{"id":1201,"date":"2010-09-21T20:45:06","date_gmt":"2010-09-21T20:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/bibleandculture\/2010\/09\/my-ten-favorite-robert-duvall-movies-and-tv-specials.html"},"modified":"2010-09-21T20:45:06","modified_gmt":"2010-09-21T20:45:06","slug":"my-ten-favorite-robert-duvall-movies-and-tv-specials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/bibleandculture\/2010\/09\/my-ten-favorite-robert-duvall-movies-and-tv-specials.html","title":{"rendered":"MY TEN FAVORITE ROBERT DUVALL MOVIES AND TV SPECIALS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Robert Duvall is probably the best male American actor ofhis generation. He has a long list of great movies and TV specials, so it ishard to pick just ten from his massive oeuvre, but here we go. <\/p>\n

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1)      <\/span><\/span>TheApostle— an amazing performance and portrayal of a morally flawed Pentecostalpreacher. <\/p>\n

2)      <\/span><\/span>LonesomeDove— The best TV western ever, in my book<\/p>\n

3)      <\/span><\/span> <\/span>Tender Mercies—- an Oscar worthy performanceand a touching story to boot.<\/p>\n

4)      <\/span><\/span>SecondHand Lions— a heart warming film in which Michael Caine and Robert Duvallenjoy playing off of each other.  <\/span>A joy<\/p>\n

5)      <\/span><\/span>Stalin—-One can only say wow about this performance. Could this really be the same manwho played the Apostle?  <\/span>An amazingtransformation and  <\/span>a clear example of an excellent actor being ‘in character’.<\/p>\n

6)      <\/span><\/span>TheGreat Santini— Duvall doesn’t always play like-able characters, but he playsthem well. If you like military movies, this is interesting.<\/p>\n

7)      <\/span><\/span>Godsand Generals— This Civil War epic is not perfect, but Robert Duvall issublime.  <\/span><\/p>\n

8)      <\/span><\/span>ToKill a Mockingbird—- I love this movie, and even though Robert Duvall onlyhas his first cameo appearance as Boo Radley, you can already see thepromise.   <\/span>You can see it in the episodeof the Fugitive he appeared in as well. <\/p>\n

9)      <\/span><\/span>RamblingRose—- Not a great movie but both Duvall’s and Laura Dern’s performances aremust sees. <\/p>\n

10)  <\/span><\/span>FallingDown— Again not a great movie, but a great performance by Duvall as an L.A. cop.  <\/span>You can really tell the difference in actingability between Duvall and Michael Douglas in this film.    <\/span>  <\/span>  <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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