A Man for All Seasons

Name: A Man for All Seasons
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Released: December 12, 1966
Duration: 120 min
Rating: 72
Cast: Colin Blakely, Corin Redgrave, John Hurt, Leo McKern, Nigel Davenport

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Columbia Pictures Corporation | Release Date: December 12, 1966 | TV-PG

Starring: Colin Blakely, Corin Redgrave, John Hurt, Leo McKern, Nigel Davenport, Orson Welles, Paul Scofield, Robert Shaw, Susannah York, Wendy Hiller

Summary: 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.

Director: Fred Zinnemann

Genre(s): Biography, Drama, History

Rating: TV-PG

Runtime: 120 min

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Jordan Adcock

Just over fifty years after A Man for All Seasons won six Oscars including Best Picture and Best Actor for Paul Scofield, Fred Zinnemann’s adaptation of Robert Bolt’s stage play has found unique points of modern relevance. Read full review

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Kate Cameron

A faithful and beautifully impressive transition to the screen of Robert Bolt's superb historical play. Read full review

Bosley Crowther

A Man for All Seasons is a picture that inspires admiration, courage and thought. Read full review

The Guardian Alex Von Tunzelmann

This 1966 drama ticks most of the right boxes when it comes to entertaining as well as educating. Read full review

James Berardinelli

A Man for All Seasons offers an engaging, if somewhat dry, history lesson leavened with enough low-key drollness and powerful acting to keep it from ever becoming boring. Read full review

Empire Kim Newman

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. Read full review

Dave Kehr

Robert Bolt's boring historical drama functions best as an anthology of British acting styles, circa 1966. Read full review

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Mglovesfun

Apr 16, 2020

This is, you know, fine, but it's really nothing special. Certainly worth a watch, but more for historical value (both English history and Academy Awards history) but by no means an exceptional movie.

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