In winning the Academy Award for Best Director, Gibson became only the sixth actor-turned-filmmaker to do so. ""Braveheart"" influenced the Scottish nationalist movement and helped to revive the film genre of the historical epic; the Battle of Stirling Bridge sequence is considered by critics to be one of the all-time-best-directed battle scenes. The film's depiction of the Prince of Wales as an effeminate homosexual caused the film to be attacked by the Gay Alliance. The Gay Alliance was especially enraged by a scene in which King Edward I murders his son's male lover by throwing him out of a"
"Braveheart Braveheart is a 1995 American epic war film directed by Mel Gibson. The film is fictionally based on the struggle of William Wallace, played by Gibson, a late 13th-century Scottish warrior who led the Scots in the First War of Scottish Independence against King Edward I of England. The film also stars Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan and Catherine McCormack. The story is inspired by Blind Harry's epic poem ""The Actes and Deidis of the Illustre and Vallyeant Campioun Schir William Wallace"" and was adapted for the screen by Randall Wallace. Development on the film initially started at Metro Goldwyn"
"spent several years writing for television in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He gained recognition and commercial success by penning the screenplay for ""Braveheart"" (1995), which was inspired by a trip to Scotland to learn more about his Scottish roots. While there, he discovered the legend of the medieval Scottish patriot William Wallace; he is not, however, related to William Wallace in any way. ""Braveheart"" became Wallace’s first screenplay to be produced, after drawing the interest of director and star, Mel Gibson. It ended up as one of the most successful films of 1995, earning the Academy Award for"
"films shot in Scotland. Mel Gibson’s Academy Award-winning ""Braveheart"" is perhaps the best-known and most commercially successful of these, having grossed $350,000,000 worldwide. The film won 5 Academy Awards, including ‘Best Picture’ and ‘Best Director’ and was nominated for additional awards. The film’s depiction of the Battle of Stirling Bridge, which the plot of the film surrounds, is often regarded as one of the greatest movie battles in cinema history. Other notable films to have been shot at least partly in Scotland include ""Dog Soldiers"", ""Highlander"" and ""Trainspotting"" and ""Stardust"". <br> 633 Squadron<br> A A Man Called Peter<br> A Shot"
"in the 16th century. Gibson then took a ten-year hiatus from directing during which time he landed roles in ""Edge of Darkness"" (2010), ""Machete Kills"" (2013), ""The Expendables 3"" (2014), and ""Blood Father"" (2016). He directed ""Hacksaw Ridge"" in 2016, a biographical war drama focusing on American World War II veteran Desmond Doss, the first conscientious objector to receive the Medal of Honor. The film garnered praise from critics and audiences alike, as well as various accolades. Mel Gibson filmography Mel Gibson, AO, is an American actor director producer and filmmaker who made his acting debut on the Australian television"
"Angus Macfadyen reprising his role from ""Braveheart"". The cast will also include Jared Harris, Patrick Fugit, Zach McGowan, Emma Kenney, Diarmaid Murtagh, Seoras Wallace, Shane Coffey, Kevin McNally and Melora Walters. Richard Gray will direct the film, with Macfadyen and Eric Belgau writing the script. Helmer Gray, Macfadyen, Hutchison, Kim Barnard, Nick Farnell, Cameron Nuggent and Andrew Curry will produce the film. Braveheart Braveheart is a 1995 American epic war film directed by Mel Gibson. The film is fictionally based on the struggle of William Wallace, played by Gibson, a late 13th-century Scottish warrior who led the Scots in the"
"entitled to vote. Regardless, the referendum held on 18 September that year resulted in a victory for the ""No"" campaign, with 2,001,926 votes (55.3%) in favour of Scotland staying part of the United Kingdom. He has appeared in numerous films including Bill Forsyth's ""Gregory's Girl"" (1980), ""Local Hero"" (1983) and ""Comfort and Joy"" (1984), ""A Sense of Freedom"" (1981), ""Comrades"" (1986), ""Hidden City"" (1987), ""Scandal"" (1989), ""Countdown to War"" (1989), ""Robin Hood"" (1991), """" (1991), ""Blame It on the Bellboy"" (1992), """" (1994), ""Little Voice"" (1998), ""Orphans"" (1998) and ""Beautiful Creatures"" (2000), as well as Hollywood blockbusters such as ""White"
"Ridley Scott Sir Ridley Scott (born 30 November 1937) is an English film director and producer. Following his commercial breakthrough with the science fiction horror film ""Alien"" (1979), further works include the neo-noir dystopian science fiction film ""Blade Runner"", historical drama ""Gladiator"" (which won the Academy Award for Best Picture), and science fiction film ""The Martian"". Scott's work has an atmospheric, highly concentrated visual style. Though his films range widely in setting and period, they frequently showcase memorable imagery of urban environments, whether 2nd century Rome (""Gladiator""), 12th century Jerusalem (""Kingdom of Heaven""), Medieval England (""Robin Hood""), contemporary Mogadishu (""Black"
"Scottish film director Gillies MacKinnon and starring Jonathan Pryce as Rivers, James Wilby as Sassoon and Jonny Lee Miller as Prior. The film was successful in the UK and Canada, receiving nominations for a number of awards. The novel explores the experience of British army officers being treated for shell shock during World War I at Craiglockhart War Hospital in Edinburgh. Inspired by her grandfather's experience of World War I, Barker draws extensively on first person narratives from the period. Using these sources, she created characters based on historical individuals present at the hospital including poets and patients, Siegfried Sassoon"
"market. It grossed approximately $72,000,000 in the foreign market. A Hollywood premiere was turned into a fund-raiser for two of Gibson's charities, the West Hollywood Alcohol and Drug Recovery Center and the Santa Monica Homeless Drop-in Center. A total of $70,000 was raised for both charities. Forever Young (1992 film) Forever Young is a 1992 American science fiction-romantic drama film directed by Steve Miner and starring Mel Gibson, Elijah Wood, and Jamie Lee Curtis. The screenplay was written by J. J. Abrams from an original story named ""The Rest of Daniel"". In 1939, Captain Daniel McCormick (Mel Gibson) is a"
"Floater"" (1975), ""The Way of the World"" (1975), ""Brassneck"" (1975), ""The Glittering Prizes"" (1976), ""Trilby"" (1976), ""The Onedin Line"" (1976), ""Campion's Interview"" (1977), ""Rumpole of the Bailey"" (1977–1992), ""The Life of Shakespeare"" (1978), ""Prince Regent"" (1979), ""The Vanishing Army"" (1980), ""Psy Warriors"" (1981), ""A Fine Romance"" (1982), ""King Lear"" (1982), ""Three Up, Two Down"" (1985), ""Lytton's Diary"" (1985–86), ""Death of a Son"" (1989), ""Around the World in 80 Days"" (1989), ""Sherlock Holmes"" (1991), """" (1991), ""Inspector Morse"" (1993), ""Bugs - Assassins Inc"" (1995), ""It Might Be You"" (1995), ""Kavanagh QC"" (1997), ""The Wyvern Mystery"" (2000), """" (2001), ""The Hunt"" (2001),"
"nominated for another four, including Best Picture and Best Director for Gibson, his second nomination in the category. Gibson was born in Peekskill, New York, the sixth of eleven children, and the second son of Hutton Gibson, a writer, and Irish-born Anne Patricia (née Reilly, died 1990). Gibson's paternal grandmother was opera contralto Eva Mylott (1875–1920), who was born in Australia, to Irish parents, while his paternal grandfather, John Hutton Gibson, was a millionaire tobacco businessman from the American South. One of Gibson's younger brothers, Donal, is also an actor. Gibson's first name is derived from Saint Mel, fifth-century Irish"
"for dozens of major US and UK film and television productions since helping provide the voices of both Scottish and English armies alongside Mel Gibson in ""Braveheart"". His first film role was as 'Harris', Roger Moore's lieutenant in ""North Sea Hijack""; other film roles include William Goldman's ""The Year of the Comet"", the western, ""The Pride of Wade Ellison"", and the short film, ""Locked Up"" by Bugsy Riverbank Steel - winner of Best Foreign Short Film at the Lanzarote Film Festival in 2013. Also ""Fast Girls"", ""The Redistributors"", ""Rule Number Three"" with Nicholas Hoult, ""The Pirates of Penzance"" with Kevin"
"Gibson has it."" Gibson has also been likened to ""a combination Clark Gable and Humphrey Bogart."" Gibson's roles in the ""Mad Max"" series of films, Peter Weir's ""Gallipoli"", and the ""Lethal Weapon"" series of films earned him the label of ""action hero"". Later, Gibson expanded into a variety of acting projects including human dramas such as ""Hamlet"", and comedic roles such as those in ""Maverick"" and ""What Women Want"". He expanded beyond acting into directing and producing, with: ""The Man Without a Face"", in 1993; ""Braveheart"", in 1995; ""The Passion of the Christ"", in 2004; and ""Apocalypto"", in 2006. Jess"
"Alec Guinness. This was a massive hit and highly acclaimed. He was awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1958. Hawkins played the lead role a film for John Ford, ""Gideon's Day"" (USA title: ""Gideon of Scotland Yard"") (1958), playing a police officer. He had a good role as a double agent in a war film, ""The Two-Headed Spy"" (1958) then was given another third lead in a Hollywood blockbuster ""Ben-Hur"" (1959), playing the Roman admiral who befriends Charlton Heston. It was even more successful than ""Bridge on the River Kwai"". He appeared as one"
"two films which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. First, as the gunfighter ""English Bob"" in the Western ""Unforgiven"" (1992); second, as the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius in Ridley Scott's ""Gladiator"" (2000). He also played a lead role alongside James Earl Jones in the Darrell Roodt film adaptation of ""Cry, the Beloved Country"" (1995). In 1999, Harris starred in the film ""To Walk with Lions"". After ""Gladiator"", Harris played the supporting role of Albus Dumbledore in the first two of the ""Harry Potter"" films, and as Abbé Faria in Kevin Reynolds' film adaptation of ""The Count of Monte Cristo"""
"""Traffic"" Julie Walters – ""Billy Elliot"" The Perfect Storm 54th British Academy Film Awards The 54th British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, took place on 25 February 2001 and honoured the best films of 2000. Ridley Scott's Gladiator won Best Film, while Ang Lee won Best Director for ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long)"". ""Billy Elliot"" was voted Best British Film of 2000, and the film's lead actor, Jamie Bell, won Best Actor in a Leading Role. In addition, Julia Roberts won Best Actress in a Leading Role for her"
"star Russell Crowe, and saw Scott nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director. Scott worked with British visual effects company The Mill for the film's computer-generated imagery, and the film was dedicated to Oliver Reed who died during filming – The Mill created a digital body double for Reed's remaining scenes. Some have credited ""Gladiator "" with reviving the nearly defunct ""sword and sandal"" historical genre. The film was named the fifth best action film of all time in the ABC special """". Scott directed ""Hannibal"" (2001) starring Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter. The film was commercially successful despite"
"Hawk Down""), the future cityscapes of ""Blade Runner"", or the distant planets in ""Alien"", ""Prometheus"", ""The Martian"" and """". Several of his films are also known for their strong female characters. Scott has been nominated for three Academy Awards for Directing (for ""Thelma & Louise"", ""Gladiator"" and ""Black Hawk Down""). In 1995, both Ridley and his brother Tony received a BAFTA for Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema. In 2003, Scott was knighted for his ""services to the British film industry"". In a 2004 BBC poll Scott was named the tenth most influential person in British culture. In 2015 he received"
"a Best Picture Oscar and has come to be re-evaluated by some critics. In 1984 Mel Gibson played Christian opposite Anthony Hopkins as Bligh in a film (based not upon the Nordhoff-Hall novels but on an historical work by Richard Hough) called ""The Bounty"". This latest version, which gives a far more sympathetic view of Bligh, is considered to be the closest to historical events. The 1935 version was itself not the first film account of the mutiny. In 1933 an Australian film entitled ""In the Wake of the Bounty"", with the then-unknown Errol Flynn as Fletcher Christian, was released,"
"Tony Scott Anthony David Leighton Scott (21 June 1944 – 19 August 2012) was an English film director and producer. He was known for directing action and thriller films such as ""Top Gun"" (1986), ""Beverly Hills Cop II"" (1987), ""The Last Boy Scout"" (1991), ""True Romance"" (1993), ""Crimson Tide"" (1995), ""Enemy of the State"" (1998), ""Man on Fire"", ""Déjà Vu"" (2006), and ""Unstoppable"" (2010). Mr Scott was the younger brother of film director Sir Ridley Scott. They both graduated from the Royal College of Art in London. In 1995 both Tony and Ridley received the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British"
"Lear. Some of the best-known Scottish actors include: Scotland’s success as a film industry can also be seen through its national films. Films such as 1982’s BAFTA Award-winning ""Gregory's Girl"" have helped gain Scotland recognition. Despite its low budget, it has still managed to achieve success throughout the world. 1983’s ""Local Hero"", which was rated in the top 100 films of the 1980s in a Premiere magazine recap of the decade and received overwhelmingly positive reviews (it holds a 100% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes). On top of the works created by Scottish directors, there have been many successful non-Scottish"
"also received a special Oscar for sound effects editing (Kay Rose). The River (1984 film) The River is a 1984 American drama film directed by Mark Rydell, written by Robert Dillon and Julian Barry, and stars Mel Gibson, Sissy Spacek, and Scott Glenn. The film tells the story of a struggling farm family in the Tennessee valley trying to keep its farm from going under in the face of bank foreclosures and floods. The father faces the dilemma of having to work as a strikebreaker in a steel mill to keep his family farm from foreclosure. It was based on"
"Gibson's character. The ""Mad Max"" trilogy has since become a cult classic, and was the film that launched Gibson to mainstream stardom. Bisley and Gibson also starred together in ""The Chain Reaction"" (1980), in which Gibson only appeared in a brief cameo role. His other film credits include roles in ""The Highest Honor"" (1983), ""The Winds of Jarrah"" (1983), ""Fast Talking"" (1984), ""Silver City"" (1984), ""The Big Steal"" (1990), ""Over the Hill"" (1992), and ""Red Hill"" (2010), the gritty Australian drama in which Bisley played the Police Inspector ""Old Bill"". Bisley is also a well-known stage actor, appearing in Drama"
"of Guilt (1964) - Not for Every Eye (1964) 1964-1965 - The Kidders (1965) - Write Me a Murder (1964) Alan Gibson was born in Canada and moved to the UK to train at the Bristol Old Vic. After working as an actor in the theatre, he started directing when BBC2 was launched. He worked on film and TV for the rest of his career. He lived in London with his wife Kate (d. 1997) and their daughters Sarah-Kate and Jessica and died of cancer in 1987 at the age of 49, just a few months before his last work"
"The Patriot (2000 film) The Patriot is a 2000 American epic historical fiction war film directed by Roland Emmerich, written by Robert Rodat, and starring Mel Gibson, Chris Cooper, Heath Ledger, and Jason Isaacs. The film mainly takes place in rural Berkeley County, South Carolina, and depicts the story of an American Colonist, nominally loyal to the British Crown, who is swept into the American Revolutionary War when his family is threatened. Benjamin Martin is a composite figure the scriptwriter claims is based on four factual figures from the American Revolutionary War: Andrew Pickens, Francis Marion, Daniel Morgan, and Thomas"
"extraordinary ability to create energy on screen, both in action and in the creation of character."" The first episode of ""Coma"" and the first episode of season 4 of ""The Good Wife"" were dedicated in his memory. His brother Ridley's films ""The Counselor"" and """" were also dedicated in memory of him. Ridley also paid tribute to Tony at the 2016 Golden Globes, after his film, ""The Martian"", won Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. Tony Scott Anthony David Leighton Scott (21 June 1944 – 19 August 2012) was an English film director and producer. He was known for"
"""Mississippi Burning"" (1988), ""Come See the Paradise"" (1990) and ""Angela's Ashes"" (1999); family dramas, including ""Shoot the Moon"" (1982), and horrors and thrillers including ""Angel Heart"" (1987) and ""The Life of David Gale"" (2003). His films have won nineteen BAFTA awards, ten Golden Globes and six Academy Awards. Parker was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his services to the British film industry and knighted in 2002. He has been active in both British cinema and American cinema, along with being a founding member of the Directors Guild of Great Britain and lecturing at various"
"These were the days when we were inspired by the heroic deeds typical of British greatness."" In 1944, Charles Frend and Sidney Cole pitched the idea a film about the Scott expedition. Balcon was interested so they wrote up a story treatment which Balcon approved. Ealing secured co operation from Scott's widow (who would die in 1947). Walter Meade wrote the first draft. In 1947 it was announced that John Mills, then one of the biggest stars in Britain, would play the title role. ""This is the most responsible thing I have done in films,""said Mills. ""I was only about"
"""Gideon of Scotland Yard"" in the USA), released by Columbia Pictures, and ""Cat & Mouse"" (1958, also known as ""The Desperate Men"" in the USA), written as Michael Halliday. On television, a series based on the Commander George Gideon character, ""Gideon's Way"", was produced from 1964 to 1965 by ITC Entertainment and starring John Gregson in the title rôle. ITC followed this with a version of Creasey's The Baron character (1965–66), starring Steve Forrest. Between 1967 and 1971 the BBC produced a radio version of Creasey's Roger West stories with actor Patrick Allen in the title role as Scotland Yard"
"received a New Zealand Screen Award for editing ""The World's Fastest Indian"" (2005) and reunited with Mel Gibson on the historical drama ""The Professor and the Madman"". Gilbert has been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors. John Gilbert (film editor) John Gilbert is a film editor who works primarily in New Zealand. Gilbert has edited 17 feature films as well as television shows and short films. He won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing and the BAFTA Award for Best Editing, among several honors, for Mel Gibson's war drama ""Hacksaw Ridge"" (2016). Gilbert had earlier received various"
"and Best Sound (Bob Jones, John Aldred). The film received several Golden Globe Award nominations, including Best Motion Picture - Drama, Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama (Glenda Jackson), Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama (Vanessa Redgrave), Best Original Score (John Barry), and Best Screenplay (John Hale). Mary, Queen of Scots (1971 film) Mary, Queen of Scots is a 1971 British Universal Pictures biographical film based on the life of Mary, Queen of Scots, written by John Hale and directed by Charles Jarrott. Leading an all-star cast are Vanessa Redgrave as the title character and Glenda Jackson as Elizabeth I."
"released internationally in 1980. It became a top-grossing Australian film, while holding the record in the ""Guinness Book of Records"" for decades as the most profitable film ever created, and has been credited for further opening the global market to Australian New Wave films. ""Mad Max 2"" (also known as ""The Road Warrior"") is a 1981 Australian post-apocalyptic dystopian action film directed by George Miller. This sequel to Miller's ""Mad Max"" was a worldwide box office success that further launched the career of Mel Gibson. The film's tale of a community of settlers moved to defend themselves against a roving"