A Man For All Seasons DVD (1966)

A Man For All Seasons

1966

Overall rating: 3.5 out of 5

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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 play's verbosity without sacrificing the film's strong sense of visuals. The impeccably chosen cast includes Wendy Hiller as Sir Thomas' likably contentious wife Alice, John Hurt as the deceitful Richard Rich (More's put-downs of this despicable character provide some of the film's biggest laughs), Orson Welles as a dour Cardinal Woolsey, Leo McKern as the ambitious Thomas Cromwell, and Susannah York as More's daughter Margaret. The Common Man, an important bridging-the-scenes character in the original play, is removed from the film version, which does just fine without him. A Man for All Seasons won six Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor, as well as seven British Film Academy awards.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

A Man For All Seasons details

Format:	U DVD
Starring:	Orson Welles, Leo McKern, Wendy Hiller, Robert Shaw, John Hurt, Paul Scofield, Susannah York
Director:	Fred Zinnemann
Genre:	Drama - General
Studio:	SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Collections:	Best Picture Oscar Winners

DVD 1 disc

Name	Discs
A Man For All Seasons	U Feature

DVD Information

Run time:	1 hour 56 minutes
Rental release:	26 Nov 2001
Main languages:	English
Dubbed:	German, French, Spanish, Italian
Subtitles:	Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish

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brilliant historical drama

By a customer from Nottingham, England , 01 Jul 2004

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I found this gripping, chilling and brilliantly acted - a must for history buffs
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Great historical drama.

By pixie (238 reviews) from Redruth , 21 Mar 2013

I decided a while ago to watch every Best Picture Oscar winner since they began, have seen the majority of them already and some are still not released but this is one of them and I loved it, a great British Tudor drama but I had only heard of Thomas Moore until I watched this film. Great film and one off my list.
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Honourable history..

By ginsworth (10 reviews) from Dorset - UK , 06 Sep 2012

Fantastic old classic a true must see great - Paul Schofield is breathtaking as Thomas More.

But then all the other actors are too, not just one or two, they all are terrific. See John Hurt in one of his earliest roles.
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SEEK AND YE WILL FIND

By Burnhamite (379 reviews) from BURNHAM , 24 Jan 2012

Thank heavens there are still movies of thsi standard available, although finding them means delving well into the past. Fred Zinnemann and his superb cast deserve the highest praise for providing a wonderful night's viewing
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A triumph of cinema

By Reesreviews (1 review) , 22 Sep 2011

Quite simply one of the greatest films of all times. The acting is amazing and every wanna be actor should take note of Paul Scofield (who unfortunately didn't make that many films) he plays the part of Sir Thomas More so well and the conversations between him and the King (Robert Shaw) are amazing. A young John Hurt an Orson Welles thrown in for good measure. This is a film that should be celebrated as a triumph of cinema. Glorious, I can watch this again and again.
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More the not so merrier

By a customer , 18 Aug 2011

This is an all time classic. Paul Scofield plays his character brilliantly. It gives you a small maybe not so accurate account of the conflict that happened during the reformation in England between the Monarchy and the Catholic Church and how it divided the country and it's people.
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