Posted on 07/14/2018 7:04:52 PM PDT by eastforker
After graduating Principia College in 1953, Duvall decided to follow a path similar to his father's and enlisted in the U.S. Army. During his time in the Army, Duval leveraged his passion and took up acting. While stationed at Camp Gordon, he acted in plays such as "Room Service." Later, due to his having served during the years of the Korean War, the media would often misunderstand his participation during the fighting. He left the military after two years of service at the rank of Private First Class.
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I remember his interview when he did probably the best modern western movie in OPEN RANGE and he berated the Canadian supporting cast instead of having a majority American cast.
That too! :-)
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I am fond of his part in “Tender Mercies.”
An amazing movie about grace and redemption. Duvall wrote and tried to get it made for years. In the end he put up his own money into bankrolling it, and starred in and directed it. Within half an hour of the premiere at a Toronto film festival studio bigwigs left the theater and began haggling for the distribution rights. Not long after the screening ended that night October Films had bought the film.
Also has Farrah Fawcett, Billy Bob Thornton, and June Carter Cash.
Note made.
Moved to #1 on my netflix DVD que.
One of the actors who makes anything he’s in worth looking up to watch. And there aren’t many of those.
He was in a movie where he played a Cuban in Miami, he had the accent down perfect. You’d never know it was Robert Duval.
try “Get Low” another good one.
He was great in his role as a hit man set in Argentina in Assasination Tango.
He was a college graduate and only rose to the rank of PFC. And was only in for 2 years. WTF?
Like many, minimum enlistment before draft, 2 years, in and out, officer 6 year commitment.
“D-FENSE!”
I didn’t know he was a descendant of Robert E. Lee ... maybe that’s why he was so good in the part in “Gods & Generals”. I have to hand it to their makeup and costume people — it would have been tough to tell him from the original.
This thread makes me want to watch or re-watch all of the movies mentioned!
“won one of them in 1984 for Best Actor in Leading Role for his part in “Tender Mercies.”
A wonderful movie.
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I just went to netflix and put several in my que.
“This thread makes me want to watch or re-watch all of the movies mentioned!”
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Exactly-—and don’t forget his early role in “To Kill a Mockingbird” when none of us had ever even heard of him.
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