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Robert Duvall: Roles
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Academy Award-winning actor Robert Duvall has starred in vivid roles as grizzled cowboys, a mad preacher, an overbearing Marine pilot, and consiglieri to a Mafia don. The most memorable... may be Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore, the wild surf-loving air cavalry commander in "Apocalypse Now," Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 masterpiece set in the Vietnam War.
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In 1996, Duvall got back behind the camera, directing his original screenplay, The Apostle, his labor of love project he wanted to make for the past fifteen years. Financing the Butchers Run Films production himself and starring in the title role of a southern Pentecostal preacher on the run from the law, Duvall was able to shape his vision with the help of a dedicated cast that includes Miranda Richardson, Farrah Fawcett, and Billy Bob Thornton. In September 1997 The Apostle fetched the highest price ever for a film sold at the Toronto International Film Festival. October Films won the bidding, paying $5 million for all rights to the film.
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Duvall formed Butchers Run Films in 1992 so that he could become more actively involved in all elements of film development and production. Four years later he directed and starred in his own screenplay, The Apostle. Duvall received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor for that role. He followed with co-starring roles in Deep Impact and opposite John Travolta in A Civil Action, for which Duvall received his sixth Oscar nomination. The film ... garnered an Independent Spirit Award for Best Picture.
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This episode is dominated by the presence of a pre-stardom Robert Duvall, here ironically cast as an unsuccessful actor named Bart Conway. When he finds out that fellow actor Jerry Lane (Charles Robinson) is his main competition for an upcoming role, he invites Jerry to his apartment to prepare for the audition -- hoping of course, to scare off the younger actor with his "method" histrionics. In the course of the evening, Bart gets carried away and ends up killing Jerry, leaving him with the problem of disposing of the body. The method hit upon by the methodical Mr. Conway is gruesome but efficient -- or it would have been had he not forgotten about a certain ice bucket in his living room. "Bad Actor" was remade for the 1985 revival of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, with Martin Sheen taking over for Robert Duvall. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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In 1969, Duvall landed his first starring role in The Rain People, which ... marked the first time he worked with director Francis Ford Coppola. He appeared as Major Frank Burns in Robert Altman's anti-war box office hit MASH in 1970 and starred in the title role of THX 1138 in George Lucas' 1971 sci-fi cult favorite of the same name. The following year, he portrayed Old West legend Jesse James in The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid, and teamed with co-star Clint Eastwood for Joe Kidd.
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Duvall followed up with co-starring roles in Deep Impact and, opposite John Travolta for the second time, in A Civil Action. For the latter role he received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama and his sixth nomination for an Academy Award®. He followed this role co-starring with Nicolas Cage in the action film Gone in 60 Seconds.
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