director. >> i feel like, you know -- that's my wildest expectations come true for this evening. >> reporter: offscreen, gibson's part boy images, a rowdy reputation, due in large part to his drinking, was changing as his wife, robin, pressured him to stop. the gibsons now had seven children who are kept out of the public eye. >> i'm kind of a household hitler, i suppose. if i can use that word. and, you know, it's our decision they stay away from it until they're old enough. and if they want to be part of it, yeah, okay. but for now, they got to go to school. >> reporter: schooling that could take place anywhere gibson was filming. >> he traveled like an entourage with his family, you know, so he would take his kids and put them into different schools for half a year here, half a year there instead of giving them private tutors. >> throughout the entire