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>>Wow, so many great movie recommendations in this thread. "Tender Mercies" in particular is one of my favorites as well. I would pay to watch Robert Duvall read the phone book but I don't think he has ever done anything better. Everyone remembers him as the Marine colonel in "Apocalypse Now" -- "If I say the sea's safe for surfing it's safe for surfing!" -- but Tender Mercies was a more sustained role. Went down the road, came back. Went down the road again, came back.
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>I was tempted to put in Lonesome Dove even though it was a TV miniseries because it is probably my favorite Duvall.
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>Oh man, just rmemebered The Mission with DeNiro.

Absolutely agreed about "Lonesome Dove". 6 or 8 hours long and it never comes close to getting boring. The great Larry McMurtry.