Apostle [VHS] Overview
Written, directed, and personally financed by Robert Duvall, The Apostle was the culmination of a 14-year effort on the part of its creator, who also stars as the dynamic, God-fearing Texas preacher Euliss "Sonny" Dewey. Vibrantly authentic with its use of real gospel preachers and extras carefully selected from parishes of the deep South, the film treats its complicated characters with the kind of compassion and moral complexity mainstream Hollywood wouldn't dare muster. This is especially true in the case of Sonny, who responds to his wife's infidelity with a crime of passion that sends him on a new and uncharted quest for redemption. Under the assumed identity of "The Apostle E.F.," he settles in a tiny Louisiana town to revive an old church, where he undergoes a transformation of spirit and purpose that enlivens his community. But will the law catch up to him? Does he deserve to be punished? Fueled by Duvall's powerhouse performance, The Apostle refuses to praise or condemn its fascinating central character, leaving the proper degree of forgiveness up to the viewer. Further graced with superb performances by Farrah Fawcett, Miranda Richardson, and Billy Bob Thornton, the film is clearly Duvall's labor of love. --Jeff Shannon
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Original ideas about how the love of God, most of the Evangelists and their neighbor as themselves, while the flesh is flesh and meat, where there is a problem .... classic appearance is real Johnny Cash's wife June Carter Cash, who plays the wife of an apostle, the woman scorned, just
fully with the Apostle to the nose, providing access to many other
that on evangelistic trips .... each
Preacher must fight for what Robert
Duvall shows how heroic the Apostles ....must
see for those who love God, and most of its neighbors
fight like you and keep you satisfied
Even as a third God from the heart of God is the first service, second neighbor, even third place .... Brief .... an excellent choice for all
think about how a man can love God even more
Struggle with the normal desire that God has built in the heart of man, the carnal desires.
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