Robert Duvall directed, co-produced, wrote, and stars in the 1997 movie The Apostle. The other producers on the film were Rob Carliner and Steven Brown. The film starred Farrah Fawcett, Miranda Richardson, Billy Bob Thornton, June Carter Cash, Todd Allen, and Walton Goggins. Robert Duvall was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. The film was released by October Films on December 17, 1997.
The movie is about a Texas charismatic-Pentecostal Christian minister who has a wandering eye. The two major themes of the movie are accountability and forgiveness. The soundtrack features songs by Steven Curtis Chapman, Patty Loveless, Lyle Lovett, Johnny Cash, Emmylou Harris, Gary Chapman, Wynonna Judd, and the Carter Family.
