The Apostle (12A)
- Run time: 2 hours 13 mins
- Genre: Thriller / Drama
- Release date: 12th June 1998
- Starring: Robert Duvall, Farrah Fawcett, Todd Allen
- Directed by: Robert Duvall
- Official Website: www.paramountpictures.co.uk
- Distributor: U.I.P.
Plot Synopsis
Eulis 'Sonny' Dewey is a preacher from Texas living a happy life with his beautiful wife Jessie. Suddenly his stable world crumbles: Jessie is having an affair with young minister Horace. Sonny gets enraged and hits Horace with a softball bat, putting him into a coma. After that he leaves town, takes a new name, 'Apostle E.F.' and goes to Louisiana. There he starts to work as a mechanic for local radio station owner Elmo, and Elmo lets him preach on the radio. E.F. starts to preach everywhere: on the radio, on the streets, and with his new friend, Reverend Blackwell he starts a campaign to renovate an old church.
