Robert Duvall, one of my all time most favorite actors, passed away two days ago. The news broke about it yesterday and ever since I've been struggling to come up with the best way for me to pay tribute to him. The man did so much. It's very hard to pick the movies and roles he had that I like the most. I absolutely loved his portrayal of Augustus McRae in the epic television miniseries Lonesome Dove. There were his appearances in The Godfather and Apocalypse Now. I could say something about The Apostle: a film he not only starred in but directed and financed (no company believed in it enough to front the money, but it wound up winning a slew of awards). There was his Academy Award winning role in Tender Mercies. His very first film appearance in To Kill a Mockingbird where he played Boo Radley... the man was a force of nature on and off the screen!
I decided that in his memory I'm going to share one of my favorite clips of Duvall. This is from the movie Secondhand Lions, which came out in 2003. A very delightful film also starring Michael Caine. Here is Robert Duvall as Hub McCann, laying it down on some young punks:
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