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Hanukkah, the movie
Mar. 19, 2004 15:32 | Updated Mar. 19, 2004 15:35Gibson planning movie about Maccabee revolt By JPOST.COM STAFF Hollywood star Mel Gibson is already planning his next foray into the weighty world of religious film-making - he wants to make a movie about the origins of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. According to a report on the Internet Movie Database website, Gibson - who was criticized by many Jewish leaders worldwide for propagating anti-Semitism in his epic The Passion Of The Christ - has hinted he may make a filmed account of the Revolt Of The Maccabees, the story behind Hanukkah, the festival of lights. The 46-year-old actor-director says, "The story thatâs always fired my imagination is the Book of Maccabees. "The Maccabees family stood up, and they made war. They stuck by their guns and they came out winning. Itâs like a western." The Maccabees led a three-year war, 200 years before the birth of Jesus, against Antiochus, a king who forced the Jews to worship false gods. The war led to the liberation of Jerusalem. Gibsonâs interest in Jewish history concerns the Jewish Anti-defamation League. National director Abe Foxman was quoted on the site as saying, "My answer would be, âThanks but no thanks.â The last thing we need in Jewish history is to convert our history into a western." Posted by: Zhang Fei 2004-03-19 |
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