Comments on: RIP Robert Duvall, 95 https://thenewneo.com/2026/02/17/rip-robert-duvall-95/ A blog about political change, among other things Wed, 18 Feb 2026 04:04:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: huxley https://thenewneo.com/2026/02/17/rip-robert-duvall-95/#comment-2841622 Wed, 18 Feb 2026 04:04:06 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=147350#comment-2841622 It’s trite to mention Duvall as Hagen in the Godfathers, but he was so sweet and perfect as the adopted son yearning to prove himself to the Corleone family.

Word is Duvall didn’t come back for Godfather III on account of a salary dispute.

]]> By: chazzand https://thenewneo.com/2026/02/17/rip-robert-duvall-95/#comment-2841618 Wed, 18 Feb 2026 03:35:57 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=147350#comment-2841618 In an episode of the series “Frasier” the Daphne character offers to teach Niles how to dance. (for those unfamiliar with the series, Niles was secretly bat sh.t crazy in love with Daphne) When they go to the big dance, Niles does quite well. Then the band leader announces they were playing a Tango which Niles never had learned. Daphne tells Niles that the only thing he needed to remember is that their bodies must always be touching as the Tango had been originated by poor people in the slums of Buenos Aires and it was their escape. I have no idea of how much of this is accurate (Hollywood you know) but the episode was very well done and amusing. I would go so far as to recommend giving it a look.

]]> By: Chris B https://thenewneo.com/2026/02/17/rip-robert-duvall-95/#comment-2841609 Wed, 18 Feb 2026 01:47:55 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=147350#comment-2841609 My favorite was The Apostle. Maybe Lonesome Dove now that I think of it.

]]> By: om https://thenewneo.com/2026/02/17/rip-robert-duvall-95/#comment-2841601 Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:31:05 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=147350#comment-2841601 It mite have been a sight worse, don’t loose .. 🙂

Edit AWOL again

]]> By: om https://thenewneo.com/2026/02/17/rip-robert-duvall-95/#comment-2841600 Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:30:30 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=147350#comment-2841600 It mite have been a sight worse, don’t loose .. ?

]]> By: huxley https://thenewneo.com/2026/02/17/rip-robert-duvall-95/#comment-2841587 Tue, 17 Feb 2026 23:44:03 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=147350#comment-2841587 Heck, I loved Duvall as the gun shop owner in “Jack Reacher” (2012).

]]> By: Mrs Whatsit https://thenewneo.com/2026/02/17/rip-robert-duvall-95/#comment-2841584 Tue, 17 Feb 2026 23:30:10 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=147350#comment-2841584 I agree with those who mentioned Tender Mercies, a quiet heartbreaker of a redemption story. And, of course, he was unforgettable as Gus McCrae in Lonesome Dove.

]]> By: huxley https://thenewneo.com/2026/02/17/rip-robert-duvall-95/#comment-2841582 Tue, 17 Feb 2026 23:26:21 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=147350#comment-2841582 Lest anyone forget, though Older and Wheezier didn’t, Duvall’s first major appearance as Boo Radley:

–“To Kill a Mockingbird- Scout Meets Boo Radley (1962)”
https://youtu.be/iRmIef02Ajk?t=56

]]> By: Cornhead https://thenewneo.com/2026/02/17/rip-robert-duvall-95/#comment-2841576 Tue, 17 Feb 2026 23:05:40 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=147350#comment-2841576 I knew about his interest in the tango and tried to watch his movie. Not good.

But I was a huge fan of Duvall; especially in Open Range with Kevin Costner. Maybe the greatest gun fight ever filmed.

]]> By: Anthony Probst https://thenewneo.com/2026/02/17/rip-robert-duvall-95/#comment-2841571 Tue, 17 Feb 2026 22:56:56 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=147350#comment-2841571 When I saw Jared Abrahamson in the series “Travelers” (2016), I thought it was a pity he couldn’t be in a film or series with Robert Duval, because he could have played the Duval character as a young man. The similarities in mannerisms were striking.

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