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GIBSON URGED TO REJECT FILM WITH ARMENIAN ALLEGATIONS
Today's Zaman, Turkey
Nov 27 2007
The Foundation for the Struggle Against Baseless Allegations of
Genocide (ASÝMED) has begun an e-mail campaign to try and dissuade
actor Mel Gibson from playing a role in a film that underscores claýms
of an alleged genocide of Anatolian Armenians by Ottoman Turks during
World War I.
The president of ASÝMED and faculty member at Ataturk University's
history department, Professor Savaþ Eðilmez, said in order to raise
support internationally for Armenian allegations, various Armenian
diaspora groups had set aside a fund of $100 million and this money
had been given to Hollywood film production companies to encourage the
making of such a film. Eðilmez noted that more than one such Hollywood
company is preparing to shoot a film supporting the Armenian view. "It
is now being said that actor Mel Gibson is to play a role in one of
these films. There is a push to have the film shot at Icon Productions,
the company Gibson is a partner in," said Eðilmez.
Stallone changed his mind
Eðilmez noted that a similar situation occurred recently when Sylvester
Stallone announced his plans to play a role in a new film adaptation
of the book "The Forty Days of Musa Dagh." After a campaign led by
ASÝMED in which more than 3,000 e-mails were sent to Stallone, the
actor declined the role. "Stallone decided not to act in this film
after the e-mail campaign we led. The European press also expressed
concerns about the book's accuracy. We have begun sending documents
about the truth of the situation to Gibson. We started an e-mail
campaign to urge him to decline the role and to not allow this film to
be shot at his production company. What we are facing is a new slander
campaign on the level of the 'Midnight Express'. Everyone needs to
be sensitive and aware on this topic. We need to put pressure on this
famous actor by telling him the truth of the matter," stated Eðilmez.
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/d etaylar.do?load=detay&link=128034
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Today's Zaman, Turkey
Nov 27 2007
The Foundation for the Struggle Against Baseless Allegations of
Genocide (ASÝMED) has begun an e-mail campaign to try and dissuade
actor Mel Gibson from playing a role in a film that underscores claýms
of an alleged genocide of Anatolian Armenians by Ottoman Turks during
World War I.
The president of ASÝMED and faculty member at Ataturk University's
history department, Professor Savaþ Eðilmez, said in order to raise
support internationally for Armenian allegations, various Armenian
diaspora groups had set aside a fund of $100 million and this money
had been given to Hollywood film production companies to encourage the
making of such a film. Eðilmez noted that more than one such Hollywood
company is preparing to shoot a film supporting the Armenian view. "It
is now being said that actor Mel Gibson is to play a role in one of
these films. There is a push to have the film shot at Icon Productions,
the company Gibson is a partner in," said Eðilmez.
Stallone changed his mind
Eðilmez noted that a similar situation occurred recently when Sylvester
Stallone announced his plans to play a role in a new film adaptation
of the book "The Forty Days of Musa Dagh." After a campaign led by
ASÝMED in which more than 3,000 e-mails were sent to Stallone, the
actor declined the role. "Stallone decided not to act in this film
after the e-mail campaign we led. The European press also expressed
concerns about the book's accuracy. We have begun sending documents
about the truth of the situation to Gibson. We started an e-mail
campaign to urge him to decline the role and to not allow this film to
be shot at his production company. What we are facing is a new slander
campaign on the level of the 'Midnight Express'. Everyone needs to
be sensitive and aware on this topic. We need to put pressure on this
famous actor by telling him the truth of the matter," stated Eðilmez.
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/d etaylar.do?load=detay&link=128034
--Boundary_ (ID_fNbEi57DpW4Q4NyG+HDVMw)--