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Tender Mercies is a 1983 American drama film directed by Bruce Beresford and written by Horton Foote. It stars Robert Duvall as singer-songwriter Mac Sledge, a former country music star whose career and relationship with his ex-wife and daughter were wrecked by alcoholism .
Ellen Rona Barkin (born April 16, 1954) is an American actress. Her breakthrough role was in the 1982 film Diner, and in the following years, she had starring roles in films such as Tender Mercies (1983), Eddie and the Cruisers (1983), The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984), The Big Easy (1986), Johnny Handsome, and Sea of Love (both 1989).
Duvall won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as an alcoholic former country music star in the film Tender Mercies (1983). His other Oscar-nominated films include The Godfather (1972), Apocalypse Now (1979), The Great Santini (1979), The Apostle (1997), A Civil Action (1998), and The Judge (2014).
Chronically dependent on the not-so-tender mercies of a shrinking welfare state, they are doubly stigmatized: for their illness; and because they show few signs of reform or recovery.
He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as an alcoholic former country music star in the drama Tender Mercies (1983). He was Oscar-nominated for his roles in Francis Ford Coppola 's crime film The Godfather (1972), Coppola's Vietnam War epic Apocalypse Now (1979), the drama The Great Santini (1979), Duvall's drama The Apostle (1997 ...
Tender Mercies: Mac Sledge Also co-producer [42] [43] Angelo My Love — Director and producer only [35] 1984 The Stone Boy: Joe Hillerman [44] The Natural: Max Mercy [45] 1986 Let's Get Harry: Norman Shrike [46] Belizaire the Cajun: The Preacher [47] The Lightship: Calvin Caspary [48] 1987 Hotel Colonial: Roberto Carrasco [49] 1988 Colors: Bob ...
"Even with Gods guidance, healing, tender mercies and love, I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy," "I am focused on navigating this next chapter with love and care for our children and continued ...
Tessie Jean Harper (née Washam; [1] born August 15, 1950) is an American actress. She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for her first film role in 1983's Tender Mercies, and for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1986 film Crimes of the Heart.