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A Man for All Seasons

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G,2hrs 0min

Genre:

Drama

Released:

January 1, 1966

Director:

Fred Zinnemann

Distributor:

Columbia TriStar

Starring:

Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Leo McKern ...more

Synopsis: Adapted by Robert Bolt and Constance Willis from Bolt's hit stage play, A Man for All Seasons stars Paul Scofield, triumphantly repeating his stage role as Sir Thomas More. The crux of the film is the staunchly Catholic More's refusal to acknowledge King Henry VIII (Robert Shaw)'s break from the church to divorce his first wife and marry Anne Boleyn (an unbilled Vanessa Redgrave). Sir Thomas willingly goes to the chopping block rather than sacrifice his ideals. Director Fred Zinnemann retains the ... Full Synopsis

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	Richard Gilliam, AMG Review A Man for All Seasons is a handsome adaptation of the stage play on which it is based, with fine acting, solemn issues, and a message of moral order that conservative audiences of the 1960s found attractive. Historians, however, have objected to the glorification of Sir Thomas More, who was hardly the innocent martyr portrayed by playwright/screenwriter Robert Bolt. For example, the historical More ... Full Review

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	Paul Scofield Sir Thomas More, Thomas More Wendy Hiller Alice More Leo McKern Thomas Cromwell Robert Shaw Henry VIII, King Henry VIII

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	Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) Becket (2007) A Man for All Seasons (1988) The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970) Galileo (1975)

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