Orson Welles as Wolsey is one of the great casting decisions of all time.
@oneandy26 ай бұрын
Yes, this is... sublime acting. Holy shit, he's awesome in this.
@allybally00216 ай бұрын
@@oneandy2 I had thought of a young OJ Simpson....but you are correct Sir! Welles was a triumph!
@jubalcalif91006 ай бұрын
I heartily concur !
@Imsosmrt19995 ай бұрын
@@allybally0021obviously you misspelled Danny Devito.
@andyjackson34145 ай бұрын
For once I'd like to see the unattractive weak/power hungry/evil etc character portrayed by a strikingly good looking actor, while the honest/straight-talking, courageous character portrayed by an obese or otherwise physically unappealing actor. Do you see how casting is manipulating your response to this and other drama?
@hopley1647 Жыл бұрын
The acting in this scene is off-the-scale brilliant. I keep watching it over and over in complete awe.
@adrianmcguire8048 Жыл бұрын
Me to
@retroguy94948 ай бұрын
Of course it is; it's Orson Welles. Did you expect any less than brilliance?
@jubalcalif91006 ай бұрын
Indeed! It's like watching an acting master's class!
@oldsoul17585 ай бұрын
Agreed.
@lawrencewood2894 ай бұрын
I agree!
@thespotteddog15 жыл бұрын
Two of the all time giants of acting playing off each other like a fiddle and a bow. Best scene ever? Perhaps. Ranks right up there.
@lisasimmons53624 жыл бұрын
Absolute masterpiece of a scene. Another film with phenomenal acting and dialogue exchanges is 1964's BECKET starring the legendary actors Richard Burton and Peter O'Toole.
@Kinopanorama14 жыл бұрын
We couldn't agree more. This scene resonates through the decades.
@uncatila3 жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJTOZqCqqsiYe80
@t6v5c23 жыл бұрын
The dialogue, the acting, the plot - absolutely superb!
@dougdouglas21122 жыл бұрын
I agree, great scene. I wonder how much was scripted and how much was improv. Those two could have done the whole scene without a script.
@salvatorecollura26922 жыл бұрын
Even the candle flame in this scene hands in a great performance.
@fredo1070 Жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣 great observation.
@CigarAttache6 ай бұрын
Right?!
@watchmakersp99356 ай бұрын
correct ; no other film scene can hold a candle to this.
@jubalcalif91006 ай бұрын
Right On! And he only had to work on wick ends!
@Johnsmith996634 жыл бұрын
Mwaaaah, the King! The King has always been celebrated for his potency.
@timfox646210 ай бұрын
You, sir, are a man of taste
@voiskumbeaver32856 ай бұрын
😂
@blessOTMA4 жыл бұрын
Wells's acting here is amazing.
@uncatila3 жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJTOZqCqqsiYe80
@jubalcalif91006 ай бұрын
So true!
@Pa-tk1dx5 ай бұрын
He is incapable of anything else
@Loneranger-gq9sr5 ай бұрын
Orson Wells the greatest.
@PeterDivine3 жыл бұрын
I love the little details. "I give you my word, there's no one here," he says, glancing directly at the door, knowing someone is eavesdropping on the other side...
@gidzmobug2323 Жыл бұрын
But does Wolsey know that Cromwell is eavesdropping? Or More?
@JemHadar4229 ай бұрын
They both do silly
@patrickhyde61257 ай бұрын
@@JemHadar422 There conversation even leads them to tell each other who it is who is eves dropping.
@marywagner99272 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite movie of all time. It is excellently acted, filmed, etc. it is just the best; Paul Scofield was a very under appreciated actor. And the story is fantastic - it is a shame we have no statesmen like Thomas More today. “I am the king’s good servant, but God’s first”. This is a memorable sentence and one I’ll never forget. And the sentence, “Well, I think that when statesmen forsake their own private conscience for their public duties they lead their country on a short route to chaos.” is one our current politicians should take to heart!!!!!
@SRV2013 Жыл бұрын
i used to like this movie until I learned the true record of Thomas More who burned and tortured people who disagreed with him.
@johnd7435 Жыл бұрын
@@SRV2013 Exactly ! Henry was so right, in getting rid of the Church, bad as he was , he was every bit as able to head a church as the pope was or is. We still have to suffer the catholic church and its unworkable policies.
@TruthLivesNow Жыл бұрын
@@SRV2013 It is said that King Henry VIII executed up to 70,000 people during his reign. Probably, more Protestants when he was a Fake Catholic, and more Catholics when he was a Fake Protestant, than anyone in History! Really a disgusting human being!
@gidzmobug2323 Жыл бұрын
@@SRV2013England (and the rest of Europe) was Roman Catholic at the time. There was also the Inquisition in Spain going on at the time. Also happening in Europe: the Reformation (Martin Luther).
@SRV2013 Жыл бұрын
@@gidzmobug2323 I know this, and so what? What sort of saint burns people at the stake? And why does this film valorize More?
@partschmidt14 жыл бұрын
He says "You should have been a CLERIC." That's why it's so funny when More retorts "Like yourself, Your Grace?"
@uncatila3 жыл бұрын
Many should be better clerics than they are today
@e1ay3dme123 жыл бұрын
Shockingly succinct in everything. Not a single missed tone or inflection. The marriage of the writing and the acting is perfect.
@PlanofBattle2 ай бұрын
And the cinematography makes every frame look like a painting.
@shogunmadness3 жыл бұрын
Paul Scofield was one of the greatest Shakespearean actors of the 20th century. His work in King Lear was peerless.
@michaelboyd42332 жыл бұрын
A Man for All Seasons was my introduction to Paul Scofield. Some years later I saw a late night showing of Lear at an arts cinema. I will never forget my walk home afterwards trying to begin to comprehend what I had just seen.
@shogunmadness2 жыл бұрын
@@michaelboyd4233 Thanks for sharing your experience. I also learned about Paul Scofield by watching A Man for All Seasons. "But for Wales." is perhaps one of the most beautifully spoken lines in that film. It was originally intended to be delivered as a snarky outburst ("But for WHALES!!????"), ridiculing Sir Richard Rich one last time for being such a dim-witted negotiator. However, Scofield, in a moment of improvisational brilliance, delivered those words completely differently. He spoke them with a delicate and soft cadence . . . going into a such a deep baritone register at the very end of the line that you can barely hear him say Wales. In doing so, Scofield transformed what would have been a forgettable punchline about Richard's desperation to be important into a profound expression of grief/pity (even pathos) for the tragic the loss of Richard's most prized possession--his soul. That line alone, deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as a late Rembrandt painting. ✌🏽
@BradBrassman Жыл бұрын
...also as the French King in Henry V.
@shogunmadness Жыл бұрын
@@BradBrassman Never seen it, that has to change 👍
@gerardmackay8909 Жыл бұрын
The greatest screenplay ever spoken here by two of the greatest actors ever. It simply does not get any better than this
@brandonallen3808 Жыл бұрын
The only other screenplay that could rival this is Casablanca.
@gerardmackay8909 Жыл бұрын
@@brandonallen3808 I agree another absolute gem
@adrianmcguire8048 Жыл бұрын
Agreed
@jubalcalif91006 ай бұрын
It's no "The Ghost & Mr Chicken" (released in the same year of 1966), but "A Man for All Seasons" is indeed one true classic!
@Guitcad14 жыл бұрын
OMG! Orson Welles and Paul Scofield were both brilliant here but Welles so totally *_nailed_* it! as Wolsey!
@pauljones22554 жыл бұрын
Yes and a first class attempt at an English accent too. Great performance.
@chariotreign4 жыл бұрын
Every moment and movement of his eyes and jowls was magnificent.
@stepaushi4 жыл бұрын
@@chariotreign yes, exactly
@georgeorwell45344 жыл бұрын
He so totally pulls off the cleric quietly desperate to fulfill the will of his King. Magnificent job by Wells.
@stepaushi4 жыл бұрын
@@georgeorwell4534 Yes, absolutely amazing performance of Welles.
@BenStevenson-c4z Жыл бұрын
A man for all Seasons is a Classical 🌟
@georgesudwoj420 Жыл бұрын
A lesson for all politicians: 5:13 ..."WHEN STATESMEN FORSAKE THEIR OWN PRIVATE CONSCIENCE FOR THE SAKE OF THEIR PUBLIC DUTY, THEY LEAD THEIR COUNTRY BY A SHORT ROUTE TO CHAOS". Sir Thomas More 🏵️
@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 Жыл бұрын
Now western politicians forsake their personal consciences for the filthy lucre hosed over them by corporate globalists.
@brandonallen3808 Жыл бұрын
Well he's not wrong.
@iainclark5964 Жыл бұрын
private conscience should inform public duty.
@CaesarInVa Жыл бұрын
Which explains the state of politics in America, to say the least. American politicians have been forsaking their own private consciences in the name of public duty and political expediency for decades now....and behold the carnage.
@voxveritas3335 ай бұрын
@@iainclark5964 this assumes that one HAS a conscience. modern politicians often lack one.
@bennewnham44974 жыл бұрын
There is some powerhouse acting here. It's always a pleasure to watch two experts
@Mamadukee14 ай бұрын
This is at Hampton Court, its such a wonderful place to visit , i have booked to go on November 29 , with my mother , we pack a beautiful picnic and sit in a tree lined tunnel🌳 , yes its cold but with our homemade sandwiches and cakes and hot coffee its great !!!!!!😊🇬🇧
@Dtsaroyan5 ай бұрын
Welles is such a consummate actor . He holds his own with Paul scofield , no easy task...
@carmencollor12246 ай бұрын
Orson Wells was a monster of an actor!!!
@thudar92 жыл бұрын
One of what should have been three oscars for Robert Bolt - arguably one of the greatest screenwriters that ever lived. A Man for All Seasons is brilliant from start to finish. The acting and story have few equals - except for maybe The Godfather.
@marywagner99272 жыл бұрын
You were correct to begin - it has no equal!
@degrelleholt63146 ай бұрын
Watching two fantastic actors together is really a treat .
@jubalcalif91006 ай бұрын
Indeed. I haven't been this moved since I watched Huntz Hall & Leo Gorcey in "The Bowery Boys Break Wind".
@Mediumal5 ай бұрын
In this scene like in most of this wonderful movie, we witness the English language being used with consummate finesse, with every word like a musical note conveying wisdom, wit and meaning. All great art conveys lasting impressions and makes one think if one is paying attention. In this brief dialogue, we hear in the space of a few minutes ideas and thoughts being imparted that have tested the conscience of serious-minded men and women throughout the ages.
@dabliss1015 ай бұрын
Two master actors plying their craft. A great scene.
@pbrazor504 жыл бұрын
The cinematography is so excellent here. At 0:20 just the scene of Wolsey sitting at his desk surrounded by official documents, lit softly as if by candlelight, looks so much like a Holbein portrait. Reminds me of the beautiful camera work in "Barry Lyndon" where Kubrick figured out how to use special cameras in order to actually shoot a movie using only candlelight.
@gregoryjenkins86454 жыл бұрын
Two words: Red Room.
@grouchomarxist6664 жыл бұрын
@@gregoryjenkins8645 An allusion to Bergman?
@uncatila3 жыл бұрын
It's why I got a used D4 a low light Ninja. $1000. When new it was $6000
@tylsimys673 жыл бұрын
For impeccable cinematography: Polanski's "MacBeth".
@TrevorMoses312 Жыл бұрын
Photography by Ted Moore, South Africa's first Oscar winner 😊🇿🇦
@JemHadar4223 жыл бұрын
That parting shot at the end..that was pure burn 🔥
@lorrainem8234 Жыл бұрын
St. Thomas More was a savage 👊💙
@Diwana714 жыл бұрын
Cardinal Wolsey was a great man too. This was such a masterpiece of a movie - putting the wills of these great men against each other.
@gidzmobug2323 Жыл бұрын
Wolsey had many at Court who hated him. Many of those were of the nobility--including the Duke of Norfolk (uncle to Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard).
@JohnMinehan-lx9ts Жыл бұрын
@@gidzmobug2323 As he says to Cromwell in Wolf Hall, "You may be the only man here more lowly born than myself."
@meeeka6 ай бұрын
This was my very first introduction to Messrs. More, Wolsey, Cromwell and in the 60+ years since, how many more interpretations have we seen of this mad story? And it just remains a top story waiting for each generation's top acting talents.
@TheBatugan774 жыл бұрын
I first saw this in junior high. In school! Outstanding then, now and forever. Paul Schofield should get an Oscar of the Century.
@whiteknightcat4 жыл бұрын
The film won an amazing six Academy Awards, including best picture, while Scofield took the award for Best Actor.
@ppuh6tfrz6463 жыл бұрын
Scofield*
@Qwerty-db1js Жыл бұрын
LOLS. He's no doubt one of the best. But I don't think Scofield would care about getting any more accolades. I mean this is the man who rejected knighthoods thrice!
@shanekilpatrick33786 ай бұрын
This film should be shown in every Law School. The final scenes in the House of Commons is a testament to the brilliance of an exceptional lawyer, which Sir Thomas/ Saint Thomas was
@scoppio075 ай бұрын
Actually in Westminster Hall but close enough :) There is a plaque on the ground there almost exactly on the spot he stood to be tried.
@iga2793 ай бұрын
This short scene has more meaning than all of the Hollywood production in the past 20 years, at least.
@dwightcates1245 Жыл бұрын
Perhaps the most brilliantly written and acted scene of all times. Every word, every glance, and every gesture is significant.
@dizwell4 ай бұрын
Possibly my favourite film. And Welles is wonderful here.
@lisastallingskeelor33284 жыл бұрын
Orson could command the whole screen and the entire scene of any performance. Love him!
@coolcat16843 жыл бұрын
Paul Newman said every scene he was in with Orson was Orsons scene …
@coolcat57142 жыл бұрын
Every scene was orsons scene …Paul Newman
@f-xdemers28254 жыл бұрын
Listening to Welles is like listening to a virtuoso playing. It is too riveting and complex to understand fully and easy for me to accept that I could never do that.
@Tmanaz480 Жыл бұрын
Mute the sound and watch and it's still a perfect silent picture scene, or, turn off the picture and listen and it's a riveting radio drama.
@brjimbo15 ай бұрын
This movie was a life changer for me. I was 16 the 1st time I saw it. I'm 74 now and show this to every catechism/ formation class for adults wanting to be received/confirmed in the Anglican Church.
@valentinriparip80245 ай бұрын
No other Anglicans are converts to Catholic
@Pitmirk_6 ай бұрын
Writer writing, actors acting. This makes for greatness. And a contrast with too many movies now
@ConoceteaTiMismoGnothiSeauton4 жыл бұрын
The best movie of 1966. I can imagine the st. Thoma's real personality through Paul Scofield's great interpretation.
@bradfordmiller42873 жыл бұрын
Only 1966?
@JohnMinehan-lx9ts Жыл бұрын
The movie John Ford wished he had made and his favorite film.
@PMA655376 ай бұрын
The good the bad and the ugly?
@ppuh6tfrz6464 жыл бұрын
Despite their differences, you can tell that Wolsey likes Thomas More.
@NYCZ314 жыл бұрын
Everybody liked More, that's why they were so exasperated with him when he wouldn't bend. Even the tiniest bit of submission and they would have saved him, but he wouldn't
@ppuh6tfrz6464 жыл бұрын
@@NYCZ31 Cromwell and Rich wouldn't have saved More.
@chariotreign4 жыл бұрын
@@NYCZ31 Is this right, it has been some time... "And you a "Lawyer's Son", We are the Nobility! We are supposed to be the Proud Ones! I tell you man, it is Disproportionate." and as to saving him, I will never forget, "And if you are sent to Heaven for doing your conscience and I am sent to Hell for Not doing mine, will you come with me, for Fellowship's sake?" God bless.
@chariotreign3 жыл бұрын
@Art Ellis I was so looking forward to the part, "May I have more books?" But thank you from the bottom of my heart for loving this all as much as I do. My hands are crippled, but I will find a way to repay you. :) ("Somewhere, a bitch got over the wall!" - Norfolk swings as More intended.)
@sandmboy14 ай бұрын
Rich wouldnt, he was far too ambitious. But Cromwell , in the play, does have a prick of conscienceabout More. and Cromwell, like Norfolk and Cranmer late,r give jim every opportunity to come round. It is not their fault he doesnt.
@brucequam74164 жыл бұрын
An age when actors must have Voices. Makes today's entertainers seem like to children.
@w9gb4 жыл бұрын
The 1930s “Age of Radio” established solid foundation for future movies & TV.
@luissantiago84464 жыл бұрын
Today people babble incoherently, with unsound grammar and, well, weird sounds. No elocution, articulation, or projection. Can one imagine a public figure speaking with the measured cadence and literate delivery as Schofield does in his portrayal of Saint Thomas More. This English is lyrical. Like spoken music.
@YBouty4 жыл бұрын
Finally i have one person to back me up. I mean a lot of people appreciate facial expression and body gestures while neglecting the most important aspect of acting which is the voice.
@Tyrfingr3 жыл бұрын
In the age before green screens, effects and hand picked beauty pageants. There was stage actors.
@captainmorgan7573 жыл бұрын
True! Today's actors are fluff and no substance, looks and no brains, being political socialists instead of being thespians.
@Wolfsky92 жыл бұрын
This IS one of the greatest films of all-time. 1st time I saw this, I was just in awe ; what is there to say ? Flawless acting, a perfect script & story. a Classic British story, but it resonates all over our globe. The age old dilemma : to live with your conscience, or, your convenience. Today, in our America, it is more important, then ever. Who do we choose, to be ? As a man raised in the 50's & 60's, I STILL choose to be in the America of 2022 ! More diverse-------more freedoms------more basic rights-----more open-----& a guiding light, to the rest of this world, torn by war, hate, & the divisions of religion & politics. I Pray, we will endure. -------------------------------WolfSky9, 75 y/o
@francais197 Жыл бұрын
a classic British story.......met thinks not , as Britain did not exist at this time in history.
@millerlite20212 ай бұрын
Hey, future-man here. Richard Rich won and we got our heads cut off.
@54blewis5 ай бұрын
One of a number of my favorite films of that period including “A Lion in Winter “..
@johnlewis91583 ай бұрын
A bit of trivia, A man for all seasons, was John Wayne's favourite film
@54blewis3 ай бұрын
@@johnlewis9158”A Man for all Seasons “ is a brilliant film…with a wonderful cast and a very somewhat over the top performance by Robert Shaw and an understated performance by Paul Scofield…like I said one of my favorite films from that era…
@GPR1115 ай бұрын
Acting brilliance at its very best, one of my favourite films too .... from a time when great movies were still being made, unlike what we get portrayed as "great" today....
@harbscantina4 жыл бұрын
Such a great film.
@EM-lz9kg Жыл бұрын
Orson wells incredible as always as cardinal wolsey . I have so much respect for it’s Orson WElls as he was offered Caligula with a huge pay cheque yet refused as he said it was appalling, he said I needed the money yet I refused to have anything to do with such a ludicrous project
@davido30266 ай бұрын
Orson Wells a master!
@Zoro0076 ай бұрын
All authentically cast..... great film and actors... unlike today's somewhat comedic castings and scripts for so-called historical dramas....how we've fallen..!!!!!!!
@Frohicky16 ай бұрын
This scene is fermented in the bottle, like all the best scenes.
@lawrencewood2894 ай бұрын
This film (and play) throws fireballs. Scintillating dialog etc.! Kudos to Robert Bolt.
@mentalitydesignvideo4 жыл бұрын
whoa Wells looks like a late renaissance painting here
@shogunmadness3 жыл бұрын
A total tribute to Hans Holbein the Younger. You can feast your eyes on his portrait of St. Thomas More at the Frick in NYC.
@ppuh6tfrz6463 жыл бұрын
Welles*
@Dtsaroyan5 ай бұрын
Haha Welles himself got irritated at a reporter who spelled it that way ...by the way that reporter was dawn Steele who would later run a movie studio ... @@ppuh6tfrz646
@amandajean77384 ай бұрын
Thinking the same!
@James-ll3jb4 ай бұрын
Man for all aeons!
@dylwhs4 жыл бұрын
Orson Welles, he was a big man who had a big presence.
@johntechwriter4 жыл бұрын
A giant.
@davidfisher9767 Жыл бұрын
A Masterclass in acting .. and Masterpice of a film.
@quietside37344 ай бұрын
0:19. Beautifully shot, and resembles a great painting. What a wonderful film.
@waratahfilm23505 ай бұрын
Orson Welles is one of the greatest, as a director and performer
@donallally55049 ай бұрын
Yes it was and is a great movie, and deservingly so. It's a moving portrayal of an ancient story that so much rings down to now.
@steveelliott774 жыл бұрын
This movie is the G.O.A.T.
@califgirl10114 жыл бұрын
Incredible! You know, So many years ago I could have seen Orson Welles portraying the role of Henry VII in his later years! It would have been phenomenal!
@ppuh6tfrz6464 жыл бұрын
Except it wouldn't have been in A Man For All Seasons...
@ppuh6tfrz6464 жыл бұрын
@@califgirl101 Sorry, I was being deliberately pedantic. I'm sure it was just a typo when you mentioned Henry VII.
@ppuh6tfrz6464 жыл бұрын
Believe it or not, I would like to have seen Welles play Father Christmas around the time he gave this interview: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2mlZp95hKeIn9U I think he would have found a new generation of fans and I'm sure he would have accepted the role if it had been offered to him.
@piehound6 ай бұрын
One of the best scenes in recent cinematic history.
@jubalcalif91006 ай бұрын
Indubitably. I rank it right up there with "Jesse James Meets Frankenstein" (1966).
@piehound6 ай бұрын
@@jubalcalif9100 sarcasm noted. Need i explain the scene i admire purports to depict actual history ? Whereas anything with Frankenstein is either fiction or comedy. But of course you have the right to your opinion.
@RobCCTV6 ай бұрын
This has always been one of best films of all time. I well remember being bored to death when taken to see it by my school, and didn't see it again till my 40s. When I saw it after so long, it was a profound experience. Scofield has to be one of the greatest actors ever, in the UK.
@ClivePotts-ns5hd9 ай бұрын
An excellent film. I suggest people watch it.
@RobertClolery6 ай бұрын
Put so many great actors in one place and you get great theater!
@johnsrabe6 ай бұрын
Ever seen Casino Royale?
@RobertClolery6 ай бұрын
@@johnsrabe yes
@brettmcgaven30056 ай бұрын
The writing for this film and play was of the highest order. More gives two speeches, one on the purpose of law and one on God's intention for creation which are the best accounts I have heard.
@brettmcgaven30056 ай бұрын
I found those two speeches: Listen, Meg. God made the angels to show Him splendour. As He made animals for innocence and plants for their simplicity. But Man He made to serve Him wittily, in the tangle of his mind. Cut a road through the law to get after the Devil? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned on you... where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country is planted with laws from coast to coast. Man's laws, not God's, and if you cut them down do you really think you could stand upright in the wind that would blow then?
@tamarachitarians1133 жыл бұрын
Their every sentence has a deep meaning! Great play, great players.
@Mamadukee14 ай бұрын
Excellent film 🎥 !!!!!!😊🇬🇧
@Paul-r3v5 ай бұрын
There are no more Mores, what a great man!
@jubalcalif91006 ай бұрын
Thank you for uploading for us to enjoy! Magnificent film! Superb in every dept! I remember as a youngster watching it win six Oscars on the 1967 Academy Awards telecast (including Best Picture, Best Director for Fred Zinneman and Best Actor for Paul Scofield).
@thomaschacko632010 ай бұрын
Two giants of the acting profession - Paul Scofield and Orson Welles, in a superb motion picture drama. Scofield played the role of Sir Thomas More on stage; then effortlessly made the transition to film.
@troygaspard6732 Жыл бұрын
Orson serves up the look of death on his face at the end.
@mariaazzan86255 ай бұрын
Outstanding performance, 🎉 🎉🎉
@numberstation2 ай бұрын
“Like yourself, your Grace?” Two barbs in one retort. Brilliant.
@reveilleamerica35892 жыл бұрын
Paul Scofield and Orson Welles two under-rated actors both giving a superb performance in this short scene.
@profaneangel0842 Жыл бұрын
Odd comment. Underrated by whom? Everyone knows they are two of the greatest ever
@evo5dave6 ай бұрын
@@profaneangel0842 'Underrated' is the most overused and misused term on the internet.
@philipchester70275 ай бұрын
They weren’t remotely underrated. They were renowned stars of their time!
@gerardmackay89094 ай бұрын
@@philipchester7027 totally true if anyone who knows anything about screen acting was asked to list their top ten actors, Welles and Scofield would make the list.
@douglasschliewen430210 ай бұрын
Right on that the movie was selected as the best picture of the year for 1966. Paul Scofield and Orson Welles at their best in my estimation. Among the top five men in history whom I admire, Thomas More is among those five. I admire him for standing up for his beliefs, even though I disagree with some of the issues he believed in. Standing up for one's beliefs is something that can't be said when it came to the majority of those around him.
@neilenglish8582Ай бұрын
I love the derail in this scene..how Wolsey was soo happy/proud to mention PRESSURE...but when questioned..he realized ...his words..his sin..his face changes
@williamhicks77364 ай бұрын
Two giants! Oh what a fantastic scene!
@FDWhitehurst15 жыл бұрын
The single greatest scene ever committed to film.
@gregorypalamas49984 жыл бұрын
A rich interplay of two Thespian Titans..
@ppuh6tfrz6464 жыл бұрын
It's a very good scene but the greatest scene ever? Bullshit.
@gerardmackay89094 ай бұрын
@@ppuh6tfrz646 well you can come up with your counter suggestion which he could dismiss just as unpleasantly. It’s all highly subjective and the letters IMO should be used
@ppuh6tfrz6464 ай бұрын
@@gerardmackay8909 Tell the OP to use IMO then. #sanctimonioushypocrite
@gerardmackay89094 ай бұрын
@@ppuh6tfrz646 full of sunshine and smiles aren’t you 😂
@bradfordmiller42873 жыл бұрын
A great scene, to be sure - but this movie is chock full of great scenes and witty lines, from beginning to end.
@fredo10704 жыл бұрын
More you should have been a cleric. - Like yourself your Grace. Great writing.
@TruthLivesNow Жыл бұрын
"More, You should have been a Cleric." - Cardinal Woolsey "Like yourself, your Grace?" - Sir Thomas More
@mikewa22 жыл бұрын
This film should be shown in schools as an important part of their education and understanding of great film making, great dialogue and great acting. It still annoys me that apart from Stanley Kubrick and a few others the majority of the film making industry was and still is so utterly bereft of talent.
@danmalic66883 ай бұрын
scofield won an oscar for this....welles should have won the best supporting actor....but hatred and jalousie in hollywood has no equal...when i think of all those who won that award i want to quit watching hollywood films which i did years ago
@thomasgoodisson88776 ай бұрын
Really doesn’t get any better then this.
@jacobisrael-lk8lp6 ай бұрын
one of the best movies ever made
@RevJamesCostello4 жыл бұрын
Great scene.
@philippecolin1512 жыл бұрын
The best ever game of table tennis between two gigantic comedians
@sclogse14 жыл бұрын
Orson's Captain Quinlan is a Shakespearean character. And his performance was oscar worthy.
@tedthesailor1724 жыл бұрын
Absolutely fascinating exchange, with Boult's inimitable dialogue.
@ppuh6tfrz6463 жыл бұрын
Bolt*
@johntechwriter2 ай бұрын
Welles was born to play this role.
@matthewbulger6883 Жыл бұрын
The cinematographer was Ted Moore, the same man who photographed many of the James Bond films. He won the Oscar for best color cinematography for this 1966 Oscar winner for best picture. I await your reply.
@3rgoproxxy4 жыл бұрын
Man I wish Orson could have played the Baron Harkonnen! He would have been perfect! I don't necessarily wish that the film be made by Jodorowsky, but man Orson would have been great as the Baron.
@tomdumb69373 жыл бұрын
Or leo mckern!
@golden-638 ай бұрын
Indeed. Kenneth McMillan's portrayal of the Baron was definitely the weak link in David Lynch's Dune. The Baron in the novel is far more subtle and three dimensional. One of the key principles in acting or writing when portraying an evil character is that no one, not even the most wicked is pure evil. There is always some glimmer of goodness even in the worst of people. Otherwise, they're just cartoon characters.
@graysonguinn19434 ай бұрын
@@golden-63that’s a problem with the new dune as well. All the bad guys are just moustache twirlers who only exist to get put in the ground
@ronmackinnon93744 жыл бұрын
(5:13) 'I think that when statesmen forsake their own private conscience for the sake of their public duties, they lead their country by a short route to chaos.'
@nhmooytis70584 жыл бұрын
One of my fave movies!
@JemHadar4229 ай бұрын
The way his chain of office binds him.
@sharpasaneraser16 жыл бұрын
wonderful stuff
@ijunkie2 жыл бұрын
"There are precedents." True, but rare. Eleanor of Aquitaine had King John when she was 46.
@RedSpartan322 жыл бұрын
I think he’s referring to the Virgin Mary.
@DanBeech-ht7sw9 ай бұрын
@@RedSpartan32no, he's referring to Sarah the mother of isaac, to Hannah the mother of Samuel, and to Elizabeth the mother of John the Baptist. All were well past childbearing age, and this is a reference to Katherine of Aragon's age. Mary wasn't
@gerardmackay89094 ай бұрын
This scene takes place around the year 1527/8 which would make Katherine 42/3 ish. She was not barren because she’d had at least 6 pregnancies (and the son born in 1514 lived a few weeks) but by this stage she had aged quite badly and Henry who was 6 years younger and still fit, no longer desired her.
@backgroundknowledgeisevery30896 ай бұрын
Thanks.
@starguy2718 Жыл бұрын
"Rosebud!" "Pardon, Your Grace?" "Nothing. I was thinking of something else."
@PMA655376 ай бұрын
cuckoo clocks
@glynbrain1083 Жыл бұрын
That quill pen at the beginning looked like it had a ballpoint hidden in it. It was held at the wrong angle as well.
@annwood68126 ай бұрын
Wolsey was right. No heir might mean war. Best screen play of all time.
@wayneantoniazzi27065 ай бұрын
Wolsey had a point as well, the dynastic "Wars Of The Roses," the House of York versus the House of Lancaster for the throne were only 30 or so years in the past. Henry VIII's father Henry VII was the winner. No-one wanted a repeat. As an aside, the author of what became "Game of Thrones" based his novel on the "Wars Of The Roses."
@tomcooper61086 ай бұрын
Would have paid a kings ranson to have seen these two on stage doing this scene.
@joeoconnor54003 жыл бұрын
Welles needed the money for this and Casino Royale the following year. Still he managed to wind up and unnerve Peter Sellers who could not get the measure of Welles. Leo McKern was great as Cromwell.
@BazingaBeatlesClan3 жыл бұрын
Then McKern started a eastern religious cult and was stopped by The Beatles