A decade after fall from grace, Mel Gibson rises with 'Hacksaw Ridge'

By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - It has been ten years since Mel Gibson went on a drunken anti-Semitic rant that made him a Hollywood outcast, but the actor and director is finally climbing back into the industry's good graces. Gibson has kept a low profile with just a handful of small acting roles since his 2006 arrest in Malibu for drunk driving, after which he apologised for launching a diatribe against Jews and sought treatment for alcoholism. Now, his new war drama "Hacksaw Ridge," out in theatres on Friday, is winning the warmest reviews since his 1995 Oscar-winning movie "Braveheart." The film was screened at the Academy of Motion Pictures in Beverly Hills, and on Sunday, Gibson will be named best director at the Hollywood Film Awards - the start of the road to February's Oscars.