#Robert Bolt

[therogerclarkfanclub]

ROGER CLARK as King Henry VIII in:

A Man For All Seasons • By Robert Bolt • Directed by Paul Mullins

Also starring:

James McMenamin as Thomas Cromwell (bottom left)

Thomas Michael Hammond as Sir Thomas More and Mary Stewart as Alice More (bottom center)

Raphael Nash Thompson as Cardinal Woolsey (bottom right)

A Man For All Seasons was performed at The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey from October 18th to November 5th, 2023.

#roger clark #king henry viii #robert bolt #a man for all seasons #Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey #james mcmenamin #thomas michael hammond #mary stewart #raphael nash thompson #Sir Thomas More

[18thcenturythirsttrap]

A Man For All Seasons (1966)

If anyone ever needs an antidote to the anachronistic presentation/assassination of Sir Thomas More in a certain recent novel trilogy and TV series, they could do no better than watching this film. Paul Scofield is pitch-perfect in representing More's intelligence, dignity, and unwillingness to surrender a point of personal faith and principle - that there are certain things even a king can't change at will. And I say that as an extremely lapsed cradle Catholic.

#thomas more #paul scofield #john hurt #wendy hiller #susannah york #corin redgrave #fred zinneman #robert bolt #a man for all seasons #1966 #Youtube

[movie--posters]

#a man for all seasons #wendy hiller #leo mckern #fred zinnemann #robert bolt #robert shaw #orson welles #susannah york #john hurt #nigel davenport #paul scofield #thomas more #sir thomas more #corin redgrave

[nicolekidmanwigfactory]

On the surface, “A Man for All Seasons” is one of those stuffy British costume dramas from the 1960s, but I have such a soft spot for it. I first watched it when I got obsessed with the English Reformation when I was taking AP Euro. My first viewing happened to coincide with a prolonged, public saga my family was embroiled in with our Archdiocese at the time, so Thomas More being held up as an ultimate example of integrity in the Catholic Church was oddly reassuring. The irony also isn’t lost on me that the Church screwed over my family while the movie is about a man standing up for it. NB: For what it’s worth, the way the Church’s fucked over my family during this time was NOT, for a change, related to child sexual abuse.

I claimed to love the movie after my first watch. That was a huge fucking lie. There were a couple good parts but I found it stodgy and pretentious. Despite that judgment, the dialogue contained several nuggets that really resonated with me during that year from hell when we going up against the Church. It’s these jewels (as well as my since-continued fascination with the English Reformation) that motivated me watch it again and again over the next couple of years whenever it was on TCM.

In a script (and play) of absolute gems, the most famous line is probably More’s response to Rich’s perjured allegation against him: “It profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world. But for Wales?” That’s the line i really responded to after my first viewing. My family were being victimized by people flooding the Archdiocese with cash and the Archdiocese was doing their bidding for that money. For the Arch, my family was Wales.

However, I now find myself find myself drawn to More’s hypothetical defense of the Devil after his son-in-law suggests that every law should be cast aside to go after him. More vigorously responds (I’m leaving some stuff out here):

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…Man's laws, not God's! And if you cut them down…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!

I was teen during those years and I was angry and wanted vengeance on the assholes who hurt my family. 15+ years later, I recognize the nuances of the entire situation; the person I initially perceived as the principal villain was just as much a victim himself (he was eventually punished with his own form of exile) while the main perpetrators, who I only learned about much later, have gone unaccountable with some going on to even greater and undeserved success. But More's defense of the Devil resonates with me because it tells us so much about the law and its purpose. Not to sound naive and like Pollyanna, if you cast it aside for even an instant, how can you trust that it won't be discarded when you truly need it. That's how it felt during that year when these people in power at the Archdiocese were discarding long-standing policy when it came to my family's situation. While they may not have been violating the law (may not- I wasn't privy to my parents' legal counsel), I can't help but laugh whenever that Archdiocese (or the Church in general) whines about legal judgment being served against them in any of the child sexual abuse cases. How can they lay down the laws and then expect them to be there for them when it's convenient. More's retort about selling your soul for so little ties in so nicely here. I didn't expect to go on and on about this. I just happened to put on the movie the in the background while I worked and wanted to say I don't think it gets the credit it deserves. However, I also understand the stuffy costume drama critiques bc they are definitely valid. I love the movie but that is still true. Paul Scofield's performance as More is such a grounded portrayal of integrity and principle. It seems like it should be impossible to embody that kind of ethic without grandstanding or pomposity but it's such a masterful turn and should be studied. Leo McKern is also fantastic and turns out such a droll, bitchy performance as an unapologetic henchman of Henry VIII. He's a delight every time he's on screen.

#a man for all seasons #paul gets pretentious on main #paul scofield #leo mckern #robert bolt #fred zinneman #wendy hiller

[themarvellousmichaelbryant]

A review, with photos, of Gentle Jack from the January 1964 edition of Plays and Players Magazine.

#michael bryant #gentle jack #robert bolt #edith evans #kenneth williams #sian phillips

[pitch-and-moan]

A Mannequin for All Seasons

An AI-penned remake of the British historical drama based on a play of the same name. The whole film is subtitles screaming at a mannequin dressed up at Sir Thomas More.

#bad idea #movie pitch #pitch and moan #remake #adaptation #play #a man for all seasons #robert bolt #sir thomas more #cardinal wolsey #henry viii #england #english history #british history #history #historical drama #drama #mannequin #subtitles #writers strike #writers strike 2023 #wga #wga strike #wga strong #wga solidarity #actors strike #actors strike 2023 #sag #sag aftra #sag strike

[dynamobooks]

Robert Bolt: A Man for All Seasons (1960)

#robert bolt #a man for all seasons #methuen #drama #theatre #thomas more #thomas cromwell #henry viii

[gatutor]

Jon Finch-Sarah Miles "Lady Caroline Lamb" 1972, de Robert Bolt.

#Sarah Miles #Jon Finch #Robert Bolt

[spryfilm]

Blu-ray review: “The Bounty” (1984)

“The Bounty” (1984) Drama Running Time: 132 minutes Written by: Robert Bolt Directed by: Roger Donaldson Featuring: Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Edward Fox and Laurence Olivier Admiral Hood: “This court finds that the seizure of His Majesty’s Armed Vessel Bounty was an act of mutiny by Fletcher Christian and others of her crew, and that her captain Lieutenant William Bligh is, in the…

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#anthony hopkins #bluray #bluray review #Edward Fox #imprint #Laurence Olivier #Mel Gibson #Robert Bolt #Roger Donaldson #The Bounty bluray review #The Bounty review #The Bountybluray

[therogerclarkfanclub]

ROGER CLARK as King Henry VIII in:

A Man For All Seasons • By Robert Bolt • Directed by Paul Mullins

A Man For All Seasons was performed at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey from October 18 to November 5, 2023

#roger clark #a man for all seasons #Paul Mullins #robert bolt #king henry viii #sir thomas more

[thebestestwinner]

Posters included so nobody thinks they're voting for the more famous Mel Gibson vehicle

Top two vote-getters will move on to the next round. See pinned post for all groups!

#best best adapted screenplay tournament #best adapted screenplay #oscars #academy awards #the godfather #francis ford coppola #mario puzo #the patriot #hanns kräly #alfred neumann #ashley dukes #dmitry merezhkovsky #doctor zhivago #robert bolt #boris pasternak #blackkklansman #spike lee #david rabinowitz #charlie wachtel #kevin willmott #ron stallworth #sense and sensibility #sense & sensibility #emma thompson #jane austen #the last emperor #bernardo bertolucci #mark peploe #puyi #poll

[arfonoja]

Robert Bolt - Misja

#Robert Bolt #Misja #1986 #1990 #PAX #książki #books & libraries #literatura #czytanie #górna półka dziadków

[noname123sposts]

Masters of the air bts🥹

Ig: joshryanbolt

#masters of the air #mota cast #hbo war #nate mann #rosie rosenthal #robert rosenthal #josh bolt #pappy lewish #ian dunnett #deanjohnwilson #behind the scenes

[i-seeaspaceshipinthe-sky]

David Tennant and Robert Sheehan in Bad Samaritan (2018) the bolt cutters saga

#bad samaritan #sean falco #cale erendreich #robert sheehan #david tennant #my friend and i used to joke that this is the movie 'about nathan young stealing bolt cutters from evil ten' and like. #my favorite thing is that sean didn't even STEAL said bolt cutters they were just under the seat and cale started the Drama

[themarvellousmichaelbryant]

The programme for Gentle Jack by Robert Bolt when it was performed at the Theatre Royal in Brighton in 1963. I love this portrait of Michael Bryant by Angus McBean.

#Michael Bryant #Jacko #Gentle Jack #Robert Bolt #Edith Evans #Kenneth Williams #Theatre Royal Brighton #1963 #Angus McBean

[motherarts]

so then i drew ross and robert cause i could

anyway how is your day going?

#robert spooky month #ross spooky month #the boyssss #spooky month #they in the neighborhood #not the welcome home neighbor hood #. . . #yet #puppet robert or ross anybody? #digital art #roy isn't in the picture #why? #uh- idk #my excuse is that he's either taking the picture #or he was a bitch baby/pos and got grounded #either works #also yes ross has lighting shoes #fuck you #that's my canon #lighting bolts on both sides #he may be a water type pokemon #but he supports instinct #tell me i'm wrong #do it