The Apostle (1998)

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PG-13 | 2 hr 28 mins | Drama, Religion | Released: 1/30/1998 |Box Office Total: $20.7M

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Synopsis:

After learning that his wife is sleeping with another man of the cloth, Euliss "Sonny" Dewey, a popular Pentecostal preacher of deep spiritual convition, commits a crime of passion and thusly, is forced to abandon his home, family, and church. Destroying all traces of his true identity, he takes to the road, dubs himself "The Apostle," and attempts to start life over. Following a long-standing tradition in Southern storytelling, and evoking such forebears as William Faulkner, Flannery O''Connor and Eudora Welty, Euliss reinvents himself as the archetypal mysterious stranger who resurfaces in a poor black town where he tries to redeem himself by helping the congregation build a church. And during his tenancy in the small town, he manages to transform both its inhabitants and himself.

Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
1/30/1998

Director	Credit
Robert Duvall	Director
Cast	Credit
Robert Duvall	Euliss 'Sonny' Dewey
Farrah Fawcett	Jessie Dewey
Todd Allen	Horace
John Beasley	Brother Blackwell
June Carter Cash	Mrs Dewey Sr
Walton Goggins	Sam
Billy Joe Shaver	Joe
Billy Bob Thornton	Troublemaker
Miranda Richardson	Toosie
Brother Paul Bagget	Tag Team Preacher No 3
Lenore Banks	Female Sonny Supporter
Mary Lynette Braxton	Mother Blackwell
Brett Brock	Helper
Christopher Canady	Sister Johnson's Twin
Christian Canady	Sister Johnson's Twin
Elizabeth Chisolm	Singer
Brother William Atlas Cole	Bayou Man
Reverend Frank Collins Jr	Soloist No 4
Prophet Carl D Cook	Civic Auditorium Preacher
Naomi Craig	Scripture Reader
Wayne DeHart	Liquor Store Preacher
Rick Dial	Elmo
Jan Fawcett	Needy Receiver No 2
James Ivey Gleason	Young Priest
Reverend Chili Graham	Tag Team Preacher No 5
Reverend Bobby Green	Tag Team Preacher No 1
Stuart Greer	Texas State Trooper
John E Hawkins	Sonny Supporter No 1
Hunter Hayes	Child Accordionist
Reverend Daniel Hickman	Flashback Preacher
Emery Hopkins	Virgil
Brenda B Jackson	Faith Healer No 2
Sister Jewell Jernigan	Sister Jewell
Reverend Charles Johnson	Tag Team Preacher No 2
Julie Johnson	Baptism Soloist
Vera Kemp	Faith Healer No 1
Joseph Lindsey	Soloist No 1
Sharon K London	Church Woman
Zelma Loyd	Sister Johnson
Fernie E McMillan	Doctor
Jimmie J Meaux	Church Member No 2
L Christian Mixon	Bodyguard
Richard Nance	Church Man No 2
Douglas Perry	Louisiana State Trooper
Harold Potier Sr	Coronet George
Kevin Rankin	Young Man in Car
Pat Ratcliff	Accident Witness
Jay Robicheaux	Sonny
Terence Rosemore	Man Saying 'Amen'
Joyce Jolivet Starks	Sister Delilah
Christina Stojanovich	Jessie Jr
Nicholas Stojanovich	Bobbie
Ronnie Stutes	Needy Receiver
Ruby Francis Terry	Soloist/Choir Director
Graham Timbles	Church Man No 1
James B Towry	Nosey Neighbour
Renée Victor	Latin Translator
Reverend Jesse Waldrop	Sonny Support No 2
Reverend Steve White	Tag Team Preacher No 4
Sister Fay Winn	Tag Team Preacher No 5
Melete Woods	Soloist No 3
Margaret Oliver Coleman	Fountain of the Living Word Church Dallas--Texas Choir Member
Sharon Denise Dickerson	Fountain of the Living Word Church Dallas--Texas Choir Member
Erica Lynn Duncan	Fountain of the Living Word Church Dallas--Texas Choir Member
Sondra Jackson Green	Fountain of the Living Word Church Dallas--Texas Choir Member
David Henderson	Fountain of the Living Word Church Dallas--Texas Choir Member
Parla J Johnson	Fountain of the Living Word Church Dallas--Texas Choir Member
Donna Siddiqui	Fountain of the Living Word Church Dallas--Texas Choir Member
Tami Boaz Skelton	Fountain of the Living Word Church Dallas--Texas Choir Member
Rachel V Stevenson	Fountain of the Living Word Church Dallas--Texas Choir Member
Gretchen Louise Watts	Fountain of the Living Word Church Dallas--Texas Choir Member
Pastor Jerry H Skelton	Fountain of the Living Word Church Dallas--Texas Choir Organist
Production Credits	Credit
Steven Brown	Co-Producer
Ed Johnston	Associate Producer
Rob Carliner	Producer
Robert Duvall	Executive Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Butcher's Run Productions	Production Company
Good Machine Releasing	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
October Films	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
BIM	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Universal Studios Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Cineplex Odeon Films Canada	Theatrical Distributor
Skifan	Theatrical Distributor
Laurens	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Kinowelt International	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Atalanta Filmes	Theatrical Distributor
UIP The Film Consortium	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Louisiana, USA
Texas, USA
Writer	Credit
Robert Duvall	Screenplay
Art Department	Credit
Irfan Akdag	Art Director
Linda Burton	Production Designer
Lori Johnson	Set Decorator
Dea Jensen	Set Decorator
Casting	Credit
Renee Rousselot	Casting
Ed Johnston	Casting
Film Camera	Credit
Jerome F. Holway	Steadicam Operator
Barry Markowitz	Director of Photography
Barry Markowitz	Camera Operator
Jerome F. Holway	Camera Operator
Film Sales Financing	Credit
October Films	Foreign Distribution Sales
Music	Credit
David Mansfield	Music
David Mansfield	Music Performer
Peter Afterman	Music Supervisor
Sharo Smith	Music Editor
Eli Wilson	Song
Robert Duvall	Song Performer
Eli Wilson	Music - children's choir director
Elizabeth Wendel	Music Supervisor - associate music supervisor
David Grissom	Song
Storyville	Song Performer
Lafayette Children's Choir	Music Performer
Sunbeam Choir	Music Performer
Claude Ely	Song
June Carter Cash	Song Performer
Little Leo	Song Performer
The Apostle Church Choir	Music Performer
Terry Smith	Song
Mel Mallory	Song
Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys	Song Performer
Choir at Sonny's Temple	Music Performer
Le Trio Cadien	Song Performer
The SW Louisiana Mass Choir	Music Performer
Fred Soileau	Song
The Fountain of the Living Word Church Dallas--Texas Choir	Music Performer
Maurice Berzas	Song
Chris Farren	Song Performer
The Fountain of the Living Word Church Dallas--Texas Choir	Song Performer
Cathy Johnson	Song
Cornela Jones	Song
Patty Loveless	Song Performer
D L Menard	Song
Steven Curtis Chapman	Song Performer
Eddie Lejeune	Song
Lyle Lovett	Song Performer
Dolly Parton	Song Performer
Ken Smith	Song
Randy Sharp	Song
Chris Farren	Song
Albert E Brumley	Song
Steven Curtis Chapman	Song
Dolly Parton	Song
Physical Effects	Credit
Ethan Jensen	Stunt Coordinator
Production Management	Credit
Carol Banker	Script Supervisor
Stephanie Dupuy	Location Coordinator
Taylor M Favale	Unit Production Manager
Sharre Jacoby	Post-Production Supervisor
Louis Shaw Milito	Assistant Director
Virginia McCollam	Location Manager
Peter Wilson	Location Manager
Maime Mitchell	Script Supervisor
Chad Rosen	Assistant Director
Melissa Cummins-Lorenz	Assistant Director
Sound	Credit
Barbara Harris	ADR Voice Casting
Stephen Hart	Foley Mixer
Marnie Moore	Foley Artist
Brian Ruberg	ADR - ADR services
John Nutt	Sound Editor
Steve C Aaron	Sound Mixer
Kyrsten Mate Comoglio	Sound Effects Editor
Leslie Bloome	Foley Artist
Malcolm Fife	Sound Effects Editor
Steven Fontano	Foley Mixer
Frank Rinella	Foley Mixer
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Doug Hall	Costume Designer
Allison Gordin	Makeup Artist - key makeup artist
Alicia Dollard	Hair Stylist - key hairstylist
Lisa Parmet	Costume Supervisor
Lily Gart	Makeup Artist - key makeup artist

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