Episode 751: A Man for All Seasons (1966)

The Projection Booth Podcast

The Projection Booth

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

By request from Patreon supporter Peter Rogers, we’re tackling A Man for All Seasons (1966), Fred Zinnemann’s acclaimed adaptation of Robert Bolt’s stage play. Joining Mike are Spencer Parsons and Robert Bellissimo to explore this portrait of Sir Thomas More, played with quiet defiance by Paul Scofield in an Oscar-winning performance. The film follows More’s moral and political stand against King Henry VIII’s divorce and remarriage, a position that would cost him his freedom—and ultimately his life. We unpack the film’s legacy, its courtroom drama structure, and how it reflects shifting power, faith, and integrity during a pivotal moment in English history.

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0:00.0	Hold your ears, folks. It's showtime.
0:08.6	People pay good money to see this movie.
0:10.9	When they go out to a theater, they want cold sodas, hot popcorn, and no monsters in the projection booth.
0:17.3	Everyone pretend podcasting isn't boring.
0:20.1	Shut it off.
0:25.4	Turn it off.
0:27.6	Turn it off.
0:31.6	Andrew! From the unforgettable award-winning play comes the best picture of the year, starring the best actor of the year.
0:54.3	Sir Thomas Moy, you have been found guilty of high treason.
0:58.5	The sentence of the court...
0:59.9	My lord, when I was practicing law, the manner was,
1:04.8	to ask the prisoner before pronouncing sentence
1:07.5	if he had anything to say.
1:10.3	Have you anything to say?
1:12.6	Yes.
1:15.6	Honored by six Academy Awards.
1:21.5	A man for all seasons.
1:42.6	Have you anything to say to me regarding the king's marriage with Queen Anne.
1:46.8	I understood I was not to be asked that again.
1:48.2	Inevitably, you understood wrongly.
1:48.8	These charges... Dare!
1:49.3	Tell us for children, Master Secretary.
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