As I watched “The Great Santini” yesterday (2.25.2015) I again was taken away with the greatness of Robert Duvall’s acting skill. In a small movie of 1979, one that wasn’t even slated for the big screen if it wasn’t noted in “air plane” viewing by some top critics (Rex Reed for one) Duvall gave the performance of his life, one that was duplicated in the great “Apocalypse Now”. “Lonesome Dove” and the various westerns were met with rave reviews as Duvall’ body of work is second to none. “A Family Thing”, another little movie, shows the a different side of Duvall on film. He is one actor that keeps producing as with his 7th Oscar nomination in 2014 in “The Judge.”
Best Screen Performance: The Great Santini
My Favorite Screen Performance: The Great Santini
My Favorite Movie: Family Thing
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Many years ago, I made a list of the world’s greatest living actors, and Robert Duvall fell on my list at number seven. Not the highest on the list, but for sure, making my list shows his significance in this profession of acting. Duvall has given me some of my most favorite memories in the cinema, and as has been one of the most important, needless to say, faces that have graced the screen, in movies, or TV, our time. He died today at age 95.
My first lake on Duvall was in “To Kill A Mockingbird,” playing Boo Ridley, a mentally defidient man that saves the children in that magnificant movie. I was only ten and that film was a great one. Duvall, stole his scenes with the likes of Gregory Peck.
Films starring Robert Duvall • Letterboxd (I have viewed 57 of Duvall’s films.)
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Films starring Robert Duvall • Letterboxd
Films starring Robert Duvall • Letterboxd The list of all the films I have viewed by him.
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