Word: bolting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Never in their 32-year history have the New York Film Critics awarded a picture more than three prizes. But last week they voted four hurrahs for A Man for All Seasons: best picture, best direction (Fred Zinnemann), best script (Playwright Robert Bolt), and best actor. This last honor went to Britain's Paul Scofield, who as Thomas More plays a saint without seeming self-righteous, a giant of his age without seeming supercolossal. American audiences, who seldom get to see Scofield, will probably agree-and conclude as well that Scofield ranks with the best of England...
That helps explain why he commands stage center so nobly. Says Robert Bolt...
Mortal Nature. He arrives at first rehearsal deliberately uncertain about his part. He stammers out his speeches, tasting them with different inflections and accents, discarding conventional readings not because they are predictable, but because they do not tally with his instinct. This is what Playwright Bolt calls Scofield's "freewheeling" period in the shakedown. Bolt no longer worries about the false starts. "He never leaves in an effect for the sake of an effect," says the playwright. "With Scofield, you are guaranteed something pure...
...SEASONS. Playwright Robert Bolt and Director Fred Zinnemann have transformed this 1960 drama into one of the most intelligent religious movies ever made. Paul Scofield is even more mesmeric as Sir Thomas More than he was in the play, pulling all eyes toward the brilliant Christian who chooses to save his soul and lose his head in the greatest scandal of the 16th century...
...SEASONS. Playwright Robert Bolt and Director Fred Zinnemann have transformed this 1960 drama into one of the most intelligent religious movies ever made. Paul Scofield is even more mesmeric as Sir Thomas More than he was in the play, pulling all eyes toward the brilliant Christian who chooses to save his soul and lose his head in the greatest scandal of the 16th century...