Duvall, Robert

Overview

Works:	1,132 works in 4,472 publications in 9 languages and 110,685 library holdings
Genres:	Drama Film adaptations Legal films Crime films Thrillers (Motion pictures) War films Western films Gangster films Comedy films Historical films
Roles:	Actor, Producer, Performer, Director, Author of screenplay, Narrator, Interviewee, Speaker, Author, Other, Costume designer, Scenarist, Creator, Restager , Contributor, fmd, Film editor, Production personnel, Former owner
Classifications:	PN1997, 791.4372

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Robert Duvall

Robert Duvall, Hollywood maverick by Judith Slawson( Book )
Fresh air : the best of stage & screen( Recording )
Sling Blade( Visual )
Robert Duvall( Visual )
Robert Duvall( )

Fresh air with Terry Gross. Terry Gross interviews 17 stars of stage & screen( Recording )
The Robert Duvall handbook : everything you need to know about Robert Duvall by Edith Hibbard( Book )
Tango our dance = Tango baile nuestro( Visual )
Hearts of darkness( Visual )
Robert Duvall by Joe Leydon( Book )
Jason Patric, Robert Duvall, Gene Hackman, Wes Studi : Geronimo, an American legend( Visual )
Robert Duvall celebrates his Oscar by Anne Knudsen( Visual )
A family thing motion picture stills collection by Van Redin( Visual )
A family thing motion picture stills collection by Van Redin( Visual )
Así se baila milonga( Visual )
A family thing( Book )
Geronimo una leyenda( Visual )
Robert Duvall wins Best Actor award by Anne Knudsen( Visual )
Filmgroup Productions presents "Tomorrow"( Book )
Nevart Apikian Entertainment Audio Interviews by Nevart Apikian( )

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Most widely held works by Robert Duvall

To Kill a Mockingbird by Robert Mulligan( Visual )

79 editions published between 1962 and 2015 in English and Italian and held by 4,978 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Two children in a small southern town are thrust into an adult world of racial bigotry and hatred when their lawyer father chooses to defend a black man unjustly accused of raping a white girl. When a Southern white woman accuses a black man of rape, the outcome of the trial is a foregone conclusion and no lawyer except Peck will defend him. Peck's defense costs him friendships but earns him the respect of his two children. Includes extra interview footage

Lonesome Dove by Simon Wincer( Visual )

70 editions published between 1988 and 2015 in 4 languages and held by 3,055 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The tale of two former Texas Rangers who leave the South Texas town of Lonesome Dove on an epic 2500-mile cattle drive to the lush ranch country of Montana. From the re-created towns to the vast plains to the expansive cattle drive and heart-stopping stampede, it is an inspiring and enlighting experience, certain to change your views of our American heritage

Network by Sidney Lumet( Visual )

76 editions published between 1976 and 2014 in 4 languages and held by 2,796 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A satirical look at the politics and power-struggles of television executives as network news anchorman Howard Beale (Finch) turns the tables on the "ratings". He goes from dispassionate newscaster to national folk hero with his famous battle cry, "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore!" Faye Dunaway is the vicious Vice President of Programming. William Holden is the News Division President. Robert Duvall is the cold hatchet man for the corporation. Winner of Academy Awards for best actor (Finch) and screenplay

Secondhand Lions by Tim McCanlies( Visual )

47 editions published between 1999 and 2013 in English and held by 2,618 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

To the rest of the world, Garth and Hub are mysterious old men hiding millions. But to Walter, they are family - and now they're about to lead him on an adventure he'll never forget

Crazy Heart by Scott Cooper( Visual )

44 editions published between 2009 and 2016 in 4 languages and held by 2,557 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The powerful story of a country music star's rocky road to redemption. Bad Blake is a boozy, broken-down singer who reaches for salvation with the help of Jean, a journalist who discovers the real man behind the music. But will Bad's hard-livin' ways and crazy heart cost him his last chance at a comeback?

The Judge by David Dobkin( Visual )

52 editions published between 2000 and 2015 in English and German and held by 2,554 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Big-city lawyer Hank Palmer returns to his childhood home where his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder. He sets out to discover the truth and along the way reconnects with the family he walked away from years before

True grit by Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)( Visual )

30 editions published between 1969 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 2,457 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn helps a headstrong young girl find the man who murdered her father in Native American territory and fled with the family savings. When Rooster's employer insists on accompanying the old gunfighter, sparks fly. The situation goes from troubled to disastrous when an inexperienced Texas Ranger joins the party

The Natural by Barry Levinson( Visual )

47 editions published between 1984 and 2016 in English and French and held by 2,452 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Nothing was going to stop Roy Hobbs from fulfilling his boyhood dream of baseball stardom. As a 14-year old he fashions a baseball bat from an oak tree. He soon impresses major league scouts with his ability. His talent also catches the eye of a sportswriter who eventually becomes instrumental in Hobbs' career. The appearance of a mysterious woman, however, shatters his dream. Years later Hobbs reappears as a rookie for the New York Knights and has an opportunity to share in their race for the pennant

Jack Reacher by Christopher McQuarrie( Visual )

40 editions published between 2012 and 2018 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,405 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Ex-military investigator Jack Reacher leaps off the pages of Lee Child's bestselling novel and onto the big screen in this explosive thriller. When an unspeakable crime is committed, all evidence points to the suspect in custody who offers up a single note in defense: Get Jack Reacher! The law has its limits, but Reacher does not when his fight for the truth pits him against an unexpected enemy with a skill for violence and a secret to keep

Apocalypse now by Francis Ford Coppola( Visual )

126 editions published between 1979 and 2016 in 6 languages and held by 2,233 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A United States Army officer/trained assassin is sent into the depths of a southeast Asian jungle to seek out a renegade colonel and terminate his command during the Vietnam War

The Road by John Hillcoat( Visual )

76 editions published between 2009 and 2013 in 8 languages and held by 2,103 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A holocaust has destroyed the world. Civilization lies in ruins. Nothing grows. The Man and his young son, the Boy, struggle across the devastated, post-apocalyptic landscape, pushing their belongings in a shopping cart, hoping to reach the coast. It is almost impossible to find any food. Life on the road is a deadly game of hide, seek, and devour with bloodthirsty bands of roving, starving, survivalist types, many of whom have fallen into cannibalism. The Man carries the curse of remembering the world as it once was, while for the Boy, the world has always been destroyed, any intimation that life was once different is foreign to his existence. Love--of the Man and Boy for each other--is the one testament to a humanity that remains, even in the face of total chaos

Gods and generals by Warner Home Video (Firm)( Visual )

44 editions published between 2002 and 2015 in 3 languages and held by 2,037 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain left behind a quiet life and a career as a college professor to fight for the Union. Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was a man of great religious faith who served in the defense of the Confederacy. And Gen. Robert E. Lee, who led the Confederate army, was a man who was forced to choose between his loyalty to the United States and his love of the Southern states where he was born and raised. As Chamberlain, Jackson, and Lee are followed through the declaration of war and the battles at Manassas, Antietam, Frederickburg, and Chancellorsville

Apocalypse now redux by Francis Ford Coppola( Visual )

48 editions published between 1979 and 2017 in 5 languages and held by 1,997 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A United States Army officer/trained assassin is sent into the depths of a Southeast Asian jungle to seek out a renegade colonel and terminate his command during the Vietnam War

A Civil Action by Steven Zaillian( Visual )

56 editions published between 1998 and 2016 in 4 languages and held by 1,988 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A high-priced personal injury attorney takes on a case that becomes an epic legal battle, one that may cost him his career, reputation, and all that he owns

The godfather by Francis Ford Coppola( Visual )

79 editions published between 1972 and 2017 in 5 languages and held by 1,894 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Corleone Family nearly falls from power in America but rises to observe the passage of rites from father to son. There is a balance between family life and the ugly business of crime in which they are engaged

The Godfather by Francis Ford Coppola( Visual )

96 editions published between 1074 and 2017 in 5 languages and held by 1,875 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The continuing saga of the Corleone crime family tells the story of a young Vito Corleone growing up in Sicily and in 1910s New York; and follows Michael Corleone in the 1950s as he attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba

Mario Puzo's The godfather( Visual )

11 editions published between 1972 and 2008 in English and Spanish and held by 1,763 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

It is the late 1940s in New York and "Don" Vito Corleone is the head of a powerful Mafia "family." His youngest son Michael had defied Vito by enlisting in the Marines to fight in World War II. Michael has returned with no intention of continuing the family business, but after several assassination attempts on his father's life, Michael wants revenge on the men responsible. He is groomed as the new don, leading the family to a new era of prosperity, then launching a campaign of murderous revenge against those who once tried to wipe out his family

John Q by Nick Cassavetes( Visual )

37 editions published between 2001 and 2010 in 7 languages and held by 1,756 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

John Q. is a factory worker facing financial hardship as a result of reduced hours in his workplace. He and his wife soon discover that their child is in need of an emergency heart transplant. Although they have an HMO, they are informed that their policy doesn't cover such an expensive procedure. Unable to raise the money for the surgury himself and with no recourse but to take his son home to die, John snaps and holds the staff and patients of the hospital's emergency room hostage at gunpoint

Four Christmases( Visual )

25 editions published between 2008 and 2013 in English and held by 1,744 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

When happily unmarried San Francisco couple Kate and Brad find themselves socked in by fog on Christmas morning, their exotic vacation plans morph into the family-centric holiday they had, until now, gleefully avoided. Out of obligation, and unable to escape, they trudge to not one, not two, but four relative-choked festivities

Open range( Visual )

3 editions published in 2004 in English and held by 1,672 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Boss Spearman, a rugged old-timer, free grazes cattle. He and Charley have been partners for ten years. The pair and their employees, Mose and Buttons, are driving their cattle across the West. Mose is attacked and thrown in jail during a visit to a town. The local cattle rancher, Baxter, wants the free grazers off his land and when Boss and Charley retrieve Mose, they are warned that they have until the next day to be out of the area. Charley confesses his past as a killer during the Civil War and strikes up a tentative romance with Sue, the sister of the town doctor

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