The Apostle Page #11

Synopsis: Eulis 'Sonny' Dewey is a preacher from Texas living a happy life with his beautiful wife Jessie. Suddenly his stable world crumbles: Jessie is having an affair with young minister Horace. Sonny gets enraged and hits Horace with a softball bat, putting him into a coma. After that he leaves town, takes a new name, 'Apostle E.F.' and goes to Louisiana. There he starts to work as a mechanic for local radio station owner Elmo, and Elmo lets him preach on the radio. E.F. starts to preach everywhere: on the radio, on the streets, and with his new friend, Reverend Blackwell he starts a campaign to renovate an old church.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Robert Duvall
Production: New Films International
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 13 wins & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
83
Rotten Tomatoes:
89%
PG-13
Year:
1997
134 min
1,709 Views


Jesus!

- If I jump, who jumps with me?

- Jesus!

- If I walk through the valley, who's with me?

- Jesus!

- Say it again.

- Jesus!

- One more time.

- Jesus!

- And?

- Jesus!

- The father sent his son. What was his name?

- Jesus!

- What's his name again?

- Jesus!

- One more time.

- Jesus! Jesus!

- Again.

- Jesus! Jesus!

- Who's our Lord and saviour?

- Jesus!

- Who do we love more than anything?

- Jesus!

Who was Mary's own darling?

Jesus!

d I'm a soldier in the army of the Lord

d I'm a soldier in the army

d I'm a soldier in the army of the Lord

d I'm a soldier in the army

d I've got my work clothes on

In the army of the Lord

d I've got my work clothes on in the army

d I've got my work clothes on

In the army of the Lord

d Got my work clothes on in the army

d I'm a soldier in the army of the Lord

d I'm a soldier in the army

d I'm a soldier in the army of the Lord

d I'm a soldier in the army

d I believe I'll die in the army of the Lord

d I believe I'll die in the army

d I believe I'll die in the army of the Lord

d I believe I will die in the army

d I'm a soldier in the army of the Lord

d I'm a soldier in the army

d I'm a soldier in the army of the Lord

d I'm a soldier in the army

d I've got my breastplate on

In the army of the Lord

d I've got my breastplate on in the army

d I've got my breastplate on

In the army of the Lord

d I've got my breastplate on in the army

d I'm a soldier in the army of the Lord

d I'm a soldier in the army

d I'm a soldier in the army of the Lord

d I'm a soldier in the army

d I'm gonna fight until I die

In the army of the Lord

d I'm gonna fight until I die in the army

d I'm gonna fight until I die

In the army of the Lord

d I'm gonna fight until I die in the army

d I'm a soldier in the army of the Lord d

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Robert Duvall

Robert Selden Duvall (; born January 5, 1931) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has been nominated for seven Academy Awards (winning for his performance in Tender Mercies), seven Golden Globe Awards (winning four), and has multiple nominations and one win each of the BAFTA, Screen Actors Guild Award, and Emmy Award. He received the National Medal of Arts in 2005. Duvall has starred in numerous films and television series, including To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), The Twilight Zone (1963), The Outer Limits (1964), Bullitt (1968), True Grit (1969), MASH (1970), THX 1138 (1971), Joe Kidd (1972), The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974), The Conversation (1974), Network (1976), Apocalypse Now (1979), The Great Santini (1979), The Natural (1984), Lonesome Dove (1989), The Handmaid's Tale (1990), Days of Thunder (1990), Rambling Rose (1991), and Falling Down (1993). Duvall began appearing in theatre during the late 1950s, moving into television and film roles during the early 1960s, playing Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) and appearing in Captain Newman, M.D. (1963). (1970) and the lead role in THX 1138 (1971), as well as Horton Foote's adaptation of William Faulkner's Tomorrow (1972), which was developed at The Actors Studio and is Duvall's personal favorite. This was followed by a series of critically lauded performances in commercially successful films. Since then, Duvall has continued to act in both film and television with such productions as Tender Mercies (1983), The Natural (1984), Colors (1988), the television miniseries Lonesome Dove (1989), Stalin (1992), The Man Who Captured Eichmann (1996), Phenomenon (1996), A Family Thing (1996), The Apostle (1997), A Civil Action (1998), Deep Impact (1998), Gone in 60 Seconds (2000), Open Range (2003), Gods and Generals (2003), Secondhand Lions (2003), Broken Trail (2006), Get Low (2010), Jack Reacher (2012), A Night in Old Mexico (2014), The Judge (2014), and Wild Horses (2015). more…

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