Movies Mel Gibson Returns to the Director's Chair: All About His Comeback Movie Hacksaw Ridge. Posted on September 2, 2016 at 4:30pm EDT.Mel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge, which premiered today at the 73rd International Venice Film Festival, is a brutally effective, bristlingly idiosyncratic. The full length-trailer for “Hacksaw Ridge' debuted exclusively on “GMA” this morning. All About His Comeback Movie. After a decade- long hiatus, Mel Gibson is back behind the camera. Hacksaw Ridge marks the 6. Apocalypto, and the World War II drama, which debuts at the Venice Film Festival this weekend, is already garnering Oscar buzz. Australian actor Luke Bracey has joined the cast of Mel Gibson's World War II drama 'Hacksaw Ridge,' starring Andrew Garfield. Posted September 16, 2016. Mel Gibson hasn’t directed a feature film since “Apocalypto” 10 years ago. Instead of easing himself back into his filmmaking ways, though, he. The film follows the true tale of Virginia farm boy- turned- army medic Desmond Doss, played by Andrew Garfield, who was credited with saving dozens of soldiers during the Battle of Okinawa despite refusing to carry a weapon or kill his enemies.“He was the first conscientious objector to be given the Medal of Honor,” Gibson explained in an interview at the Sydney Film Festival in June. He was criticized by his peers, the army tried everything to kick him out, and he endured that because he wanted to serve as a combat medic in the worst place on earth.” The strongly religious Doss voluntarily enlisted, but faced backlash for his refusal to go against his beliefs. Instead of taking lives during the war, he was intent on saving them.“Most Medal of Honor winners do something insanely courageous in an instant,” Gibson said. He really didn’t care about his own life.”The film, shot in Australia last year, is expected to be Gibson’s comeback, but the director already has more movies in mind.“I’ve been developing one thing for over 1. Italy,” he said. He is also set to star alongside Sean Penn in the upcoming film The Professor and the Madman. Hacksaw Ridge will hit theaters Nov. Hacksaw Ridge (2. Movie) Official Trailer . He was the only American soldier in WWII to fight on the front lines without a weapon, as he believed that while the war was justified, killing was nevertheless wrong. As an army medic, he single- handedly evacuated the wounded from behind enemy lines, braved fire while tending to soldiers and was wounded by a grenade and hit by snipers. Doss was the first conscientious objector awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Watch movie trailers, previews, teasers and TV spots for new and classic movies. High Definition flash and quicktime trailers from 1931 to the present. After a decade absence, Mel Gibson returned to directing last weekend with Hacksaw Ridge, and the World War II story has gotten arguably the strongest audience. Watch the Hacksaw Ridge (2016) movie trailer. Directed by Mel Gibson and starring Teresa Palmer, Andrew Garfield, Hugo Weaving and Sam Worthington. Watch the violent trailer for Mel Gibson-directed war epic 'Hacksaw Ridge,' about real-life WWII conscientious objector Desmond T.
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