Thank the Lord, matters quickly improved. Peter Weir, who'd helped re-generate the Aussie film industry with his marvellous Picnic At Hanging Rock, wanted Mel to star alongside newcomer Mark Lee in the war drama, Gallipoli. The pair would play young sprinters whose athletic careers are halted when they're sent into action in Turkey during WW1. The army uses their talents by having them race through the trenches with important messages, while the British commanders are foolishly and mercilessly sending troops over the top into unanswerable machine-gun fire. It was an extremely moving movie, and not the last time Mel would be involved in Brit-bashing. Both Braveheart and The Patriot would also portray the denizens of this sceptred isle, this earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, this other Eden - DEMI-PARADISE - as a gang of plummy-voiced butchers. He'd answer outraged complaints with a cute and funny "Hey, we're giving the Germans a break". In Australia, of course, it didn't matter. Gallipoli won Gibson a second Best Actor Award.
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