Hollywood screenwriter joe eszterhas is accusing mel gibson, his recent. Mel gibson rant at joe eszterhas caught on tape film the guardian. Mel gibson may sue screenwriter joe eszterhas over audio. Mel gibson takes on judah maccabee the new york times. It was recorded by eszterhas son nick in december and obtained by thewrap. Gibson, according to goldberg, responded that the book of maccabees i and ii makes ripping good reads. Eszterhas wrote a scathing, ninepage letter to gibson in which he accused the actor of hating jews and using the maccabees film project a story about jewish heroism. Mel gibson s worst summer ever the alleged incidents occurred while eszterhas and gibson were working in the fall on a movie about the ancient jewish revolt of the maccabees. Amazon is putting out the short book by joe eszterhas about mel gibson on june 6.
Mel gibson accused of hating jews by maccabees screenwriter. Audio of new foul mouthed mel gibson rant released. Mel gibson rage rant released by joe eszterhas explicit. Harrowing mel gibson rant released by screenwriter joe. Mel gibson says maccabees script sucked, accuses eszterhas of. Mad mel and the maccabees posted on september 11, 2011 by leonard j. So, anyway, after mel gibson s the passion of the christ, joes and mel s paths cross if youll pardon the pun on a project about the maccabees, which is an apocryphal book of the bible. Mel pitches it as a jewish braveheart and this newly pious joe buys into it, and agrees to write it.
Mel gibson to make film about maccabean revolt biblical. Harrowing mel gibson rant released by screenwriter joe eszterhas. Mel gibson rant at screenwriter joe eszterhas is caught on. Both of them have antagonized so many people and burned so many bridges that theyve rendered themselves all but unemployable, even though both of them were once among the most powerful, wellcompensated figures in their respective fields. Remember that jewish hero movie mel gibson planned to make about judah maccabee. Now he wrote this short book, marketed as a kindle single. Mel gibson still plans to make his movie about jewish revolt, despite his war of words with screenwriter joe eszterhas and the antidefamation league calling him a serial bigot. Mel gibson may sue screenwriter joe eszterhas over audio release of actors expletiveladen rant. Mel gibson is being excoriated by the antidefamation league and simon wiesenthal center for making a movie about judah maccabee, a beloved jewish hero who fought for religious freedom 160 or so. Screenwriter joe eszterhass new ebook, heaven and mel, captures some of mel gibson s most extreme outbursts and opinions. He is best known for his action hero roles, particularly his breakout role as max rockatansky in the first three films of the postapocalyptic action series mad max and as martin riggs in the buddy cop film series lethal weapon born in peekskill, new york, gibson. First, screenwriter joe eszterhas accused mel gibson of engaging in antisemitic, sexist and hatefilled speech in an explosive ninepage letter obtained by the wrap on april 11.
Warner bros had passed on the maccabees, which gibson had been attached to direct, last week. Movie star blows the whistle on entertainment industry pedophile ring. The unholy union of jesusloving lunatics mel gibson and joe eszterhas was weirdly inevitable. Mel gibson will move forward with the maccabees with. If the stuff in this book is true, mel gibson seriously does need some kind of wake up call. The news that mel gibson is going to make a biopic about judah maccabee, the great hero of the hannukah story, did not come as a surprise to me. Hollywood screenwriter, and one time rolling stone writer. Mel gibson is embroiled in an ongoing dispute with screenwriter joe eszterhas over the maccabees. Mel gibson accuses joe eszterhas of dragging his feet for more than a year on maccabees script and then turning in a heinous pile of drivel. Following is a transcript of a rant by mel gibson to screenwriter joe eszterhas in costa rica. How long before a judge orders mel gibson to take anger.
Joe eszterhas claims to have received death threats over. Mel gibson may sue joe eszterhas for releasing audio of. The lethal weapon star said that every studio in hollywood is bought and paid for with the blood of innocent children, adding that the. Eszterhas, who wrote the blockbuster basic instinct, was writing a screenplay for gibson for a film called the maccabees. Mel gibson says its time for the world to leave his. On the sean hannity show last tuesday the man who first came to fame as mad max talked about his interest in the book of maccabees. Mel gibson audio rant released by joe eszterhas, may mean. Joe eszterhas and mel gibson had a global confrontation in april of. Heaven and mel s most troubling charges are already a matter of public record, detailed in a ninepage letter ezsterhas wrote to gibson after the projects collapse.
Warner bros had passed on the maccabees, which gibson had been attached to direct, last week, suggesting eszterhass script lacked a sense. Mel gibson and joe eszterhas to collaborate on film. Its an account of eszterhass working relationship with mel gibson, who was at one point interested in making a film called the maccabees, about the historic jewish revolt in the second. Mel gibson s uncontrollable rage is fodder for joe eszterhass new 30,000word ebook. Mel colmcille gerard gibson ao born january 3, 1956 is an american actor and filmmaker. The maccabees mel gibson the passion of the christ religion mel gibson rant today is national voter registration day. The maccabees screenwriter released a tape of mel gibson screaming obscenities at his family, including eszterhas 15yearold son, and it begs the question. Commercial image in this photo taken by ap images for twentieth century fox home entertainment, mel gibson arrives at the premiere. Maccabees screenwriter claims mel gibson hates jews. Audio of new foul mouthed mel gibson rant released mel gibson has been recorded on tape in the midst of a foulmouthed tirade as a hollywood screenwriter who. Hes given up smoking, after barely surviving a horrible bout of throat cancer. We made it easy for you to exercise your right to vote.
Gibson first created waves in 2006 when he went on an antisemitic rant during a traffic stop. According to reports, the film, which will be produced and possibly directed by gibson, will focus on the life and achievements of the ancient jewish hero judah maccabee who, along with his father and four brothers, led the successful secondcentury b. Mel gibson s judah maccabee is the hanukkah present the jews deserve mel gibson doesnt exactly have a great track record with jews. The pair had been working on a screenplay about jewish freedom fighters, the maccabees, though the screenplay was reject by gibson and warner bros. Eszterhas and gibson had been working on a film called the maccabees. Joe eszterhas writes tellall ebook about mel gibson the. Mel gibsons judah maccabee is the hanukkah present the. Possibly they had no one to turn to but each other. In a new interview with, gibson trashed ezsterhas script draft for the judah maccabee film he was going to make with backing from warner bros. Screenwriter joe eszterhas has given up chasing women. Actually there are four books of the maccabees, all contained within what protestants call the old testament apocrypha jewish writings that are historically and. But judging from heaven and mel, his new amazon e book about his illfated attempt to write a historical action drama about the maccabees for mel gibson to direct, eszterhas hasnt lost his fondness for largerthanlife showbiz. Joe eszterhas releases kindle single about mel gibsons.
All one need do is read the antigibson rants in this thread and the first. Readers also learn about jewish hero judah maccabee, the subject of his planned movie project with gibson, as well as what gibson and. Mel gibson, who faces charges in hollywood and elsewhere of extreme, blatant antiantisemitism, enhanced by a drunken, antisemitic rant in 2006. Ive said everything i have to say in my book, heaven and mel. Mel gibson costa rican audio rant ct, cksucker whore joe eszterhas mel gibson made my son fear for his life mel gibson thinks the maccabees is still alive. Turns out, gibson is the star of heaven and mel, by screenwriter joe eszterhas, the justreleased e book rocketing up to no. True, mel gibson s catholic faith contradicts many things, including catholicism. Mel gibson is still pretty angry with screenwriter joe ezsterhas. By april 2012, slightly more than six months into the project, the maccabees project. In a recent blog post for andrew breitbarts big hollywood, jeff dunetz laments that mel gibson s catholic faith completely contradicts story of judah maccabee. Mel gibson rant at joe eszterhas caught on tape film. Now hes providing proof of his allegations among them, that gibson explicitly threatened to kill exgirlfriend oksana gregorieva with a two and a halfminute recording posted on the wrap.
Maccabee teamed with his father and four brothers to lead the. The blogger feels that this highlytroubled entertainer is the wrong choice to direct a film about an ancient jewish hero. Mel gibson rant released by joe eszterhas after fight over. Mel gibsons latest movie will focus on the life story of judah maccabee reuters. Heaven and mel kindle single kindle edition by eszterhas, joe. More about mel gibson, joe eszterhas, the maccabees, rant, hollywood.
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