"THE APOSTLE".(CITY LIFE) From: The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC) | Date: February 19, 1998| Author: | COPYRIGHT 1998 News & Record. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Henry Sheehan Knight-Ridder News Service

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What: "The Apostle"

Rating: PG-13 for adult subject matter, a scene of violence

Theaters: Janus

As a writer and director, Robert Duvall has crafted "The Apostle" into not much more than a vehicle for his own starring performance - but what a performance. As an evangelical preacher from Fort Worth, Texas, who gets in trouble with the law, Duvall doesn't so much play a part as transform himself into another whole person. For while Euliss "Sonny" Dewey gives Duvall plenty of opportunities to play ...

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