A man for all seasons
(Video) 

From the play by Robert Bolt.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1966.

Special features: The life of Saint Thomas More [featurette] (2006, 18 min) ; trailers (3 min.).

Production company: Highland Films.

Photographed by Ted Moore ; editor, Ralph Kemplen ; production designer, John Box ; costume design, Elizabeth Haffenden, Joan Bridge ; art director, Terence Marsh ; music composed and conducted by Georges Delerue.

Wendy Hiller (Alice More), Leo McKern (Cromwell), Robert Shaw (Henry VIII), Orson Welles (Cardinal Wolsey), Susannah York (Margaret More), Paul Scofield (Thomas More), Nigel Davenport (Duke of Norfolk), John Hurt (Rich), Corin Redgrave (Roper), Colin Blakely (Matthew), Cyril Luckham (Archbishop Cranmer), Vanessa Redgrave (Anne Boleyn).

Sir Thomas More, Chancellor of England, has an unquestioning faith. As a devout Catholic, More refuses to support King Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon. In quest of a son, Henry wants to marry his mistress, Anne Boleyn. When the petulant king breaks with Rome and the Pope, More resigns his chancellorship in protest. Unsure in his new position as head of the Church of England, the king is unnerved by More's continued refusal to acknowledge his suzerainty. For his stubborn convictions, More ends up imprisoned in the Tower of London. For holding devotion to God and the Church dearer than his loyalty to the King, More dies.

MPAA Rating: Rated G; Canadian Home Video Rating: Rated G.

DVD; Region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1 or mono; anamorphic widescreen presentation, 1.66:1 aspect ratio.

In English or dubbed French with optional subtitles in English, French, or Portuguese; closed-captioned.

1966 Academy Awards for: Best Costume Design, Color--Elizabeth Haffenden, Joan Bridge ; Best Cinematography, Color--Ted Moore ; Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium--Robert Bolt ; Best Director--Fred Zinnemann ; Best Actor in a Leading Role (Scofield) ; Best Picture--Fred Zinnemann.