Robert Duvall, imagined here in 2005, has actually commanded the screen in a career spanning seven decades.
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And yet, when I was offered 15 minutes talking to famous actor Robert Duvall about his part in cinematic turning point The Godfather, I didnt desire to do it. The 91-year-old will quickly be seen in Netflixs basketball drama Hustle with Adam Sandler, streaming in June.And of course, Duvall joined Marlon Brando, James Caan, Robert De Niro and Al Pacino in The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1974 ), both directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Today, Duvall is doing publicity for a 50th anniversary repair and rerelease of The Godfather films, offered now in 4K UHD and digital format.
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Duvall worked with Coppola a number of times, taking pleasure in the freedom he was provided. “Coppola wasnt one of these directors– Ive worked with a lot of em– who state, Do this, Do that,” Duvall explains.” For example, Duvall mentions how he changed the character of a cartoonish military officer in Apocalypse Nows script by drawing on his own military experience in the US Army, and on his father, who d been a rear admiral in the United States Navy.
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In the very first two Godfather films, Duvall played Tom Hagen, embraced son and thought about consigliere to the Corleone household. “I went into the dressing space of Lonesome Dove,” Duvall keeps in mind, “and I stated, Boys, were making the Godfather of westerns! It took a little longer for Duvall, who d in reality been one of the more established members of the cast before the movie was made.
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The 1991 latter-day Western was written by Pulitzer- and Oscar-winning Texas playwright and film writer Foote, who Duvall credits as another huge influence on his life. Co-starring James Earl Jones and Lukas Haas, Convicts sees Duvall play a significantly infirm previous Confederate soldier struggling to run a plantation in 1902.” I played a very rural person, so far from someone like Tom Hagen, like possibly one of my uncles in Virginia here,” Duvall chuckles.
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I want to talk more about this lovely however portentous statement, and I ask why Duvall has been revisiting his previous movies. Does Robert Duvall, like the undertaker in the first movies opening scene, think in America? Theres constantly time to watch The Godfather films again, not to mention any of the other classics from Duvalls long profession.
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The 91-year-old will quickly be seen in Netflixs basketball drama Hustle with Adam Sandler, streaming in June.And of course, Duvall signed up with Marlon Brando, James Caan, Robert De Niro and Al Pacino in The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1974 ), both directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Today, Duvall is doing publicity for a 50th anniversary repair and rerelease of The Godfather movies, offered now in 4K UHD and digital format. In the very first two Godfather films, Duvall played Tom Hagen, adopted son and considered consigliere to the Corleone family. “I went into the dressing space of Lonesome Dove,” Duvall keeps in mind, “and I stated, Boys, were making the Godfather of westerns! Theres always time to see The Godfather movies once again, not to discuss any of the other classics from Duvalls long career.
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