Robert Duvall Is Looking Back at His Life, and Not Just 'The Godfather'

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[llevrok]

The best cowboy ever as Gus, in Lonesome Dove. And a damned fine Marine as Bull Durham!

[minnesota_bound]

TRUE GRIT - shootout
https://youtu.be/J8EbkzlOa5A?t=17

[Rooster confronts the four outlaws across the field]
Ned Pepper : What’s your intention? Do you think one on four is a dogfall?
Rooster Cogburn : I mean to kill you in one minute, Ned. Or see you hanged in Fort Smith at Judge Parker’s convenience. Which’ll it be?
Ned Pepper : I call that bold talk for a one-eyed fat man.
Rooster Cogburn : Fill your hand, you son of a bitch!
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I have a writ here says you’re to stop eatin’ Chin Lee’s cornmeal forthwith! It’s a rat writ, writ’ for a rat, and this is lawful service of same!
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[Mattie comes to get Rooster and finds him talking with LaBoeuf]
Mattie Ross : This man wants to take Chaney back to Texas. That’s not what I want.
Rooster Cogburn : He wants him caught and punished - so do you.
Mattie Ross : I want Tom Chaney to hang for killing my father. It’s little to me how many dogs and senators he killed in Texas.
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Rooster Cogburn : Well, now, what do you drink?
Mattie Ross : I’m partial to cold buttermilk.
Rooster Cogburn : Well, we ain’t got none of that. We ain’t got no lemonade neither!
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Mattie Ross : Trust you to buy another tall horse.
Rooster Cogburn : Yeah. He’s not as game as Beau, but Stonehill says he can jump a four rail fence.
Mattie Ross : You are too old and fat to be jumping horses.
Rooster Cogburn : Well, come see a fat old man some time!
[jumps the fence and rides away]

[gattaca]

We always get a kick out of Rooster Cogburn saying “boogerman”

Mattie Ross:
I’ll walk over there by myself.

Rooster Cogburn:
You scared of the dark?

Mattie Ross:
I’ve never been scared of the dark.

Rooster Cogburn:
Well if I had a big horse pistol like that I wouldn’t be scared of no “boogerman”.

Mattie Ross:
I’m not scared of no “boogerman”.

[Nateman]

Robert Duvall Is hard to remember in most of his roles. His acting is so good he blends into the story and becomes the character.

[Ciaphas Cain]

I was thinking of his film The Apostle a few days ago. Amazing movie. No studio would touch the project so Duvall financed, directed and starred in it himself.

[justme4now]

OPEN RANGE
With Kevin Costner and Annette Bending!
A great western!

[CTyank]

Bull Meacham.

‘The Great Santini’

Fantastic movie.

[T-Bird45]

One of Duvall’s best for becoming a character was “Second-hand Lion”, IMO.

[USAF1985]

I see people bringing up their favorite Robert Duvall movie. The challenge should be when has he made a bad movie? I haven’t found a bad one.

[Kartographer]

(Robert Duvall) : Boss Spearman “Man’s got a right to protect his property and his life, and we ain’t lettin’ no rancher or his lawman take either.” ‘Open Range’

Robert Duvall: Prentice Ritter: We’re all travelers in this world - from sweet grass to the packin’ house - birth till death - we travel between the eternities.
:“Women. The habits and ambitions of women are more a mystery to me than Egyptian hieroglyphics. And I ain’t found the Rosetta Stone yet.”
: “God ain’t made a man that could stand up to the power that lays between a woman’s thighs. You see, the hold that little cooter has on a man’s life is unbreakable. It can bring a strong man to his knees.”
:I get rousted out of my sleep sometimes when Nature calls. I find there’s something frightening ‘bout that hour of the night ‘cause there ain’t no foolin’ yourself ‘bout what you done or what you hadn’t done with your life.
:

[MayflowerMadam]

Fifty years since The Godfather? Oy!

[jerod]

One of the best actor's ever... A couple of my fav's that were not mentioned... " THX 1138 where he plays a character in a dystopian sci-fi directed by George Lucas in 1971, 6 years before Lucas's 'Star Wars' fame... And 'The Great Santini' in 1979 where he play's a US Marine fighter pilot.

He should've won an Oscar for both those films... But given his conservative views, he was lucky to get any award from that bunch of dysfunctional losers.

[Prince of Space]

One of my favorite actors of all time, along with Anthony Hopkins and Jack Lemmon. They talk like regular ppl, not like they’re reading lines from a script. Totally believable.

[Yo-Yo]

The best cowboy ever as Gus, in Lonesome Dove. And a damned fine Marine as Bull Durham!

My all time favorite Robert Duvall movie is The Great Santini where Duvall plays Marine Corps Lt. Col. Wilbur "Bull" Meechum.

[Flavious_Maximus]

He seems like a good guy, for a Hollywood actor.

I suspect he is one of those “in-the-closet” conservatives, to have lasted this long.

A toast to your fine career, sir.

[Gay State Conservative]

I only recall seeing Duval in two films...The Godfather and To Kill A Mockingbird. IIRC Mockingbird was his first film role...or at least his first role in a major film. I would very,very strongly recommend Mockingbird to all Freepers,for may reason...not least to watch Duval play "Boo" Radley.

And of course Tom Hagen...classic role from two classic films (I have no use for III).

[Gay State Conservative]

for may reason = for many reasons

[Gay State Conservative]

Jack Lemmon was born in the town in which I grew up.

[Chickensoup]

I loved that film. He brought so much to the role.