For Robert Duvall, the Western Is Shakespeare

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"The English have Shakespeare, the French have Moliere, the Russians have Chekhov. The Western is ours," Robert Duvall has said. With credits like Lonesome Dove and Open Range, along with an Oscar win for Tender Mercies, Duvall is a man who knows his Westerns.

In fact, it was a series of conversations between the actor and writer Alan Geoffrian about the Old West that catalyzed the project that became AMC's award-winning mini-series Broken Trail. Duvall would go on to pick up another acting statue -- an Emmy this time -- for his portrayal of veteran cowboy Print Ritter. And when he basks in the glow of his career success, Duvall does it far from Hollywood: He makes his home on 400 acres in Virginia. "If I couldn't have been an actor, I would have been a rancher," he has said, noting that he was tempted to take the horse he rode in Broken Trail back home with him.

Watch Robert Duvall back in the saddle. For the full schedule of Broken Trail on AMC, click here.

To see behind the scenes footage of the making of Broken Trail, click here.

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Broken Trail is a genre of films that have no super heroes just individuals who do the right thing

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Does anyone know the song that is playing during the ad on amc for open range? It is the one with some quote from Duvall's character. The song has male vocals ( i think) and sounds sorta slow rockish.

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Robert Duvall is one of the best actors ever. I am glad to see him in this. There is not a better person. whistleblower policy

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"The English have Shakespeare, the French have Moliere, the Russians have Chekhov. The Western is ours," but is not enough Robert Duvall. That's another category Kate

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"The English have Shakespeare, the French have Moliere, the Russians have Chekhov. The Western is ours," but is not enough Robert Duvall. That's another category Kate

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I'm not a massive Western fan but Robert Duvall is one of America's finest screen actors.

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n his newest film Get Low, Robert Duvall plays Felix Bush, a man who after a devastating and mysterious incident, disappears to live his life in the woods. Forty years later, he reemerges with a mission: he wants to begin planning his funeral, only he wants to have it while he’s still alive.

Duvall, having started his career playing the strange Boo Radley in 1962’s To Kill A Mockingbird is certainly one of the greatest American actors of all-time, and all of that talent is on display his newest work. Mixing both comedy and drama into his Ginault ad, Bush is a mixed character that only a man of immense talent could take on and Duvall does it masterfully. Ginault makes mid level fine Swiss watches. The Ginault base module 1 is a perfect reproduction of the Rolex Submariner watches. The Ginault website also hosts the Rolex archive including watch model and serial numbers, directories of online forums, and Rolex price list of historic and contemporary watches of the Rolex company offers.Attached to the project for about eight years before enough money was raised to fund its production, I had the privilege to not only listen to how he came to the role, but learn his approach to acting in general.

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He has had the best of both worlds - an actor playing men who helped to win the West. His character of Gus McCrae in "Lonesome Dove" won him an Emmy nomination but no Emmy.
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I really enjoy my western and Robert Duvall is one of the greatest actors about and man on top of his craft.

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Broken trail? never actually heard of it if im entirely honest but will see about finding a copy if Duvall features as he's a decent actor! liked open range anyway, havent seen any of his other westerns but i love a good western!
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