From Stage to Screen: A Man for All Seasons (1966)

<div id="js_7m" class="_5pbx userContent _3576" data-testid= "post_message" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"> <p>The film adaptation of Robert Bolt's award-winning play about St. Thomas More, <em>A Man for All Seasons, </em>swept the floor at the Academy Awards, winning Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and Best Costume Design the year it was considered.</p> <p>In honor of St. Thomas More's upcoming feast day, June 22nd, James and Thomas discuss the film and the problem of adaptation with friend and filmmaker, Nathan Douglas.</p> </div> <p>Next time, we discuss the first installment of <em>Dekalog</em>, the 10-part series of films directed by Polish auteur Krzysztof Kieślowski. (See below for info on how to watch these films.) Join the discussion in our Facebook group: <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/groups/CatholicPods/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cke-saved-href= "https://www.facebook.com/groups/CatholicPods/">https://www.facebook.com/groups/CatholicPods/</a><br /> <br /></p> <p><strong>Links</strong></p> <p>Nathan Douglas, Motet Films <a href="https://nwdouglas.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://nwdouglas.com/</a></p> <p>Interview with More scholar Louis Karlin <a href= "https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/robert-bolts-man-for-all-seasons-christian-saint-or-hero-selfhood/"> https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/robert-bolts-man-for-all-seasons-christian-saint-or-hero-selfhood/</a></p> <p>Audiobook of More's Dialogue on Conscience <a href= "https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/st-thomas-more-dialogue-on-conscience/"> https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/st-thomas-more-dialogue-on-conscience/</a></p> <p><strong>Other films discussed</strong><br /> <br /> Lawrence of Arabia – so many horses! <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lChJz2DSpsE" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lChJz2DSpsE</a></p> <p>Mad Max: Fury Road – practical effects <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD8jK7qyC9w" targ