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Release Date: 01 April, 2003 Retail Price: $14.98 OUR Price: $12.99 You SAVE: $1.99! Cast: Complete Cast (8 total) |
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Outstanding
This is one of those films that gets better and better every time you watch it. It has so many layers of reality built into it that you really **need** to watch it more than once, just to pick-up all the subtleties. This is especially true if you're from the South and/or have had some exposure to Pentacostal evangelism. ~ I read somewhere that Robert Duvall wanted to get this story made into a movie for many years before he finally managed to find a studio that would accept it and do it the way he wanted it. I can't praise him enough for this effort - and the patience it required. I don't want to give away the plot, but this movie is probably the best demonstration of the intricacies of human nature I have ever seen on film. Put simply, we see a preacher who makes a bad mistake in an unthinking moment early in the story but who is so driven by his faith and his calling to preach that he decides to keep following this calling anyway. As the story progresses, we also see that a preacher is just as human as we all are, with our similar quirks, weaknesses, and temptations, along with - sometimes - astounding strengths. The climax near the end of the story will tear your heart out; but the final scenes will put it right back where you want it to be. ~ Nothing I've written here can do justice to this wonderful film. Buy it - and watch it at least two or three times. Even if you're a pagan or an atheist, you'll still find much to enjoy and appreciate about this movie. It's that good.
Glory!
Anything less than 5 stars for this film is an injustice.
Some have noted, correctly, that The Apostle is more driven by character than plot. Quite so, and well done with the greatest actor of our age starring, directing and producing. That really should say it all.
If you want plot-driven boilerplate, check out a Grisham or Tom Clancy flic.
Other than that, The Apostle treats a little-glossed subject with an amazing share of honesty and fairness. Further plusses for anyone who knows East Texas or South Louisiana- you will recognize much, like Fonvill Winans and Flannery O'Connor fused on film. This is a compleat work - acting, content, scenery, cinematography and soundtrack.
One additional bonus: a shining cameo by the great singer/songwriter Billy Joe Shaver.
Moving even for a cynic.
Now don't you wanna get right with God?
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