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Synopsis: Eulis 'Sonny' Dewey is a preacher from Texas living a happy life with his beautiful wife Jessie. Suddenly his stable world crumbles: Jessie is having an affair with young minister Horace. Sonny gets enraged and hits Horace with a softball bat, putting him into a coma. After that he leaves town, takes a new name, 'Apostle E.F.' and goes to Louisiana. There he starts to work as a mechanic for local radio station owner Elmo, and Elmo lets him preach on the radio. E.F. starts to preach everywhere: on the radio, on the streets, and with his new friend, Reverend Blackwell he starts a campaign to renovate an old church.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Robert Duvall
Production: New Films International
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 13 wins & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
83
Rotten Tomatoes:
89%
PG-13
Year:
1997
134 min
1,544 Views


d I'll be sitting drawing pictures in the sand...

Come on, Mama. Sing it!

Sing it.

d And when I see you coming

I will rise up with a shout...

Praise God! Praise him today!

d... and through the shallow water

Reaching for your hand d

d Oh, how I love Jesus

Oh, how I love Jesus

d Oh, how I love Jesus

Because he first loved me...

Your turn.

d It tells me of a Saviour's love

Who died to set me free

d It tells me of his precious blood...

A sinner's perfect plea

d Oh, how I love Jesus

Oh, how I love Jesus

d Oh, how I love Jesus

Because he first loved me d

Let's give a big handclap for Jesus!

When vacation Bible school is over,

we'll sing together at the temple, all right?

- I could sing the harmony part.

- Let's go now. Let grandmother rest.

- You'll play for us?

- We'll see.

- I'll see you in a minute.

- Bye, Grandma.

- When are you coming back?

- I'll call you.

- All right, son.

- About three weeks, all right?

I love you. The Lord loves you.

Make you snug.

- I love you, son.

- Take care.

Sonny, if you don't mind, would you go back

and get my double comforter?

- You all right?

- Yeah. I'm all right.

- I'm just a little chilly.

- All right. Hold on, now.

And bring me my other blanket.

One day, you're going to board an airplane.

And that plane's going to be

way past yon stars.

And yon moon! I'm talking sun and moon

and constellations, get out of my way!

- Jupiter and Mars, move over!

- Yeah!

We're going to be going

straight up to the pearly gates!

Mama, I can't take you with me,

so get on back in your chair.

I know you died and gone home to heaven.

I hope you hear me. You be good.

I'll call you tonight.

I can't take you with me, OK?

All right? Yeah, Mama?

Hug St Peter's neck for me.

Bye, Mama. Kiss an angel for me.

I'm going to hit the road.

Got to go to work.

Jessie, I'll call, see if you want to fly

to Little Rock, drive back with me and Joe.

I have my Women's Aglow meetings, so...

Maybe. You call me?

- See you in a few weeks. Horace, bless you.

- Bye, Sonny. Have a good trip.

Learn the books of the Bible.

Let me hear them.

- You!

- No, you say them.

Say it! Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus,

Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua... You!

Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers,

Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth,

First and Second Samuel, First and Second

Kings, First and Second Chronicles,

Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Job, Psalms,

Proverbs et cetera, et cetera.

And on into Revelation.

I may be on the Devil's hit list,

but I'm on Jesus' mailing list.

"Yea, though I walk through the valley

of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil

for thou art with me. "

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Robert Duvall

Robert Selden Duvall (; born January 5, 1931) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has been nominated for seven Academy Awards (winning for his performance in Tender Mercies), seven Golden Globe Awards (winning four), and has multiple nominations and one win each of the BAFTA, Screen Actors Guild Award, and Emmy Award. He received the National Medal of Arts in 2005. Duvall has starred in numerous films and television series, including To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), The Twilight Zone (1963), The Outer Limits (1964), Bullitt (1968), True Grit (1969), MASH (1970), THX 1138 (1971), Joe Kidd (1972), The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974), The Conversation (1974), Network (1976), Apocalypse Now (1979), The Great Santini (1979), The Natural (1984), Lonesome Dove (1989), The Handmaid's Tale (1990), Days of Thunder (1990), Rambling Rose (1991), and Falling Down (1993). Duvall began appearing in theatre during the late 1950s, moving into television and film roles during the early 1960s, playing Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) and appearing in Captain Newman, M.D. (1963). (1970) and the lead role in THX 1138 (1971), as well as Horton Foote's adaptation of William Faulkner's Tomorrow (1972), which was developed at The Actors Studio and is Duvall's personal favorite. This was followed by a series of critically lauded performances in commercially successful films. Since then, Duvall has continued to act in both film and television with such productions as Tender Mercies (1983), The Natural (1984), Colors (1988), the television miniseries Lonesome Dove (1989), Stalin (1992), The Man Who Captured Eichmann (1996), Phenomenon (1996), A Family Thing (1996), The Apostle (1997), A Civil Action (1998), Deep Impact (1998), Gone in 60 Seconds (2000), Open Range (2003), Gods and Generals (2003), Secondhand Lions (2003), Broken Trail (2006), Get Low (2010), Jack Reacher (2012), A Night in Old Mexico (2014), The Judge (2014), and Wild Horses (2015). more…

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