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I've seen in the apostle, and "tender mercies." the theme of redemption. a person who is flawed, but deep down has qualities. is that a person that we see robert duval as? >> could be, but i don't think about it that much. maybe i'm attracted to things like that, because i feel for those things, but it just happened to be, you know, i played stallen. not much redemption. but when these kind of movies come along, i respond to them. the "get low" is my wife's favorite film since "apostle." >> mike: the movie "the apostle" for which you were given nomination for academy award. you should have got...

Award. you should have gotten it by the way. in my own humble opinion. but again the character sonny who was a good man. but made some bad mistakes. is that one of your favorite movies? >> yes. >> mike: and why? >> it took so long to do and i think the american preacher is a true american art form. the american preacher. if i had done it in hollywood, i would have had to look down on the whole thing. you can't patronize something like this. i took me so long to get it off the ground. it is part of our culture. something that was very, very important to me. >> mike: but you treated faith and re...

Award. you should have gotten it by the way. in my own humble opinion. but again the character sonny who was a good man. but made some bad mistakes. is that one of your favorite movies? >> yes. >> mike: and why? >> it took so long to do and i think the american preacher is a true american art form. the american preacher. if i had done it in hollywood, i would have had to look down on the whole thing. you can't patronize something like this. i took me so long to get it off the ground. it is part of our culture. something that was very, very important to me. >> mike: but you treated faith and re...