The Apostle
After seeing the film, Marlon Brando wrote Robert Duvall a heartfelt letter congratulating him on making such a moving film.,When the car takes off to go into the river, the tires squeal on a dirt road.,Sonny: I quit school because I didn't like recess.,During the end credits there is a scene showing Sonny (Robert Duvall) preaching to the prisoners during out-of-prison work.,Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Amistad/Titanic/Good Will Hunting/The Apostle (1997),What Passes For Love
Written by David Grissom
Performed by Storyville
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products,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.,