Robert Duvall
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Born:
January 5, 1931 |
Born as:
Robert Selden Duvall |
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Biography:
Duvall made a memorable film debut in To kill a mockingbird (1962). In 1970, he appeared in Robert Altman's M*A*S*H, a year after his performance in The Rain People 1969) which marked the beginning of a lengthy association with director Francis Ford Coppola, for whom he starred in The Godfather (1972), The Godfather, Part II (1974)
and Apocalypse
Now (1979).
In 1983, he finally took home an Oscar, winning Best Actor for his performance as a washed-up country singer in Tender Mercies . The same year he directed his first film, Angelo, My Love. In 1989 Duvall appeared as Gus McCrae1, in the mini-series Lonesome Dove.
Many years later he produced, directed, wrote, starred and won an Oscar nomination for The apostle (1997).
Assassination Tango (2002) – the third film Robert directed – was notable for its clever incorporation of one of his passions – Argentinean tango dancing – into the plot.
In 2006 Robert won an Emmy Award for his role in the Western miniseries Broken Trail.
Now in his seventies, Robert is busier than ever with a string of films coming up
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Academy awards:
1999 Nominated Supporting Role for: A Civil Action (1998)
1998 Nominated Leading Role for: The Apostle (1997)
1984 Won Oscar Leading Role for: Tender Mercies (1983)
1981 Nominated Leading Role for: The Great Santini(1979)
1980 Nominated Supporting Role for: Apocalypse Now (1979)
1973 Nominated Supporting Role for: The Godfather (1972)
Selected Movies:
Bibliography » Books:
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CBS news (60 minutes II) - Duvall wanted more money
Collider - Duvall may be Don Quixote
DVD Times - Lions on Blu-ray
DVD Times - Secondhand Lions
Empire - Duvall, the game
Reuters - Duvall in a new thriller
Slash film - Southern Mythmaking with Duvall
Variety - Duvall and the Pony Express
Rumors and new films
- Glad All Over -
It’s about a group of people connected to an infamous self- help book written by a reclusive ex-football coach, played by Duvall.
Status: Maybe, maybe not
- The Man Who Killed Don Quixote -
An advertising executive, who finds himself unstuck in time, unwittingly travels between modern day London and 17th century La Mancha, where he participates in the adventures of Don Quixote (Robert Duvall)
Status: Maybe, maybe not
- Tribes of October -
Robert Duvall and James Caan, are starring in the post apocalyptic thriller Tribes of October. The film is set in a future in which New York has become surrounded by an endless desert plagued by heat storms, and the city's technology is such that nothing
Status: Maybe, maybe not
News
This week 1 years ago Get Low premiered (September 12, 2009)
This thriller is based on the life of Felix Breazeale (Robert Duvall) a Tennessee recluse who lived in the early 20th century.
This week 1 years ago The Road premiered (September 03, 2009)
The story of a man and his young son traveling through a desperate, post-apocalyptic world. They meet an old man, Robert Duvall.
This week 5 years ago Thank you for smoking premiered (September 09, 2005)
This week 7 years ago Secondhand lions premiered (September 05, 2003)
This week 8 years ago Assassination tango premiered (September 11, 2002)
This week 10 years ago A shot at glory premiered (September 11, 2000)
This week 13 years ago The apostle premiered (September 06, 1997)
This week 19 years ago Rambling Rose premiered (September 10, 1991)
More news!
Trivia
1. Duvall picked his role as Gus McCrae, the grizzled Texas Ranger, in the TV mini-series Lonesome Dove as his favorite from the eighty-four
movies he’d made up to that time. He received an Emmy nomination.
--Source: Westerns: Aspects of a Movie Genre, Page 145
In 1984 when nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Tender mercies (1983) Duvall had to compete with four British Oscar nominees. Duvall: “I guess it’s me against the Limeys”
--Source: The Academy Awards: The Complete Unofficial History, Page 237
Robert has got a star on Hollywood Boulevard.It’s located between Highland avenue and Orange Drive.
Robert Duvall said in The American 60 minutes show money was the reason he didn’t appear in The Godfather III. “If they paid Pacino twice what they paid me, that’s fine, but not three or four times, which is what they did.”.
Source / More (Web)
Other sources say that Duvall wasn’t hired to keep the picture’s costs under control. The part was altered for the cheaper George Hamilton. A line of dialogue now says that Hagen died years before.
--Source: Whom God Wishes to Destroy--Francis Coppola and the New Hollywood, Page 157
