Robert Duvall

In the Cowboy State, my windy home, this is the time of year when Wyomingites become Robert Duvall. I'm not even talking about the Robert Duvall of "Lonesome Dove." That's a year-round thing, Augustus McCrae kicking pigs and fighting outlaws and all. No, right now we're all gussied up like Robert Duvall as Lt.  

Luciana and Robert Duvall will host the Hearts for Hope Paella Luncheon and Auction with bestselling author David Baldacci at their home in The Plains, VA, on Sunday, November 1 from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Following the luncheon is a limited 24-seat ...  

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Gov. Bill Richardson spent just under $139,000 for dinners and receptions at the Governor’s Mansion last year, The Associated Press reports today. Among the thousands of guests entertained: movie stars George Clooney and Robert Duvall. The money to entertain at the Governor’s mansion comes from a state discretionary fund. And spending from that fund was up 63 [...]  

After the Telluride Film Festival came to a close on September 7, I began thinking about putting together a new Oscar update, but all there was to talk about was the initial hype surrounding Jason Reitman's Up In the Air and the reactions to John Hillcoat's The Road, which also debuted at the Venice Film [...]  

Kris Tapley at In Contention brings news that Sony Classics will be holding on to the recently acquired festival favorite Get Low until mid-2010 with no plans for a late 2009 Oscar run in an attempt to score a Best Actor nomination for Robert Duvall, which was instantly assumed once the film was picked up [...]  

“Get Low” stars Robert Duvall, Bill Murray and Mitch Glazer celebrate their film’s world premiere at the Sutton Place Hotel in Toronto.  The film - directed by Aaron Schneider - is generating some decent Oscar buzz at the festival, particularly for Duvall’s performance. It has yet to be acquired for North American distribution. Image courtesy of WireImage.  

A quick Internet search of Oscar-winning actor Robert Duvall calls up a number of impending projects, some of which include such big-name co-stars as Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman and James Caan.  

Funnily enough I was in the middle of an email exchange with a colleague regarding the lead actor Oscar race when I began putting this post together. As much as I loved “Up in the Air,” I don't feel like this is a win for George Clooney ...  

You are pretty much guaranteed quality in a Robert Duvall performance, any Robert Duvall performance, whether it is small cameo support (From The Conversation to The Road) or the lead in an intimate drama or even Civil War Epic. He is, simply put, one of the great actors of all time - one who can do both larger-than-life screen demolishing performances and quiet, subtle acting with his eyes alone. Yet about once every decade he really brings...  

/FILM (blog)Sony Classics Buys Venice Winner Lebanon, a 'Hurt Locker-Style War Film'/FILM (blog)The company also picked up the Robert Duvall movie Get Low, about which I wrote last week. Original article follows. I've been meaning to write about ...and more »