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Disney rethinks links with Mel Gibson

By Joshua Chaffin in New York

Published: August 1 2006 20:39 | Last updated: August 1 2006 20:39

Disney’s efforts to emphasise its family-friendly brand have collided with its involvement with Mel Gibson following the actor’s drunken, anti-Semitic outburst over the weekend.

Disney is scheduled to release Mr Gibson’s latest production, Apocalypto, in December, and to support the film about the decline of the Mayan civilization with an advertising and promotional campaign.

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