The fiercest competition has been for a limited number of models made by Martin, Fender, Gibson, Rickenbacker, Gretsch and Epiphone.

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D. detective Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) visits the home of rough-and-ready I.

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Saved from near-bankruptcy by engineer-turned-entrepreneur Henry Juszkiewicz and master luthier Lawrence Ferguson, Gibson now cranks out instruments that rival Martin's not only in price but in quality.

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Gibson and Glover, of course, play Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh, mismatched partners on the L.A. police force who investigate loud, exploding, two-hour-long things.

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And, indeed, all it takes is a twist of a knob to go from a six-string Martin to a 12-string Guild or even a Gibson banjo.

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Clint will get his nomination, while Stephen Frears, Martin Scorsese, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and maybe even Mel Gibson or Emilio Estevez should be in the running.

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Martin Pearson crossed to effectively put the match beyond Salford's reach, before Damian Gibson burst clear to make it a convincing victory for the visitors.

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But before that, the last really major international films made at Cinecitta were Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ, shot way back in 2004, and Martin Scorsese's The Gangs of New York, which came out a decade ago.

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