This absorbing film features inventive camerawork and superior production values.
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12/13/06
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
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Reviews Counted:27
Fresh:23
Rotten:4
Average Rating:7.8/10
Consensus: Solid cinematography and enjoyable performances from Paul Scofield and Robert Shaw add a spark to this deliberately paced adaptation of the Robert Bolt play.
Runtime: 2 hrs 48 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: When Henry VIII's first wife, Catherine of Aragon, is unable to produce an heir to the throne, he uses that as a pretext for the pope to grant him a divorce, so he can marry his newest conquest,... [More]
Starring: Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Leo McKern, Robert Shaw
Director: Fred Zinnemann
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Reviews for A Man for All Seasons
One of the most intelligent religious movies ever made.
02/20/09
Producer-director Fred Zinnemann has blended all filmmaking elements into an excellent, handsome and stirring film version of A Man For All Seasons.
01/29/08
A Man for All Seasons is a picture that inspires admiration, courage and thought.
05/20/03
No review available.
10/04/02
No review available.
02/13/04
It's basically a play, but the script is so good and Scofield is masterful.
11/10/05
Outstanding adaptation of Robert Bolt's play detailing battle between Sir Thomas More and King Henry VIII
07/07/05
The dry film, more boring than it had a right to be, nevertheless was sincere and won an Oscar for Best Picture.
03/01/08
Political, religious and personal niceties of the period are streamlined, and the movie concentrates on the impressive steadfastness of Sir Thomas More.
06/24/09
Splendidly acted by Paul Scofield and Robert Shaw, this version of Robert Bolt's play about the conflict between Church and State suffers from Zinnemann's restrained, middlebrow sensibility, the kind of which impresses Academy voters, hence the Oscar.
07/24/06
No review available.
08/09/02
Bolt's writing is elegant, vivid, shot through with a mounting sense of irony, and both Scofield and Shaw clearly relish their roles.
09/18/03
Grandiose storytelling with peerless performances. Why couldn't Fred Zinneman direct every historical drama in the '60s?
08/11/02
Prestigious, well turned out piece of British historical drama with enough genuine intrigue and wit to persuade some audiences they aren't watching a history lesson.
02/14/07
It will not be for all tastes, but it is a fine film.
01/01/00
This is an outstanding (and brilliantly filmed) study of a man who is faced with a harrowingly difficult moral choice.
04/20/02
Ainda que a abordagem de Zinnemann não consiga contornar a natureza essencialmente teatral do roteiro, as atuações (especialmente de Scofield, brilhante) e os diálogos absurdamente elegantes e bem construídos mantêm o filme sempre instigante.
02/09/08
Zinnemann proved to be a filmmaker for all seasons.
04/15/07
No review available.
07/08/05
Latest News for A Man for All Seasons
March 20, 2008:
Paul Scofield: 1922-2008
David Paul Scofield, Oscar-winning British actor of stage and screen died from complications related to leukemia in a hospital near his home in Sussex. He was 86. More...
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