 BIOGRAPHY
A family man
Quotes
The others
Important dates
ACTOR
Filmography
Gallipoli
The year of...
The river
Max and Riggs
Hamlet
Smith and Rocky
The Patriot
What Women want
We were soldiers
Signs
Soon we´ll
PRODUCER
Icon Productions
DIRECTOR
The debut
The Passion
Apocalypto
AWARDS
Oscars and...
MEGAFANS
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Gibson´first comedy was "Bird on a Wire" (1990), costarred Goldie Hawn.
Mel, Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn had become good friends during the shooting of "Tequila Sunrise" and conversation kept coming round to the possibility of making a movie together, so when the Bird script surfaced, Gibson and Hawn decided that the project was perfect.
"Bird on a Wire" is an action-comedy. Mel plays a man in the government´s Witness Protection Program whose whereabouts are discovered by the drug dealers he´s got the goods on; he escapes and goes mirthfully on the lam, reluctantly helped by his ex-girlfriend (Goldie), with the killers in high pursuit.
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Shooting was carried out mainly in Canada. and Gibson ´s salary for the picture was $4,5 million plus a percentage of the profits. The total budget of the movie was $20 million.
"The Bird on a Wire" set was very friendly, with the Gibson´s children frequently found in close proximity with Hawn´s. There were champagne toasts when Robyn announced she was pregnant for the sixth time.
A close friendship grew between Goldie and Mel. The two stars even infuriated director Badham by agreeing to tone down a love scene.
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Critics around the world dismissed the film for having a silly plot and scorned Goldie Hawn performance, but Gibson´s acting abilities were generally well received.
Despite all the criticism, the movie became one of the bigger- grossing films of that year, making about $5 million more than the first Lethal Weapon, proving Mel´s growing appeal with audiences.
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"Goldie certainly has a vivacious quality that never lets her dowm , I mean it´s like she´s always smiling and cheery. But there´s certainly more to her than the dumb blonde."
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