NEW YORK - Days before the release of Mel Gibson (news)'s film about the death of Jesus, which some critics say could fuel anti-Semitism, his father has told an interviewer that the Holocaust was mostly "fiction." AP Photo Steve Feuerstein — host of "Speak Your Piece!" — said he interviewed Hutton Gibson for a segment of his show to be broadcast Monday by the small Talkline Communications Network. According to a transcript released by the network, Hutton Gibson said, "It's all — maybe not all fiction — but most of it is," when asked about his views on the Holocaust. He added: "They claimed that there were 6.2 million (Jews) in Poland before the war and after the war there were 200,000, therefore he (Hitler) must have killed 6 million of them. They simply got up and left. They were all over the Bronx and Brooklyn and Sydney and Los Angeles." The interview comes at a sensitive time for Mel Gibson, whose epic "The Passion of the Christ" is due to open Wednesday. Some Jewish leaders say the movie could fuel anti-Semitism for its portrayal of Jews' role in the crucifixion, while conservative Christians have praised it as a moving depiction of Christ's death. Gibson, who produced, directed and co-wrote the film, has said repeatedly that he is not anti-Semitic and that the project was a deeply personal expression of his own faith. Hutton Gibson has an unpublished phone number at his home outside Houston and could not be reached for comment. Alan Nierob, a spokesman for Mel Gibson, declined to comment on the interview. Hutton Gibson follows a tiny wing of traditionalist Catholicism that views the modernizing reforms of the Second Vatican (news - web sites) Council as a conspiracy between Jews and Masons to take over the church. The elder Gibson has stirred controversy in previous interviews with remarks on the Holocaust and Judaism, but had kept quiet in the months leading up to the release of "The Passion." In this latest interview, Gibson said Jews want to take over the world. He did not know why Jews would want to achieve that, but said "it's all about control. They're after one world religion and one world government." Asked in media interviews whether he shares his father's views, Mel Gibson has said that he loves his father and will not speak against him. Zev Brenner, owner of Talkline, which he calls a Jewish network, has been calling for a boycott of all of Mel Gibson's movies. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040219/ap_en_mo/passion_gibson_s_father_2 this type of thing just sickens me...I just hope people arent ignorant enough to believe this stuff, or give it attention, I personally will never watch a Mel Gibson film ever again
This never happened.........it was all a dream..... Man, I have a really conservative guy asking me every day if I plan to see the movie and he wants my opinion on it. For god's sake it's a movie. Does that give me the right to applaud or yell out 'I owned Joo' when he gets 'nailed', maybe. Anyway, enough of being anti-anti-(pro?)-semetic; Who knew such a thing existed??? Do all criminals, I mean Australians, think this way?
Down with religious freedom! How dare Mr. Gibson have his own beliefs! I personally am looking forward to Passion. It looks very interesting.
interesting or crap? passion is a narrow minded film that only will cause trouble and hate.....enjoy spending 7 dollars watching worthless crap
ya i realized after i posted it should probably be in there...my bad mods feel free to move it..sorry
Come on Nomar, what does religious freedom have to do with claiming the Holocaust never happened? Look at all of this fake stuff: This is just a BBQ that got out of hand
That's how I felt about Bad Boys 2. Just wondering, though, how do you know what the film is? Have you seen it?
ive read what its premise is about, blaming the jews for the death of jesus..thats all i need to know
He didn't say it never happened. He said that the numbers may have been exaggerated. Who knows. But it's not my place to say he shouldn't be allowed to say that.
The jews didn't make up the numbers.. the Nazi's were crazy about record keeping. Too freaking tired to post more.. need sleep.. study too much! AHHHH!
