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Uniform Title Man for all seasons (Motion picture)
Title A man for all seasons [videorecording] / Columbia ; screenplay by Robert Bolt ; produced and directed by Fred Zinnemann.

Imprint Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2007]

Copies

Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe DVDs 1st Floor  791.4372 M311s 2007    ---  Available
 Pittsburg 1st Fl DVD Collection  DVD Man    ---  Available
Edition Special ed.
Description 1 videodisc (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details DVD, NTSC; region 1; Dolby Digital; remastered in high definition.
Language English (Dolby 5.1 or mono.) or French dialogue with optional English, French or Portuguese subtitles; feature open-captioned in English; closed-captioned.
Note From the play by Robert Bolt.
Cast Wendy Hiller, Leo McKern, Robert Shaw, Orson Welles, Susannah York, Paul Scofield, Nigel Davenport, John Hurt, Corin Redgrave.
Credits Photographed byTed Moore ; editor, Ralph Kemplen ; music composed and conducted by George Delerue.
Note Originally produced as a motion picture in 1966.
Anamorphic widescreen (1.66:1) presentation.
Special feature: "The life of Saint Thomas More" featurette.
Summary Chancellor of England, Sir Thomas More, is placed in a difficult position when Henry VIII breaks with the Catholic Church over its refusal to annul his marriage to Katherine of Aragon so he can marry Anne Boleyn. Henry demands More's endorsement of this act. Torn between his conscience and duty to the crown, Sir Thomas chooses to say nothing.
Awards Academy Awards, 1967: Best Picture; Best Director; Best Actor in a Leading Role (Scofield); Best Cinematography, Color; Best Costume Design, Color; Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Subject More, Thomas, Sir, Saint, 1478-1535 -- Drama.
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547 -- Drama.
Divorce -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church -- Drama.
Church and state -- England -- Catholic Church -- Drama.
Great Britain -- History -- Henry VIII, 1509-1547.
More, Thomas, Sir, Saint, 1478-1535 -- Drama.
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547 -- Drama.
Anne Boleyn, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1507-1536 -- Drama.
Divorce -- Religious aspects -- Drama.
Church and state -- England -- Drama.
Church and state -- Catholic Church -- England -- Drama.
England -- Drama.
Genre/Form Feature films.
Fiction films.
Historical films.
Biographical films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Historical -- Feature.
Feature films.
Historical films.
Added Author Zinnemann, Fred, 1907-1997. Director. Producer.
Bolt, Robert, 1924-1995.
Scofield, Paul, 1922-2008. Actor.
Hiller, Wendy, 1912-2003.
McKern, Leo, 1920-2002. Actor.
Welles, Orson, 1915-1985. Actor.
Shaw, Robert, 1927-1978. Actor.
York, Susannah, 1939-2011.
Davenport, Nigel, 1928-2013.
Hurt, John, 1940-2017 actor.
Redgrave, Colin. Actor.
Bolt, Robert, 1924-1995, Man for all seasons.
Columbia Pictures Corporation.
Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm)
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
ISBN 1424847478
9781424847471
Standard No. 043396180857
Music No. 18085 Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

 
    
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