Academy Watch: A Man For All Seasons @ 60 Years Old

The 1966 Best Picture took home 6 Oscars, but did it deserve them?

Bo Nicholson is joined by Andy Williams (MovieVersaries and Frame to Frame) to discuss A Man For All Seasons, the based-on-true-events telling of Sir Thomas More’s tribulations when going against Henry VIII.

Directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Paul Schofield, Robert Shaw, John Hurt and Orson Welles, this dialogue-heavy period piece really packs a punch.

It won 6 Oscars;
Best Picture
Best Director - Fred Zinnemann
Best Actor - Paul Schofield
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium - Robert Bolt
Best Cinematography, Color - Ted Moore
Best Costume Design, Color - Elizabeth Haffenden & Joan Bridge.

But how many did it deserve?

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