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# A Man for All Seasons (Special Edition)

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- **What is this?** A Man for All Seasons (Special Edition) by paul scofieldwendy hillerfred zinnemann
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Product Description               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.                  .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 .com More Films By Fred ZinnemannMore Biographies on Film Utopia by Thomas More

## Product Details

- **Genre:** Award Winning, Biography, Drama, History
- **Format:** DVD
- **Contributor:** Corin Redgrave, Fred Zinnemann, John Hurt, Leo McKern, Nigel Davenport, Orson Welles, Paul Scofield, Robert Shaw, Susannah York, Wendy Hiller
- **Language:** English
- **Number Of Discs:** 1

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Great Movie!
  

*by A***A on Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2024*

I've watched this movie many times and I still enjoy it. Paul Scofield is excellent and the dialogue is almost Shakespearean.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Saint /Sir Thomas Moore was a man of words, the law and ideas  This is a movie of the law, words and ideas
  

*by P***D on Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2014*

A man for all Seasons is a thoughtful movie backed with cast of great acting. The writing is such that there is no real battle for the high ground. Sir Thomas is alone in holding moral standing. His opposition is not going to announce that they are without ideals, but their performances tells you all you need to know about motives and self-image.As such I was first taken by the performances of the villains. Orson Wells as the dying, world wise and world weary Cardinal Wolsey instantly establishes himself as a man who has compromised everything and is too tired to fake otherwise. Camera angles and lighting contribute in making him appear as reptilian and dangerous. This camera angle for his death scene is perhaps too over done, but is the only such failure, if failure it be.Leo McKern  as Cromwell, an over reaching, overly confident "administrator" is clearly Moore's inferior in everything except his willingness to do what it takes to gain personal power or preference. McKern handles the exercise of bureaucratic power as naturally as he will later mock that power as Rumpole of the Bailey.Perhaps the weakest performance is that of Robert Shaw as King Henry VIII. Between the writing and the directing, the King is played as a distracted artist, what we would now call a victim of Adult Attention Deficit Disorder, rather than an otherwise respected King with a very real awareness of the violence his country had suffered during the War of the Roses. Hence is was for him a matter of national priority to insure his dynastic line.Against these forces we have a loyal Lady Alice Moore ably played by Wendy Hiller, a no-nonsense, love her man even as you challenge him wife. A young Susannah York plays the well-educated and clever daughter, Margret.There are a few others, but the point is that the movie is Thomas Moore versus all comers.Paul Scofield at once looks the part and plays his man. The movie pivots around this portrayal and Scofield delivers. Moore is a lawyer. His defense is a lawyer's defense.  He will make no public statement, not even to his wife on the subject of his king's decision to become head of the Church of England and Henry's decision to divorce his wife in favor of Ann Boleyn (Vanessa Redgrave, only just barely present but played as a sensual if somewhat surprised mistress turned Queen).It is the fate of Sir Thomas to be depend on a technicality of the law, before a court that has been engineered to ignore it. There is no surprise ending. You see the ending before you see the movie. Your motive for seeing the movie is not to learn what is going to happen, but to judge for yourself the integrity of the man versus the cruelty of the system. This brings us to the most deliberate weakness of the movie. Why does the King choose to continue his vendetta against this man? If you listen carefully to the features added to the movie, you will have an idea. If you only watch the movie the need to go after Sir Thomas even after years (over 10) have passed in never discussed.Pay attention to the directing and camera work. Every return to Moore's estate is a return to the light. Every arrival or departure from London is in the dark.  King Henry is afforded light, but he is not portrayed as a force or a player. Things are done in his name, but he is seen as too light to carry any serious contribution to the movie. Cromwell, Wolsey, the Knighted Sir Richard Rich are creatures of the dark. The Duke of Norfolk, being a man who comprehends little and represents less , moves between light and dark while carrying his own personal confusions.Granting the several weaknesses of A Man for all Season -most are deliberate, being tied to the purposes of the author and the time limits of the media - this is a 5 star performance. I say performance rather than movie because it is the acting, along with costuming and sets and camera work that make this a 5 star thinking person's movie.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    The Story of Sir Thomas Moore
  

*by J***I on Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2024*

I have always liked the movie "A Man for all Seasons" ever since the first time I saw it. It deals with Sir Thomas Moore and King Henry the Eighth when he was seeking his divorce from his first wife. That divorce not only caused England to separate from the Roman Catholic church but also begot the deaths of many of Henry's closest leaders, supposedly friends. Unfortunately, Thomas Moore was one of them. Moore lost his life when he would not sign Henry's decree agreeing with the divorce. Yet he never spoke against the decree. One of the statements they keep making in the movie is "Well this is not Spain" referring to the inquisition. The movie is a fantastic history of a really bad period for England because of Henry and Moore's faithful honesty. I believe it won the Academy Award for that year.

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