A Man for All Seasons (1988)

Directed by

Charlton Heston

Genre

biographical film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 30m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 13 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film tells the story of Sir Thomas More, a man who refuses to endorse King Henry VIII's desire to divorce his wife and break from the Catholic Church. More faces increasing pressure from powerful figures as he holds to his principles.

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What happens

A Man for All Seasons is a 1988 American made-for-television drama film about Sir Thomas More, directed by and starring Charlton Heston. It is based on the play of the same name by Robert Bolt, which was previously adapted in the Academy Award winning 1966 film A Man for All Seasons. It was the first made-for-television film produced on behalf of the TNT (Turner Network Television) television network. The film stars Heston as More, Vanessa Redgrave (who had a small cameo in the version from 1966) as his wife Alice More, Sir John Gielgud as Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, Martin Chamberlain as King Henry VIII, Richard Johnson as the Duke of Norfolk (historically, Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk), and Roy Kinnear as the narrator, "The Common Man", who was cut from the previous film. (The "Common Man' functions in the manner of a Greek chorus throughout the play, appearing at crucial moments and seeming to comment on the action.) 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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