
Overview
After being squeezed out of his church by his ex-wife, a Texas fundamentalist preacher's alcohol-fueled rage sends him off the deep end. After beating her new beau into a coma, he flees to Louisiana and seizes the chance to reinvent himself as a devout "Apostle," founding a new church and captivating the citizenry while keeping his sins buried. Duvall, who also wrote and produced, is riveting in the title role. Academy Award Nominations: 1--Best Actor (Duvall).
Awards:
Main Cast & Crew:
Robert Duvall - Director
Robert Duvall
Farrah Fawcett
Todd Allen
John Beasley
Miranda Richardson
Brother Paul Bagget
Lenore Banks
June Carter Cash
Walton Goggins
Billy Joe Shaver
Details
- Format: DVD
- Run Time: 134
- Color Format: Color
- UPC: 025192280320
- Genre: DRAMA
- Rating: PG-13 (MPAA) (For thematic elements and a related scene of violence)
- Release Date: November 2002

Movie Reviews
Reviews:
"...Duvall is a blazing wonder in a film that ranks with the year's best..." - 01/22/1998 Rolling Stone, p.61-2
"...Duvall is a heaven-inspired acting machine..." - 06/01/1998 Sight and Sound, p.38-9
"...Fascinating, eccentric....[Duvall is] righteous, charismatic....Enough to renew your faith -- in movies, at the very least..." -- Rating: A- - 08/21/1998 Entertainment Weekly, pp.129-30
"...A sweetly believable tone....A rare display of spiritual light on screen..." - 12/17/1997 New York Times, p.E10
"...A lyrical tale of redemption....Duvall delivers a bravura, Oscar-quality performance....THE APOSTLE is a profoundly humane movie that crackles with the joy and sorrow of an old blues record..." - 02/01/1998 Premiere, p.21
"...THE APOSTLE is a good little movie dominated by a great central performance that's likely to endure..." - 01/30/1998 USA Today, p.2D
"...THE APOSTLE sees its characters in an unusually perceptive light; they have the complexity and spontaneity of people in a documentary..." - 01/30/1998 Chicago Sun-Times, p.36