Man for all time

The name of the film is taken from , a contemporary of Mora, who wrote about him in 1520 as follows:

Pestilence is a man of angelic intelligence and outstanding scholarship. I don’t know his equal. Where else is a man of such nobility, such modesty, such affability? When that time, he is surprisingly cheerful and cheerful, when that time, he is also sadly serious. Man for all time.

Original text

More is a man of an angel's wit and singular learning. I know not his fellow. For where is the man of that gentleness, lowliness and affability? And, as time requireth, a man of marvelous mirth and pastimes, and sometime of as sad gravity. A man for all seasons.

- Whittinton, R. in The Vulgaria of John Stonbridge and the Vulgaria of Robert Whittinton , ed Beatrice White, Kraus Reprint, 1971, at Google Books. Accessed March 10, 2012. Cited by O'Connell, M. in A Man for all Seasons: an Historian's Demur from Catholic Dossier 8 No. 2 (March – April 2002), pp. 16–19, at Catholic Education Resource Center (Canada and USA)

The film was shot according to the script of R. Bolt, who adapted his own play for the screen about the life of the great English humanist Sir Thomas More , a statesman, an outstanding lawyer and philosopher.

Events historically reliably reproduced on the screen take place in England in the 16th century, during the reign of King Henry VIII. The plot is based on the conflict between King Henry VIII and Lord Chancellor Thomas More, ending in the death of the latter.

• British Academy Award, 1968 (victory in 7 nominations):

1. Best movie
2. Best British Actor ( Paul Scofield )
3. Best Screenplay of a British Film ( Robert Bolt )
4. The best work of the operator (in the category "color films")
5. The best work of the artist (in the category "color films")
6. Best costume designer work (in the category “color films”)
7. Best british movie

• Oscar, 1967 (victory in 6 nominations):

1. Best movie
2. Best Actor ( Paul Scofield )
3. Best Director ( Fred Zinnemann )
4. Best Adapted Screenplay ( Robert Bolt )
5. The best work of the operator (in the category "color films")
6. Best costume designer work (in the category “color films”)

Nominated also in the categories : "Best Supporting Actor" ( Robert Shaw ) and "Best Supporting Actor" ( Wendy Hiller )

• Golden Globe, 1967 (victory in 4 nominations):

1. Best Actor (Drama) ( Paul Scofield )
2. Best movie (drama)
3. Best Director ( Fred Zinnemann )
4. Best Screenplay ( Robert Bolt )

Nominated also in the category : "Best Supporting Actor" ( Robert Shaw )

• "MIFF", 1967 (victory in 2 categories):

1. Silver Award for Best Actor ( Paul Scofield )
2. Special Jury Mention

Nominated also for the main prize ^[1]

• Man for All Seasons on the Internet Movie Database   (Retrieved April 25, 2012)
• “Man for All Time” on the Rotten Tomatoes website   (Retrieved April 25, 2012)
• A man for all time (English) on the site allmovie   (Retrieved April 25, 2012)