[wmfights]

William Blizek, founding editor of the Journal of Religion and Film, said Duvall’s use of real religious people and actual words from preachers showed the actor’s interest in accuracy without turning them into “saintly characters that could do no wrong.”

“In The Apostle, it was of special concern to him to try to get this right,” said Blizek.

“He thought other movies had sort of mocked this kind of fundamentalist evangelical, what he calls the Holiness Church,” he said.

To bad he doesn't want to talk about his faith. It would probably cost him in hollyweird.

[donhunt]

If I was seventy-nine years old I wouldn’t give a hoot what Hollywood thought.

[Lurker]

If you’ve never seen “Tender Mercies” you should. It’s some of Duval’s best work ever.