Robert Duvall Dead at 95

IKE said:
Great actor that played many roles excellently.....RIP.

His memorable line in the VN movie Apocalypse Now..."I love the smell of napalm in the morning."

Click to expand...
That is one of those lines that live on and became part of the lexicon in the US/society. Without his delivery I doubt it would've been the movie scene it was.
 
Paco Dennis said:
One of my saved quotes from "Lonesome Dove". :
"We're all travelers in this world - from sweet grass to the packin' house - birth till death - we travel between the eternities." said by one of my most favorite actors, Robert Duvall...R.I.P..
Click to expand...
Ol' Gus was quite the philosopher. That quote lands with such impact now that he's gone. It seems I remember him also saying at the end:
"By God Woodrow, it's been quite a party". It's as if those lines were meant for this very time.
 
Great actor and probably underrated. I liked him in “Secondhand Lions” and “The Natural” with Robert Redford. In the movie
“The Natural,” he played the part of a sportscaster. To explain to people how good of an actor he was, I couldn’t stand the guy.
He would go after Redford in an attempt to expose who he was, where he came from and why he waited so long before getting
into professional baseball. I would forget it was only a movie and despised this man for doing those things.
 
Another talented ,well respected actor has left us. I find it eerie he died a yr near the same date as one of his closest friends,actor Gene Hackman did both in Feb same age 95
A couple favorite movies' To Kill a Mocking Bird' as 'Boo Radley' his 1st major film role,'Second Hand Lions" '03 with Michael Caine, Hayley Joel Osmet. The CBS mini series 'Lonesome Dove' ' Gus McCrae' based on Larry McMurtry novel
R.I.P thanks for memories
 
TeePee said:
I loved just about everything Robert Duvall was in. I especially loved "The Apostle". He produced, directed, wrote and acted in it.
Click to expand...
I was interested in learning more about this film. Here are some interesting things from Wiki:

Wiki: Making The Apostle had been a longtime passion project for Duvall, who first wrote the script in 1984, but could not find a studio willing to produce it.... After finding no interest from studios, he eventually decided to direct and finance the film himself.

The film was first screened at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 6, 1997. In the middle of the screening, studio executives began leaving the theater to bid for distribution rights.[7] October Films won the bidding war and gained the distribution rights that night.
Click to expand...
 
I was going through his credits last night and had forgotten about the movies The Great Santini and Tender Mercies. They are not as well known as his other movies, but as usual, he was great in both. I highly recommend Tender Mercies for those who have not seen it.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top