

The Apostle
The hardest soul to save was his own.
After his happy life spins out of control, a preacher from Texas changes his name, goes to Louisiana and starts preaching on the radio.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $5M
- Box office
- $19.9M
- Language
- English
- jealousy
- coma
- radio station
- forgiveness
- christianity
- texas
- minister
- apostle
- louisiana
- preacher
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereNew York Film Festival9 Oct 1997
- Theatrical (limited)PG-1319 Dec 1997
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1212 Jun 1998
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalPG2 Jul 1998
CanadaCA
- PremiereToronto International Film Festival6 Sept 1997
GermanyDE
- Theatrical8 Oct 1998
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The Apostle was released on 19 December 1997.
Audience reviews
1- W8/10
Wuchak
8/2/2021
_**Character study of a flawed preacher**_ "The Apostle" (1997) is a film that I've appreciated more as I've matured. Writer/director Robert Duvall had to make it independently because studios wouldn’t touch the material. The story's a character study of a Southern Pentecostal preacher, Sonny (Duvall), whose wife wants to leave him (Farrah Fawcett) and more. Sonny reacts foolishly and is forced into exile to the b…
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