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Depois que sua vida feliz saiu do controle, um pastor do Texas muda de nome, vai para Louisiana e começa a pregar no rádio.Depois que sua vida feliz saiu do controle, um pastor do Texas muda de nome, vai para Louisiana e começa a pregar no rádio.Depois que sua vida feliz saiu do controle, um pastor do Texas muda de nome, vai para Louisiana e começa a pregar no rádio.
- Direção
- Roteirista
- Artistas
- Indicado a 1 Oscar
- 13 vitórias e 8 indicações no total
Paul Bagget
- Tag Team Preacher #3
- (as Brother Paul Bagget)
William Atlas Cole
- Bayou Man
- (as Brother William Atlas Cole)
Frank Collins Jr.
- Soloist #4
- (as Reverend Frank Collins Jr.)
Carl D. Cook
- Civic Auditorium Preacher
- (as Prophet Carl D. Cook)
Avaliações em destaque
Superior acting and a plot based on realism make this a classic movie of actual southern life ... a life that I experienced as a child and adolescent. Duvall's evangelist portrayal is not only convincing but eerie in the way it so fully represents many southern ministers of the gospel ... be they true believers or be they charlatans. I can't help but wonder if the cast was comprised of local folks ... or at least folks reared in the south ... rather than professional actors. They all did an excellent job contributing to the realism of this movie. I almost always enjoy a movie that "tells it like it is" ... and sofar, this is one of the most enjoyable I have ever seen.
Sonny Dewey (Robert Duvall) is a preacher in Texas. His wife Jessie leaves him for a younger minister. She takes their children and gets his church after a vote. Desperate to see his kids, Sonny beats up Jessie's man with a baseball bat. He goes on the run and ends up in rural Louisiana. He befriends Brother Blackwell and starts dating receptionist Toosie. He starts a new church with new identity Apostle E.F. He preaches on the radio. His mixed congregation enrages a racist (Billy Bob Thornton).
Robert Duvall is a master. His character is complex. He is awe inspiring. His journey does meander at times but it is always fascinating. Despite the long running time, it doesn't lag. I love his preaching. The montage of preaching is wonderful. This is a character study of the highest order.
Robert Duvall is a master. His character is complex. He is awe inspiring. His journey does meander at times but it is always fascinating. Despite the long running time, it doesn't lag. I love his preaching. The montage of preaching is wonderful. This is a character study of the highest order.
I didn't grow up down South, or even in the midwest, but I do know a little bit about the Pentacostal Church and Christian fundamentalism. Robert Duvall is an ambitious actor and film maker, and The Apostle hits home with its perceptive and loving portrayal of country people in the United States. It is refreshing to see that culture portrayed as something other than gaggles of yahoos. The Apostle focuses on the community spirit of the church, and thereby shatters some of the mystery of its appeal in a culture as self-centered as our own. There are no saints in this story, just a protagonist and his supporters trying to make sense of a country in which there is little love and way too much usury. The film is harsh on a number of levels, very no-nonsense though drawn out at various moments. But it's real, and that's more than can be said for ninety per cent of what passes for films about U.S. culture these days. It's said by some folks that Robert Duvall has been trying to make this film for a lot of years, and there are parts of The Apostle that contain faint echoes of his 1983 project Tender Mercies. It hardly matters, since both are interesting films for different reasons. Some day we'll see Robert Duvall as the vast repository of Americana he really is, until then, The Apostle is one of the best testimonies to his strengths that I know of. Can I get a witness?
You can't help but being mesmerized by Robert Duvall in the title role. He must of seen a lot of southern preachers as he grew up, because he wrote this as well and the role suited him to a tee.
The supporting cast is fine, with Rick Dial and John Beasley getting kudos for their work, but the movie is first and foremost about The Apostle. If you like Robert Duvall as an actor, you will like this movie. His attention to detail in his roles is well known. He brings quirks and nuances to help flesh out his characters, and this role is no different.
The Apostle is a flawed man who can lift others up, but has trouble lifting himself up. And that contradiction is what gives this movie its flavor. All-in-all, a fine movie.
The supporting cast is fine, with Rick Dial and John Beasley getting kudos for their work, but the movie is first and foremost about The Apostle. If you like Robert Duvall as an actor, you will like this movie. His attention to detail in his roles is well known. He brings quirks and nuances to help flesh out his characters, and this role is no different.
The Apostle is a flawed man who can lift others up, but has trouble lifting himself up. And that contradiction is what gives this movie its flavor. All-in-all, a fine movie.
Robert Duvall did an excellent job bringing this film to life. The other 'actors' in the film also contribute to give "The Apostle" a realistic warmth rarely achieved in mainstream films. I refer to the cast as 'actors' because aside from numerous character actors, Duvall being one of the greatest, the film is inhabited by non-actors. In other words, the people in church, from the Holiness preachers to the warm small-town folk, are real people, not trained in acting. Duvall's story is engaging and beautiful in the way it shows the flaws amid great talent in a man who chooses for himself the calling of Apostle. I love this film, the accurate portrayal of some aspects of southern U.S. life and culture, and especially Duvall's performance.
Você sabia?
- CuriosidadesAfter seeing the film, Marlon Brando wrote Robert Duvall a heartfelt letter congratulating him on making such a moving film.
- Erros de gravaçãoWhen the car takes off to go into the river, the tires squeal on a dirt road.
- Cenas durante ou pós-créditosDuring the end credits there is a scene showing Sonny (Robert Duvall) preaching to the prisoners during out-of-prison work.
- Trilhas sonorasWhat Passes For Love
Written by David Grissom
Performed by Storyville
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products
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Detalhes
Bilheteria
- Orçamento
- US$ 5.000.000 (estimativa)
- Faturamento bruto nos EUA e Canadá
- US$ 19.868.354
- Fim de semana de estreia nos EUA e Canadá
- US$ 29.396
- 21 de dez. de 1997
- Faturamento bruto mundial
- US$ 19.868.354
- Tempo de duração2 horas 14 minutos
- Cor
- Mixagem de som
- Proporção
- 1.85 : 1
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