A Man for All Seasons
Summary:
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 Vanes... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Paul Scofield - (Thomas More)
Wendy Hiller - (Alice More)
Leo McKern - (Thomas Cromwell)
Robert Shaw - (Henry VIII)
Orson Welles - (Cardinal Wolsey)
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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/s... Continue >>
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