What’s so incredible about A Man for All Seasons is how big director Zinnemann makes it while keeping it small while keeping it big. The settings are big—palaces, estates, and so on—but Zinnemann keeps the set pieces small. He and cinematographer Ted Moore will do big establishing shots, but only read more
A Man for All Seasons Directed by Fred Zinneman Written by Robert Bolt from his play 1966/United Kingdom Highland Films First viewing/Netflix rental The word for this is “sumptuous”. And what a cast! The film is based on the true story of Henry VIII of England (Robert Shaw) and read more
This week's pick is the Tudor classic A Man for All Seasons (1966), starring Robert Shaw as Henry VIII and Paul Scofield as Thomas More.
The scandalous lives and loves of the turbulent Tudor dynasty attracted their fair share of old Hollywood adaptations, from the great Charles Laughton ha read more
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Aug 10, 2014
Sir Thomas More had the misfortune of getting in the way of perhaps one of the most notorious kings in history, and it proved costly. It is the early 1500s in England, and the Reformation has shook the world but Henry VIII (Robert Shaw) has his own plans for the church in his country. He is bent on read more
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Aug 10, 2014
Sir Thomas More had the misfortune of getting in the way of perhaps one of the most notorious kings in history, and it proved costly. It is the early 1500s in England, and the Reformation has shaken the world but Henry VIII (Robert Shaw) has his own plans for the church in his country. He is bent on read more
“With a little common sense, you could have made a statesman,” claims Orson Welles as Cardinal Wolsey as he redresses Paul Scofield as Sir Thomas More for opposing him during a council meeting. And that simple phrase sums up the worldly view of a man who had a conscience and an “ read more
The story is a little brush-up on English history. In the sixteenth century, King Henry VIII wanted to divorce his wife, Catherine, so he could marry Ann Boleyn. His reasoning (besides being England’s grand playboy) was so he could produce a son, an heir to the throne. But with the Cath read more
