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Plot: A depiction of the conflict between King Henry VIII of England and his Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas More, who refuses to swear the Oath of Supremacy declaring Henry Supreme Head of the Church in England.
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	7.7/10 Votes: 34,891
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Definitely worth watching every single season
If on occasions I babbled about some actor’s performance being the best I’ve ever seen it was just because I hadn’t seen “A Man For All Seasons”. Well, up until today. And I definitely won’t be that quickly amazed and impressed by a performance again. May I just say that Paul Scofield embodies great acting to it’s very core. Comprehending his masterful and skillful acting is evident even to the greatest fool or layman and I (not being a big expert myself) could not believe how a man can attain such knowledge of perfection. His every word is spoken with the greatest skill, intonation and accent as well as his facial expressions and movements. His performance is so strong it’s scary when I think about it. As if he knew(and he most definitely did!) EXACTLY how to perform his acting task. This movie is an explosion of outstanding acting and actors, showing their skills to the fullest and to the amazed viewers. It may well be the greatest movie ever made, but the reason for this lies also in the jaw dropping and mind opening script that deserves more credit than it could have ever gotten. If you thought “On The Waterfront”, “Bridge On The River Kwai”, “Glennary Glen Ross” or even “The Usual Suspects” or “Pulp Fiction” had some great dialogs then this inspiring and simply amazing script will definitely change your mind. There are so many memorable lines, monologues and great battling dialogs I can’t even give an approximate number. Every moment is meaningful and the movie is full of smart and important thoughts. I won’t go into the story, because as a previous commenter said, there are just too many points of view and meanings to it, but I will say this; Sir Thomas More was too moral and too strong to give in to the Church, and because of his reasons he was respected. But because he was, for some, this stubborn, he paid the price which in the real world when you play with the big boys, is a given. A movie every future actor, actress, director and screen writer should and must see and a movie that makes most of the later Oscar winners for best picture look like a joke. And a final though, Leonard Maltin was absolutely right; if Paul Scofield acted only in this movie he’d still be remembered as a marvel worth every praise and respect. 9/10

An Inspirational Lesson of Courage and Integrity …
Adapted from Robert Bolt’s prize-winning play, “A Man for All Seasons” is the historical chronicle of an announced martyrdom: Sir Thomas More, the Lord Chancellor of England in the 16th century, the man who stood up against the cancellation of King Henry VIII’s first marriage, and refused to take the oath that recognized him the Supreme Head of the Church of England.

“A Man for All Seasons” is not ‘one of these’ big-budgeted costume-dramas typical of the declining sixties. In 1966, it was the 5th highest grossing film, it ‘stole’ several Oscars to the more popular “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf”, including Best Picture and Best Actor, and is regarded by the British Film Institute as the 43rd best British film. The film is directed by Fred Zinnermann, who’d already made the Best Picture winner “From Here to Eternity” and “High Noon”, another gripping story of a man finding the courage to stand alone against adversity. It features magnificent performances from Paul Scofield, embodying the moral strength of Thomas More with a subtle, quiet yet undeniable aura, and Robert Shaw literally inflamed the screen with the living paradox of Henry VIII’s intimidating charisma and threatening joviality.

But beyond all these cinematic qualities, it’s for its inspirational lesson of integrity that I will never admire it enough. Since the dawn of ages, it’s always been more profitable to cheat, and to betray in order to gain in wealth and power while the soul of humanity relies on justice, goodness and fairness, and Thomas More, more than anyone embodies these virtues. A jurist and lawyer, none of his enemies denies his honesty. But fate also placed him as King Henry VIII’s servant. Henry married his brother’s widow after having obtained the Pope’s dispensation but incapable to have a son from his wife Catherine, he needed to divorce before marrying his mistress, the fertile Anne Boleyn. The film opens with Cardinal Wolsey (Orson Welles) pleading Thomas to help him to pressure the Church. Invocating its independence, More refuses, as he’d say later: he might be the King’s servant, but he’s God’s first.

More can’t betray his private conscience, if he wants to lives up with himself the rest of his life, it’s not even a dilemma, it’s certitude. In an ironic turn of events, Wolsey’s dying words are: “if I had served God half as good as I served the King, He (God) wouldn’t have let me die in this place”. Wolsey’s miserable ending shows that even compromising one’s beliefs to obey an illegitimate authority can be sometimes unrewarding. But More, if not a cleric, is a true man of religion, he believes in the soul’s salvation of the and can’t compromise it by denying himself, not that the King’s authority is illegitimate, but if it tries to surpass the Papacy, it is. The Magna Carta guarantees the Church’s independence and so does the Coronation’s oath, More doesn’t have his faith but Law too in his side. But he’s too naive to really believe that these considerations would matter.

The first encounter with the King strikes by its cheerful friendliness; Henry is in a jovial mood, happy to meet the new Chancellor of England. Robert Shaw steals the show as the charismatic figure, good-natured yet unpredictable, when he accidentally put his feet on mud, he lets an awkward moment of silence go, suspending the courtship to his reaction, before bursting out laughing. The on-going conversation between the King and More leaves no doubt about their mutual respect, but it’s even more certain that Henry would not tolerate any opposition. More seals his own fate when even to the King, he’s incapable to lie to himself, he even calls Catherine the Queen, provoking Henry’s uncontrollable furor before he quietly storms off and decides to go back to he barge, abruptly shortening his visit. It will be one of the several occasions given to More to bend to the King’s marriage, in vain.

Ironically, it’s because everyone admires his integrity and honesty, that his allegiance is required. More can’t even afford to remain silent, and as he does, arguing that Law can only base its judgment on facts, and none of his facts ever proved a treason, he’s the object of a plot driven by Thomas Cromwell (Leo McKern) and his new protégé Richard Rich. The 26-year old John Hurt is remarkably despicable as the ambitious go-getter who’d do anything to have power, or at least the allure of it. He embodies men’s natural tendency to moral corruption. He’ll inspire one of the film’s greatest quotes when he condemns More by perjury. Learning that he’s been appointed Attorney General of Wales, More stoically replies, “it profits a man nothing to sell his soul for the whole word. But for Wales”

“A Man for All Seasons” strikes by an intelligent screenplay inviting us to question the value of More’s sacrifice, sacrificing privileges, titles, freedom, Family and ultimately life, life for such abstractions as beliefs or faiths. When you think about it, it’s only in the moments where they’re undermined that these abstractions have a value. It’s seen as abstractions as long as actions don’t speak for them but Thomas More is a man who acts according to his word. When Rich asks him for an employment, he quietly but ruthlessly say “no”, he knows men’s value enough, and judge them according to their capability to answer for themselves. Ironically, out of all those who plotted, Rich is the only one to die peacefully in his bed, after having been Chancellor of England himself.

The film concludes with this irony as a reminder that power doesn’t necessarily belong to the most deserving, and that we all ultimately die but it’s all about the marks we leave. And what Thomas More left is a universal example of courage and integrity, regardless of the faith that inspired him.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 2 hr (120 min)
Budget 3900000
Revenue 28350000
Status Released
Rated G
Genre Biography, Drama, History
Director Fred Zinnemann
Writer Robert Bolt
Actors Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Robert Shaw
Country N/A
Awards Won 6 Oscars. 33 wins & 9 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Aspect Ratio 1.66 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory Technicolor (color)
Film Length 3,299.76 m
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm