Movies
TV Shows
People
19/12/1997 Drama 2h 14m
63
User score

The hardest soul to save was his own.

Overview

After his happy life spins out of control, a preacher from Texas changes his name, goes to Louisiana and starts preaching on the radio.

  1. Robert Duvall

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Robert Duvall

    Euliss Dewey

  2. Farrah Fawcett

    Jessie Dewey

  3. Miranda Richardson

    Toosie

  4. John Beasley

    Brother Blackwell

  5. Walton Goggins

    Sam

  6. Billy Bob Thornton

    Troublemaker

  7. June Carter Cash

    Mrs. Dewey Sr.

  8. Billy Joe Shaver

    Joe

  9. Rick Dial

    Elmo

  10. View more

Full Cast & Crew

Reviews

A review by Wuchak
Written by Wuchak on 2021-08-02
_**Character study of a flawed preacher**_

"The Apostle" (1997) is a film that I've appreciated more as I've matured. Writer/director Robert Duvall had to make it independently because studios wouldn’t touch the material. The story's a character study of a Southern Pentecostal preacher, Sonny (Duvall), whose wife wants to leave him (Farrah Fawcett) and more. Sonny reacts foolishly and is forced into exile to the backwaters of Louisiana. Wherever Sonny goes, he can't seem to part with his "calling" and "anointing" – to lead people to the LORD and motivate believers.

If you can't handl...read the rest
Read All Reviews

Recommendations

  1. Come Sunday58%
  2. Elmer Gantry72%
  3. Do You Believe?66%
  4. The Confession66%
  5. God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness65%
  6. I Can Only Imagine75%
  7. Traitor66%
  8. Breakthrough76%
  9. 90 Minutes in Heaven59%
  10. The Case for Christ69%
  11. An Interview with God70%
  12. The Shack75%
  13. Small Things Like These66%
  14. Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story72%
  15. On Fire61%
  16. The Children Act65%
  17. Powder Blue61%
  18. Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding58%
  19. The Sugarland Express66%
  20. Pump Up the Volume71%

Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$5,000,000.00

Revenue
$19,868,354.00

Keywords