Shocking description of the last 12 hours of life of Jesus Christ. This is by far the strongest representation of the Passion is what we found so far in the cinema. The film is faithful to transfers of historical, biblical and theological. To emphasize the authenticity of history, the actors use the two languages wymarłymi: aramejskim and Latin.

"The Passion of the Christ" is a provocative work of art imaging to serious thought and reflection on the death of Christ people with different religious convictions. This is a movie about faith, hope, love and forgiveness - and therefore about what a need in today's turbulent times.

Mel Gibson has said that he started drinking at the age of thirteen.[108] In a 2002 interview about his time at NIDA, Gibson said,

    "I had really good highs but some very low lows. I found out recently I'm manic depressive."

Gibson has not made any other public mention of having bipolar disorder.

In 1984, Gibson was arrested in Toronto for driving with a blood alcohol level between 0.12%-0.13% after he rear-ended a car. According to Clarkson, when the other driver exited his vehicle and began shouting profanity at him, Mel Gibson laughed and offered him a drink. Gibson plead guilty and was fined $300 and banned from driving in Ontario for 3 months. In court he apologized to the Toronto community and thanked the police.

In 1985, Gibson retreated to his Australian farm for over a year to recover, but he continued to struggle with drinking. Despite this problem, Gibson gained a reputation in Hollywood for professionalism and punctuality, so that Lethal Weapon 2 director Richard Donner was shocked when Gibson confided that he was drinking five pints of beer for breakfast.[66] Gibson said, in 2003, that his despair in his mid-thirties led him to contemplate suicide, and he meditated on Christ's Passion to heal his wounds.[62] In 1992, Gibson provided financial support to Hollywood's Recovery Center, saying, "Alcoholism is something that runs in my family. It's something that's close to me. People do come back from it, and it's a miracle."

    * Australian Film Institute: Best Actor in a Lead Role, Tim (1979)
    * Australian Film Institute: Best Actor in a Lead Role, Gallipoli (1981)
    * People's Choice Awards: Favorite Motion Picture Actor (1991)
    * MTV Movie Awards: Best Action Sequence, Lethal Weapon 3 (1993)
    * MTV Movie Awards: Best On-Screen Duo, Lethal Weapon 3 (1993) - shared with Danny Glover
    * ShoWest Award: Male Star of the Year (1993)
    * National Board of Review: Special Achievement in Filmmaking, Braveheart (1995)
    * American Cinematheque Gala Tribute: American Cinematheque Award (1995)
    * ShoWest Award: Director of the Year (1996)
    * Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards: Best Director, Braveheart (1996)
    * Golden Globe Awards: Best Director, Braveheart (1996)
    * Academy Awards: Best Director, Braveheart (1996)
    * Academy Awards: Best Picture, Braveheart (1996)
    * People's Choice Awards: Favorite Motion Picture Actor (1997)
    * Hasty Pudding Theatricals: Man of the Year (1997)
    * Blockbuster Entertainment Awards: Favorite Actor - Suspense, Ransom (1997)
    * Blockbuster Entertainment Awards: Favorite Actor - Suspense, Conspiracy Theory (1998 )
    * People's Choice Awards: Favorite Motion Picture Star in a Drama (2001)
    * People's Choice Awards: Favorite Motion Picture Actor (2001)
    * Blockbuster Entertainment Awards: Favorite Actor - Drama, The Patriot (2001)
    * Australian Film Institute: Global Achievement Award (2002)
    * People's Choice Awards: Favorite Motion Picture Actor (2003)
    * Honorary Doctorate Recipient and Undergraduate Commencement Speaker, Loyola Marymount University (2003)
    * People's Choice Awards: Favorite Motion Picture Actor (2004)
    * Named as the world's most powerful celebrity by US business magazine Forbes (2004)
    * Outstanding Contribution to World Cinema Award at the Irish Film and Television Awards (2008 )

    " hey had a lot of floods down there. It was like Louisiana down there in the southern regions. They had severe flooding and something like a million people were displaced and washed out. I've always been of the opinion that if you go into someone else's country to make a film you don't just go in there and stomp all over the place. You bring a gift. It's like going to somebody's house. You bring them a bottle of wine or a bunch of flowers or a box of chocolates and it's the same sort of thing on a big scale when you're going in to somebody's country and they are going to help you make your film. You help them first somehow or you give them a gift or you help in what way you can. So we sort of assisted with the flood relief stuff down there."

Gibson has a reputation for discreetly assisting members of the entertainment community with substance abuse problems. He worked behind the scenes to get Robert Downey, Jr. some help at Corcoran State Prison.[ Hole rocker Courtney Love praised Mel Gibson for saving her from a drug relapse after the Hollywood actor helped force her into rehab. Gibson sought to help the musician at a hotel in Los Angeles when he heard she was using drugs again. Love later recalled,

    "I kept slamming the door in (Gibson's) face. There were two drug people with me who wouldn't leave, so they couldn't get me to rehab. But because of Mel, two drug people ran off to have a cheeseburger with him because he's Mel, and then Warren [Boyd] (her drug minder) could get me into rehab."

Gibson has donated $500,000 to the El Mirador Basin Project to protect the last tract of virgin rain forest in Central America and to fund archeological excavations in the "cradle of Mayan civilization." In July 2007, Gibson again visited Central America to make arrangements for donations to the indigenous population. Gibson met with Costa Rican President Oscar Arias to discuss how to "channel the funds." During the same month, Gibson pledged to give financial assistance to a Malaysian company named Green Rubber Global for a tire recycling factory located in Gallup, New Mexico. While on a business trip to Singapore in September 2007, Gibson donated to a local charity for children with chronic and terminal illnesses.