A Man for All Seasons (1966) (Limited Edition to 3,000) - SOLD OUT

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Originally Posted by cavesailor

I wish Sony had kept it, but I can somewhat understand on this movie. It is all dialogue. There is no action whatsoever. Back in 1966, before computer graphics, the veiwing public was willing to watch such a movie. However, in todays world with all the movies geared to teens or young adults who want a lot of action, I don't think that there will be such a rush to buy this as was the case for the Blob and other horror movies TT has offered.

Don't get me wrong, this is a great movie, but a dialogue movie about a man with a conscience and integrity with a strong religous convction who will not bend to the whims of public opinion is not the norm in today's world.

It will be interesting to see how fast this sells out.

Good points, and I agree. Same view can be applied to The Lion in Winter. Both films were based on stage plays.

Now that I am thinking about it, the mid-1960s to early 1970s had quite a run of English monarchy-themed historical dramas with stage antecedents.....Anne of the Thousand Days and Mary, Queen of Scots are two others that come to mind. Both are Universal properties, I believe. I haven't seen those two since they were on local broadcast TV many years ago. I really developed a liking for these smaller, dialog and drama driven historical films which, while different from the larger epics like Lawrence of Arabia and Dr. Zhivago, were to me every bit as enthralling to watch. Some of that has to do with my interest in the time periods but also to the quality of the scripting and acting.