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A Man for All Seasons is a historical drama film based on Robert Bolt's play about Sir Thomas More, who refused to support Henry VIII's divorce and supremacy. The film won six Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Paul Scofield.
A Man for All Seasons: Directed by Fred Zinnemann. With Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Leo McKern, Robert Shaw. The story of Sir Thomas More, who stood up to King Henry VIII when the King rejected the Roman Catholic Church to obtain a divorce and remarry.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Fred Zinnemann
- 1966-12-16
- Aftermath
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Meanwhile, Wolsey dies, leaving the position of Lord Chancellor vacant. The king was displeased with Wolseys failure to secure a papal dispensation to annul his marriage to Catherine, and Wolsey died in disgrace. More is appointed as Wolseys replacement.
Cromwell meets with the Duke of Norfolk and tells him of his plan to bring More up on bribery charges. Norfolk proves that More gave the cup to Rich as soon as More realized it was a bribe, and Cromwell is forced to come up with some other way to entrap More. He tells Norfolk, however, that the king expects him to participate in the persecution of ...
Cromwell, Norfolk, and the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, interrogate More in prison, but they cannot trick him into signing the oath or divulging his opinions on the kings behavior. As long as More refuses to talk or sign the oath, Cromwell can keep him locked up but cannot have him executed. He removes Mores books but lets his family v...
- Robert Bolt
- 1960
Cardinal Wolsey (Orson Welles), summons Sir Thomas More (Paul Scofield) to his palace at Hampton Court. Desiring his support in obtaining a divorce from the Pope so that the King can marry Anne Boleyn, Wolsey chastises More for being the only member of the Privy Council to argue against him.
When the highly respected British statesman Sir Thomas More (Paul Scofield) refuses to pressure the Pope into annulling the marriage of King Henry VIII (Robert...
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- Fred Zinnemann
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- Paul Scofield
In time Cromwell and his opportunistic aide, Richard Rich, make false accusations against More, and he is called to answer the charge of high treason. Found guilty, he freely avows his belief that the king's actions are repugnant to the law of God. At peace, he goes to his death on the block.
A Man for All Seasons. When the power-hungry Henry VIII (Martin Chamberlain) seeks to annul his marriage and take a new bride, principled Sir Thomas More (Charlton Heston), the Lord...
- History, Drama
