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Academy Award Sound Editing 2007 · Nominated
Academy Award Makeup 2007 · Nominated
Academy Award Sound Mixing 2007 · Nominated
Golden Globe Best Foreign Language Film 2007 · Nominated
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Film Not in the English Language 2007 · Nominated
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards. 2006 Winner DFWFCA Award. Best Cinematography. Dean Semler. 2006 Nominee DFWFCA Award. Best Foreign Language Film.
The film was a box office success, grossing over $120 million worldwide, and received generally positive reviews, with critics praising Gibson's direction, Dean Semler 's cinematography, and the performances of the cast, though the portrayal of Maya civilization and historical inaccuracies were criticized.
Dec 8, 2006 · Apocalypto: Directed by Mel Gibson. With Rudy Youngblood, Dalia Hernández, Jonathan Brewer, Morris Birdyellowhead. As the Mayan kingdom faces its decline, a young man is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression.
- (332K)
- Action, Adventure, Drama
- Mel Gibson
- 2006-12-08
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- Sean Hutchinson
- Mel Gibson made a very fast cameo. The first teaser trailer for Apocalypto, made before principal photography of the movie itself, includes a hidden single-frame image of a heavily bearded Gibson standing next to a group of Mayan actors with a cigarette in his mouth.
- Apocalypto also found Waldo. Gibson wasn’t the only brief cameo. The director humorously—and morbidly—inserted a single frame of a man dressed as Waldo from Where’s Waldo into the scene where Jaguar Paw stumbles into a pile of dead bodies after the ritual sacrifice scene.
- Gibson was a stickler for authentic language. All of the dialogue is in the Yucatec Maya language.
- Gibson got expert help. Though the film exercises some dramatic license, Gibson hired Dr. Richard D. Hansen, Assistant Professor at Idaho State University and a specialist on Mayan culture, as a consultant to ensure a level of historical accuracy.
79th Academy Awards. Apocalypto is a 2006 American epic action-adventure film co-written, produced and directed by Mel Gibson. It was written by Gibson and Farhad Safinia. Set in Yucatán, Mexico. The film features a cast of Mayas, and some other people of Native American descent.
Dec 1, 2006 · Awards. Dec 1, 2006 9:42am PT. Apocalypto. Mel Gibson is always good for a surprise, and his latest is that "Apocalypto" is a remarkable film. Set in the waning days of the Mayan...
Full awards and nominations of Apocalypto. Rudy Youngblood, Gerardo Taracena, Raoul Trujillo, Mayra Sérbulo ... Adventure. Action. Drama A heart stopping mythic action-adventure set against the turbulent end times of the once great Mayan civilization.
