Tender Mercies
Summary:
Mac Sledge (Robert Duvall), a once-famous country western singer, wakes up broke, alone and hung over in a tiny Texas motel run by widowed Rosa Lee (Tess Harper). Having nowhere else to go, Sledge takes a job at the motel, and through the kindness and faith of Rosa he changes his self-destructive ways. He marries Rosa (after he's baptized at her urging) and becomes a father/pal to ... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Robert Duvall - (Mac Sledge)
Tess Harper - (Rosa Lee)
Allan Hubbard - (Sonny)
Betty Buckley - (Dixie)
Ellen Barkin - (Sue Anne)
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Review:
The unconventional, reserved actor Robert Duvall chooses similarly challenging material to produce and direct himself, whether it be 1997's The Apostle or his 1980s pet projects, Angelo, My Love and Tender Mercies. The latter film gave him one of his most delicate, nuanced roles, as well as his first Academy Award. Far from a vanity p... Continue >>
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