Howdy!
"Tender Mercies" is one of my favorite movies of all time. Someone in the family owns it, and we pass it around a couple times a year so we can rewatch it. Robert Duvall really hasn't been in much of ANYTHING that I didn't like...and as a musician, I respect the heck out of him for actually writing his own songs and playing the guitar himself in that movie.
Also like that he said Hollywood political activits "should keep their mouths shut." Heh...
I'll have to check out "Places in the Heart" - so it's good?