Adaptation of Robert Bolt's play chronicling Sir Thomas More's struggles with corrupt King Henry VIII.
CHARLTON HESTON directs and stars in a gripping adaption of Robert Bolt's international stage success, that focus on two formidable antagonists: Henry VIII, who breaks with the Catholic Church to divorce his aging wife, and Lord Chancellor Sir Thomas More, whose conscience will not allow him to condone the break, even at the risk of his own life.
Fans of the honored 1966 film will find much to savor in this version. The stage role of the Common Man has been restored, providing a frame for the action. The exceptional cast includes VANESSA REDGRAVE as Alice More, JOHN GIELGUD as Cardinal Wolsley and ROY KINNEAR (to whom the movie is dedicated) as the Common Man. And Academy Award Winner HESTON, in a role he played often on stage, tempers More's flinty integrity with an underpinning of humorous warmth.
CHARLTON HESTON directs and stars in a gripping adaption of Robert Bolt's international stage success, that focus on two formidable antagonists: Henry VIII, who breaks with the Catholic Church to divorce his aging wife, and Lord Chancellor Sir Thomas More, whose conscience will not allow him to condone the break, even at the risk of his own life.
Fans of the honored 1966 film will find much to savor in this version. The stage role of the Common Man has been restored, providing a frame for the action. The exceptional cast includes VANESSA REDGRAVE as Alice More, JOHN GIELGUD as Cardinal Wolsley and ROY KINNEAR (to whom the movie is dedicated) as the Common Man. And Academy Award Winner HESTON, in a role he played often on stage, tempers More's flinty integrity with an underpinning of humorous warmth.
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