A Man for All Seasons (1988)
December 21, 1988Release Date
A Man for All Seasons (1988)
December 21, 1988Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Charlton Heston
Sir Thomas More
Vanessa Redgrave
Lady Alice More
John Gielgud
Cardinal Wolsey
Richard Johnson
Duke of Norfolk
Roy Kinnear
The Common Man
Benjamin Whitrow
Thomas Cromwell
Martin Chamberlain
King Henry VIII
Peter Snell
Executive Producer
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Details.
Release DateDecember 21, 1988
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 30m
Filming LocationsPinewood Studios, United Kingdom
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A Man for All Seasons is a 1988 American made-for-television drama film about St. 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.