A Man for All Seasons (1988 film)
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A Man for All Seasons | |
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Genre | Drama |
Based on | A Man for All Seasons by Robert Bolt |
Written by | Robert Bolt |
Directed by | Charlton Heston |
Starring | Charlton Heston Vanessa Redgrave Sir John Gielgud |
Music by | Julia Downes |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producer | Peter Snell |
Producer | Fraser C. Heston |
Cinematography | Dennis Lewiston |
Editor | Eric Boyd-Perkins |
Running time | 150 minutes |
Production companies | Agamemnon Films British Lion |
Original release | |
Network | TNT |
Release | December 21, 1988 |
A Man for All Seasons is a 1988 American
The film stars Heston as More,
The film follows the original stage play more literally and runs half an hour longer than the 1966 film, and could be considered "stagier" than that film, which divided the Common Man into several more realistic characters and omitted portions of the play.
Plot
King Henry VIII wants to divorce his wife, and seeks the approval of the aristocracy. Sir Thomas More is a man of principle and reason, and is thus placed in a difficult position: should he stand up for his principles, risking the wrath of a corrupt King fond of executing people for treason? Or should he bow to the seemingly unstoppable corruption of King Henry VIII, who has no qualms about bending the law to suit his own needs?
Cast
- Sir Thomas More
- Vanessa Redgrave as Alice More
- Richard Johnson as the Duke of Norfolk
- John Gielgud as Thomas Wolsey
- Roy Kinnear as the Narrator
- Benjamin Whitrow as Thomas Cromwell
- Adrienne Thomas as Margaret Roper
- Martin Chamberlain as Henry VIII
- John Hudson as William Roper
- Jonathan Hackett as Richard Rich
- Milton Cadman as Thomas Cranmer
- Nicholas Amer as Eustace Chapuys
Reception
The film received generally positive critic reviews.
Home media
Warner Bros. released a DVD in 2011.
External links
- A Man for All Seasons at IMDb
- A Man for All Seasons at AllMovie