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Adaptation of Robert Bolt's play about Sir Thomas More a Catholic statesman in England who rebelled against Henry VIII's self-proclaimed status as the head of the Church of England and paid for his religious beliefs by having his head exhibited on London Bridge.System Requirements:Run Time: 120 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: NR UPC: 043396180857 Manufacturer No: 18085 Amazon.com:
Robert Bolt's successful play was not considered a hot commercial property by Columbia Pictures--a period piece about a moral issue without a star, without even a love story. Perhaps that's why Columbia left director Fred Zinnemann alone to make A Man for All Seasons, as long as he stuck to a relatively small budget. The results took everyone by surprise, as the talky morality play became a box-office hit and collected the top Oscars for 1966. At the play's heart is the standoff between King Henry VIII (Robert Shaw, in young lion form) and Sir Thomas More (Paul Scofield, in an Oscar-winning performance). Henry wants More's official approval of divorce, but More's strict ethical and religious code will not let him waffle. More's rectitude is a source of exasperation to Cardinal Wolsey (Orson Welles in a cameo), who chides, "If you could just see facts flat on without that horrible moral squint." Zinnemann's approach is all simplicity, and indeed the somewhat prosaic staging doesn't create a great deal of cinematic excitement. But the language is worth savoring, and the ethical politics are debated with all the calm and majesty of an absorbing chess game. --Robert Horton Amazon.com:
Robert Bolt's successful play was not considered a hot commercial property by Columbia Pictures--a period piece about a moral issue without a star, without even a love story. Perhaps that's why Columbia left director Fred Zinnemann alone to make A Man for All Seasons, as long as he stuck to a relatively small budget. The results took everyone by surprise, as the talky morality play became a box-office hit and collected the top Oscars for 1966. At the play's heart is the standoff between King Henry VIII (Robert Shaw, in young lion form) and Sir Thomas More (Paul Scofield, in an Oscar-winning performance). Henry wants More's official approval of divorce, but More's strict ethical and religious code will not let him waffle. More's rectitude is a source of exasperation to Cardinal Wolsey (Orson Welles in a cameo), who chides, "If you could just see facts flat on without that horrible moral squint." Zinnemann's approach is all simplicity, and indeed the somewhat prosaic staging doesn't create a great deal of cinematic excitement. But the language is worth savoring, and the ethical politics are debated with all the calm and majesty of an absorbing chess game. --Robert Horton Stills from A Man for All Seasons (click for larger image) Beyond A Man for All Seasons at Amazon.com 
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Paul Scofield played Sir Thomas More exceptionally well in this movie, recreating his award-winning role from the theatre. It is well shot, well directed, well casted, well scripted. It is no wonder this movie swept the Academy Awards in its day, not to mention so many other awards! There are too many to mention. Back in the 1960's, the Academy Awards were still somewhat legitimate, willing to consider real movies, real acting, real direction, and real subject matter. This movie, made the way it was made, and considering its subject matter and viewpoint, would be ignored today as though it didn't even exist! Sad, because this reflects true history, and not some falsified or idealized version of history. It reveals the true character of an honest, decent, truly Good man up against growing leachery, tyranny, intrigue, and corruption in high places. So many today like to think that Henry VIII was a great reformer, a great liberator, a great innovator, and such. But history, and this film, are not on their side. He was unstable, self-centered, egotistical, and personally corrupt, and these failings led to not only the destruction of the Church in England, but to the destruction of England itself, and the general world as well. When evil is allowed to destroy the good in society, at the expense of the good, purely for the enrichment or gain of the evil, EVERYONE suffers eventually, and not only the object intended for destruction. England has never been the same since, and neither has the rest of the world. Colonialism, expansionism, secularism, even socialism have their origins in times such as this. The movie, in effect, is about more than Sir Thomas, Henry, and the few characters focused on in the script. It is really a glimpse into what happens beyond -- what is coming next. When personal evil is given right of way, if it isn't stopped soon, it expands to a point that stopping it may not be possible. It becomes like a pebble dropped into a pond. True history buffs should appreciate this for what it really is. The best movies are not fiction, they are true history.
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