The Apostle is a great Duvall film...he financed it himself...and I believe Robert Duvall is a good, godly man.
Posted on 07/25/2012 10:39:03 AM PDT by kingattax
While President Obama is usually the candidate rubbing elbows with Hollywood's celebrities — just this week it was announced the president's campaign would host fundraisers with the cast of "The Wire" and Vogue editor Anna Wintour — Mitt Romney is looking to cash in with some star power of his own.
Actor Robert Duvall, star of "Apocalypse Now" and "The Godfather," will host a fundraiser for the Republican presidential hopeful in September at his Virginia home.
According to the invitation — obtained Wednesday by the National Journal — tickets to the event are $2,500 per person, while a $10,000 donation will assure you a photo with Duvall. For $25,000, supporters will get to enjoy dinner at the Duvall home.
While Romney is not expected to attend, his wife, Ann, is scheduled to be there.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
A Hollywood type raises money for a socialist.
Dog bites man story.
http://www.themonitor.com/news/actor-62516-robert-duvall.html
Actor Robert Duvall shooting film in Brownsville Texas
Oscar-winning actor Robert Duvall was filming in the Camille Playhouse on Tuesday, the theater’s Executive Artistic Director Eric Vera confirmed.
Production on a film titled A Night in Old Mexico will take place in Brownsville through August. Auditions for extras were held July 15 and 16, with principal photography beginning on July 17, according to a casting call notice. About 1,200 paid extras along with actors for 11 speaking roles were sought. More than 100 people showed up to audition in just under an hour at the Camille Playhouse.
Variety entertainment news reported that Duvall, 81, will star in the movie with Jeremy Irvine, 22, a young actor noted for his leading performance in the 2011 release War Horse.
Variety wrote that A Night in Old Mexico will combine action, tragedy and romance as it follows the developing relationship between a man, Duvall, and his grandson, played by Irvine.
The Brownsville Herald reported earlier that Emilio Aragon, president of laSexta TV network in Spain, is the director and Bill Wittliff the writer of the film. Wittliff was a writer and executive producer for the 1989 TV mini-series Lonesome Dove, which starred Duvall.
Duvall is Titus “Red” Bovie – a Texan who becomes “lost” once he learns his ranchland will be foreclosed on. That day his grandson shows up and the two end up in a Mexican brothel. Eventually, the duo must escape Mexican drug runners because of their “bag of ill-gotten gains” taken from the criminals. In the process, the grandfather and grandson learn how to be a family, according to the film summary.
Duvall in one of my all time favorites, and I think one of the finest actors today.
One of my favorite Duvall movies is ‘Tender Mercies’, 1983.
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You know, it shames me to say this, but I’ve never seen Lonesome Dove. I keep meaning to get around to it, but I haven’t gotten there yet.
“You talkin’ to me”? :-)! LMAO!
LLS
“You talkin’ to me”? :-)! LMAO!
LLS
best tagline EVER!!!!
Great Actor! Great American!
“...and he’s a relative of Robert E. Lee!”
He also played Lee in the 2003 movie “Gods and Generals”.
I’m sure I’m committing blasphemy to say this but Martin Sheen did a better portrayal of Lee in “Geetysburg”.
I was scrolling down to make darn sure somebody said what you just did.
The headline shocked me at first; for a second I thought it said “Robert De Niro” instead of Duvall.
shucks, 2d Hand Lions is one of my favorite movies of all time.
Blessings, Bobo
Here’s a listing of his work. It’s long!!!
Jack Reacher (post-production)
Cash
2012 Hemingway & Gellhorn (TV movie)
Russian General
2012 Jayne Mansfield’s Car
Jim Caldwell
2011 Seven Days in Utopia
Johnny Crawford
2009 Crazy Heart
Wayne
2009 Get Low
Felix Bush
2009 The Road
Old Man
2009 The Godfather II (Video Game)
Tom Hagen (voice)
2008 The Godfather II: Crime Rings (Video Game)
Tom Hagen (voice)
2008 Four Christmases
Howard
2007 We Own the Night
Burt Grusinsky
2007 Lucky You
L. C. Cheever
2007 The Godfather: The Don’s Edition (Video Game)
Tom Hagen (voice)
2007 The Godfather: Blackhand Edition (Video Game)
Tom Hagen (voice)
2006 The Godfather: Mob Wars (Video Game)
Tom Hagen (voice)
2006 Broken Trail (TV mini-series)
Prentice Ritter
– Part Two (2006) … Prentice Ritter
– Part One (2006) … Prentice Ritter
2006 The Godfather (Video Game)
Tom Hagen (voice) (also archive footage)
2005 Thank You for Smoking
Captain
2005 The American Experience (TV series documentary)
Narrator
– The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken (2005) … Narrator
2005 Kicking & Screaming
Buck Weston
2003 Secondhand Lions
Hub
2003 Open Range
Boss Spearman
2003 Gods and Generals
Gen. Robert E. Lee
2002 Assassination Tango
John J.
2002 John Q
Lt. Frank Grimes
2000 The 6th Day
Dr. Griffin Weir
2000 A Shot at Glory
Gordon McCloud
2000 Gone in Sixty Seconds
Otto Halliwell
1998 A Civil Action
Jerome Facher
1998 Deep Impact
Spurgeon Tanner
1998 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Various
– Garth Brooks (1998) … Various
1998 The Gingerbread Man
Dixon Doss
1997 The Apostle
Euliss ‘Sonny’ Dewey - The Apostle E.F.
1996 The Man Who Captured Eichmann (TV movie)
Adolf Eichmann
1996 Sling Blade
Karl’s Father
1996 Phenomenon
Doc Brunder
1996 A Family Thing
Earl Pilcher Jr.
1995 The Scarlet Letter
Roger Chillingworth
1995 The Stars Fell on Henrietta
Mr. Cox
1995 Something to Talk About
Wyly King
1994 The Paper
Bernie White
1993 Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
Walter
1993 Geronimo: An American Legend
Al Sieber
1993 Falling Down
Detective Prendergast
1992 Stalin (TV movie)
Josef Stalin
1992 The Plague
Joseph Grand
1992 Newsies
Joseph Pulitzer
1991 Convicts
Soll Gautier
1991 Rambling Rose
Daddy Hillyer
1990 Days of Thunder
Harry Hogge
1990 A Show of Force
Howard
1990 The Handmaid’s Tale
Commander
1989 Lonesome Dove (TV mini-series)
Augustus ‘Gus’ McCrae
– Return (1989) … Augustus ‘Gus’ McCrae
– The Plains (1989) … Augustus ‘Gus’ McCrae
– On the Trail (1989) … Augustus ‘Gus’ McCrae
– Leaving (1989) … Augustus ‘Gus’ McCrae
1988 Colors
Officer Bob Hodges
1987 Hotel Colonial
Roberto Carrasco (Luca Venieri)
1986 Let’s Get Harry
Norman Shrike
1986 Belizaire the Cajun
The Preacher
1986 Waylon Jennings: America (video short)
Doctor
1985 The Lightship
Calvin Caspary
1984 The Natural
Max Mercy
1984 The Stone Boy
Joe Hillerman
1983 The Terry Fox Story (TV movie)
Bill Vigars
1983 Tender Mercies
Mac Sledge
1981 The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
Gruen
1981 True Confessions
Det. Tom Spellacy
1980 Ike: The War Years (TV movie)
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
1979 The Great Santini
Lt. Col. ‘Bull’ Meechum
1979 Apocalypse Now
Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore
1979 Ike: The War Years (TV mini-series)
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
1978 Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Priest on Swing (uncredited)
1978 The Betsy
Loren Hardeman III
1977 The Godfather: A Novel for Television (TV mini-series)
Tom Hagen
– Episode #1.4 (1977) … Tom Hagen
– Episode #1.3 (1977) … Tom Hagen
– Episode #1.2 (1977) … Tom Hagen
– Episode #1.1 (1977) … Tom Hagen
1977 The Greatest
Bill McDonald
1976 The Eagle Has Landed
Colonel Radl
1976 Network
Frank Hackett
1976 The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
Dr. John H. Watson / Narrator
1975 The Killer Elite
George Hansen
1975 Breakout
Jay Wagner
1974 The Godfather: Part II
Tom Hagen
1974 The Conversation
The Director (uncredited)
1973 The Outfit
Macklin
1973 Badge 373
Eddie Ryan
1973 Lady Ice
Ford Pierce
1972 Joe Kidd
Frank Harlan
1972 The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
Jesse James
1972 Tomorrow
Jackson Fentry
1972 The Godfather
Tom Hagen
1971 Lawman
Vernon Adams
1971 THX 1138
THX
1970 The Revolutionary
Despard
1970 MASH
Maj. Frank Burns
1965-1969 The F.B.I. (TV series)
Ernie Milden / Gerald Wilson / Johnny Albin / …
– Nightmare Road (1969) … Gerald Wilson
– The Harvest (1968) … Joseph Troy
– The Executioners: Part 1 (1967) … Ernie Milden
– The Scourge (1966) … Johnny Albin
– The Giant Killer (1965) … Joseph Maurice Walker
1969 The Rain People
Gordon
1969 True Grit
Ned Pepper
1969 Mod Squad (TV series)
Matt Jenkins
– Keep the Faith, Baby (1969) … Matt Jenkins
1968 Bullitt
Weissberg
1968 CBS Playhouse (TV series)
Dr. Margolin
– The People Next Door (1968) … Dr. Margolin
1968 The Detective
Nestor
1968 Judd for the Defense (TV series)
Raymond Cane
– Square House (1968) … Raymond Cane
1968 Run for Your Life (TV series)
Richard Fletcher
– The Killing Scene (1968) … Richard Fletcher
1968 Flesh and Blood (TV movie)
Howard
1967 The Wild Wild West (TV series)
Dr. Horace Humphries
– The Night of the Falcon (1967) … Dr. Horace Humphries
1967 Cimarron Strip (TV series)
Joe Wyman
– The Roarer (1967) … Joe Wyman
1967 Cosa Nostra, Arch Enemy of the FBI (TV movie)
Ernie Milden
1967 Countdown
Chiz
1965-1967 Combat! (TV series)
Karl / Michel / Peter Halsman
– The Partisan (1967) … Michel
– Cry for Help (1966) … Peter Halsman
– The Enemy (1965) … Karl
1966-1967 T.H.E. Cat (TV series)
Laurent / Scorpio
– The Long Chase (1967) … Laurent
– Crossing at Destino Bay (1966) … Scorpio
1967 The Time Tunnel (TV series)
Raul Nimon
– Chase Through Time (1967) … Raul Nimon
1966 Fame Is the Name of the Game (TV movie)
Eddie Franchot
1966 Shane (TV series)
Tom Gary
– Poor Tom’s A-Cold (1966) … Tom Gary
1966 Felony Squad (TV series)
Albie Froehlich
– Death of a Dream (1966) … Albie Froehlich
1966 Hawk (TV series)
Dick Olmstead
– The Theory of the Innocent Bystander (1966) … Dick Olmstead
1966 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV series)
Frank Reeser
– Guilty or Not Guilty (1966) … Frank Reeser
1966 The Chase
Edwin Stewart
1961-1965 The Defenders (TV series)
Al Rogart / Bill Andrews / Luke Jackson
– Only a Child (1965) … Bill Andrews
– Metamorphosis (1963) … Luke Jackson
– Perjury (1961) … Al Rogart
1965 Nightmare in the Sun
Motorcyclist
1965 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series)
Zar
– The Invaders (1965) … Zar (as Robert Duval)
1963-1965 The Fugitive (TV series)
Eric Christian / Leslie Sessions
– Brass Ring (1965) … Leslie Sessions
– Never Wave Goodbye: Part 2 (1963) … Eric Christian
– Never Wave Goodbye: Part 1 (1963) … Eric Christian
1964 The Outer Limits (TV series)
Adam Ballard / Louis Mace
– The Inheritors: Part 2 (1964) … Adam Ballard
– The Inheritors: Part 1 (1964) … Adam Ballard
– The Chameleon (1964) … Louis Mace
1964 Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV series)
Harvey Farnsworth
– Portrait of an Unknown Man (1964) … Harvey Farnsworth
1964 The Lieutenant (TV series)
– Man with an Edge (1964) (as Robert Duval)
1963 Captain Newman, M.D.
Capt. Paul Cabot Winston
1963 Arrest and Trial (TV series)
Morton Ware
– The Quality of Justice (1963) … Morton Ware
1963 Stoney Burke (TV series)
Joby Pierce
– Joby (1963) … Joby Pierce
1963 The Virginian (TV series)
Johnny Keel
– The Golden Door (1963) … Johnny Keel
1963 Twilight Zone (TV series)
Charley Parkes
– Miniature (1963) … Charley Parkes
1961-1963 Route 66 (TV series)
Arnie / Lee Winters / Roman
– Suppose I Said I Was the Queen of Spain (1963) … Lee Winters
– Birdcage on My Foot (1961) … Arnie
– The Newborn (1961) … Roman
1963 The Untouchables (TV series)
Eddie Moon
– Blues for a Gone Goose (1963) … Eddie Moon
1962 To Kill a Mockingbird
Boo Radley
1961-1962 Naked City (TV series)
Barney Sonners / Johnny Meigs / L. Francis ‘Frank’ Childe / …
– Torment Him Much and Hold Him Long (1962) … Barney Sonners
– Five Cranks for Winter... Ten Cranks for Spring (1962) … Johnny Meigs
– The One Marked Hot Gives Cold (1962) … L. Francis ‘Frank’ Childe
– A Hole in the City (1961) … Lewis Nunda (as Robert S. Duvall)
1962 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Bart Collins
– Bad Actor (1962) … Bart Collins
1961 Shannon (TV series)
Joey Nolan
– The Big Fish (1961) … Joey Nolan
1961 Cain’s Hundred (TV series)
Tom Nugent
– King of the Mountain (1961) … Tom Nugent
1961 Great Ghost Tales (TV series)
William Wilson
– William Wilson (1961) … William Wilson
1959-1960 Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV series)
Berks / Tony Newman
– Positive Identification (1960) … Tony Newman
– The Jailbreak (1959) … Berks
1960 The Robert Herridge Theater (TV series)
– An Early Morning of a Bartender’s Waltz (1960)
1960 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
– John Brown’s Raid (1960)
1956 Somebody Up There Likes Me
MP (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
guts...considering who controls how movies are made and financed
That series is now being shown on MeTV every Sunday night in sequential order and, as far a I can tell, uncut. Robert Duvall is just one of many top-rank actors who appeared over the lifetime of that show.
I've only started watching it recently and hadn't seen it since the 1960s so, in spite of its age, it's new and fresh (again) to me. I had forgotten just how tightly-written and well-acted The Fugitive was. Each hour long episode reveals a depth of character development and literacy lacking into a lot of today's fare. The booming voice of William Conrad intoning the setup at the start of each program ("a Quinn Martin production") is a signal that some quality television is ahead. It's not surprising that a skilled actor such as Robert Duvall appeared on that show.
Perfect!!! He and obama make a great couple.
LLS
Agreed.
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