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The Apostle

DOWN & DIRTY:
Drama: A wayward evangelist reinvents himself in a small southern town after losing both his church and family to his disgruntled wife.

NITTY GRITTY:
Eulis "Sonny" Dewey (ROBERT DUVALL) is a passionate Texas preacher with a seemingly good life. Married with a beautiful wife, Jessie (FARRAH FAWCETT), two children, and a faithful congregation, Sonny thinks his life has been blessed.

Things change, when he learns that Jessie's having an affair with Horace (TODD ALLEN), a fellow preacher, and that she's taken control of the church away from him.

After a violent encounter with Horace that puts Horace in the hospital, Sonny goes on the run.

He arrives in Bayou Boutte, Louisiana, where he reinvents himself as the Apostle E.F. and quickly sets out to start another church. He immediately befriends Reverend Blackwell, a retired preacher, and Elmo, the local radio station owner who allows E.F. to broadcast his sermons as well as news that he's reopening Blackwell's church.

A few locals, including one redneck (BILLY BOB THORTON), aren't happy with E.F.'s multiracial congregation, he even tries to bulldoze it down. But for the most part, the church grows along with E.F.'s rekindled passion.

Yet even with his newfound success, he can't forget his past and occasionally calls an old friend to see how his own elderly mother is doing.

Soon that past, and his actions in it, come back to haunt Sonny and he must confront those problems.

THE ENDING:
Jessie hears E.F. hawking painted scarves on the radio and calls the cops. They show up at the church and after listening to him preach arrest him for murder. The other church members are left to keep the church going.

WHAT EVERYONE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT:
Robert Duvall's performance. After the movie, I was expecting a donation plate to be passed amongst the audience. Can I get an 'Amen'?

 

 
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