Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior CorrespondentIn 2016, Mel Gibson received a 10-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival where he premiered “Hacksaw Ridge,” which, propelled by a rapturous reception in Italy, went on to receive six Oscar nominations.
That included a nod for Gibson for best director. The World War II drama was the first film Gibson had directed in more than a decade.
The hiatus was largely due to being virtually shut out from Hollywood, an expulsion prompted by the infamous Malibu DUI arrest in 2006 during which he unleashed an anti-Semitic rant.
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