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Release Date:
1967 (Japan)
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Tagline:
...a motion picture for all times!
Plot:
The story of Thomas More, who stood up to King Henry VIII when the King rejected the Roman Catholic Church to obtain a divorce and remarriage. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Won 6 Oscars.
Another 27 wins
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5 nominations
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(8 articles)
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powerful and misunderstood study of identity
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Paul Scofield | ... | Thomas More |
 | Wendy Hiller | ... | Alice |
| Leo McKern | ... | Cromwell |
| Robert Shaw | ... | Henry VIII |
 | Orson Welles | ... | Cardinal Wolsey |
| Susannah York | ... | Margaret |
| Nigel Davenport | ... | Duke of Norfolk |
 | John Hurt | ... | Rich |
| Corin Redgrave | ... | Roper |
| Colin Blakely | ... | Matthew |
| Cyril Luckham | ... | Archbishop Cranmer |
 | Jack Gwillim | ... | Chief Justice |
| Thomas Heathcote | ... | Boatman |
| Yootha Joyce | ... | Averil Machin |
| Anthony Nicholls | ... | King's Representative |
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Runtime:
120 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Iceland:L |
West Germany:12 (nf) |
Brazil:Livre |
Sweden:11 |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:G |
Finland:K-12 |
Singapore:PG |
Spain:13 |
UK:U |
USA:Approved (original rating) |
USA:G (re-rating) (1971)
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Paul Scofield and Leo McKern reprised the roles they played in the Broadway production of the play. During most of the play's 20-month run, the role of Margaret was played by a young Faye Dunaway.
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Anachronisms: In the scene where King Henry first visits Thomas More's house, we see a yellow Labrador Retriever running to the house. However, the dog with the specific physical characteristics that we associate Labradors with today (and that was shown), wasn't bred yet.
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Quotes:
William Roper:
So, now you give the Devil the benefit of law!
Sir Thomas More: Yes! What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?
William Roper: Yes, I'd cut down every law in England to do that!
Sir Thomas More: Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned 'round on you, where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country is planted thick with laws, from coast to coast, Man's laws, not God's! And if you cut them down, and you're just the man to do it, do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake!
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Sir Thomas More: Yes! What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?
William Roper: Yes, I'd cut down every law in England to do that!
Sir Thomas More: Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned 'round on you, where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country is planted thick with laws, from coast to coast, Man's laws, not God's! And if you cut them down, and you're just the man to do it, do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake!
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Referenced in Behind the Tunes: Bugs - A Rabbit for All Seasonings (2003) (V)
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This is one of my favorite films. It is of perfect length and pacing, and the script is one of the best ever written. The acting, direction, and design of this movie are uniformly excellent. The segue into Henry VIII's entrance is alone reason for seeing the movie. The production design is top-notch, both beautiful and--unlike many "costume dramas"--not so overwhelming as to lose the actors among outrageous sets and costumes. For an adaptation of a stage play, a remarkable proportion of the action taking place outdoors, with More's house at Chelsea being particularly lovely.
It's very easy to see this film superficially as a moral fable, and many people scoff at it as being a stagy morality play. But it's both more subtle and more vibrant that that. The subtlety of Robert Bolt's script lies in its exploration of identity. We're not meant to identify or admire More's religious ideas, which the movie actually tiptoes around. Instead it's what Bolt called More's "adamantine sense of his own self" that the movie really highlights.