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Robert Duvall and Tess Harper on the set of the film *Tender Mercies*” width=”655″ height=”462″/>Glasshouse Images / Alamy
Robert Duvall and Tess Harper on the set of the film Tender Mercies
Like his acclaimed contemporaries Pacino, Hoffman, and Hackman, duvall did not project the clean, conventionally handsome image of earlier movie stars; he was earthier and more rugged, his face bearing the marks of life. He achieved fame later in his career, during the New Hollywood era of the 1970s, a period that favored complexity and nuance. He won his Academy Award in 1984 for *Tender Mercies*, portraying a sympathetic yet flawed character—a washed-up, recovering alcoholic country musician attempting to rebuild his life. the film’s distributor, Global Pictures, initially gave the film a limited release with minimal promotion, and it was later sold to cable television, where it gained a notable following and garnered unexpected awards attention over a year after its initial release.
Duvall transitioned to smaller-scale projects as he aged. *The Apostle* (1