tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post112956684378905608..comments2024-03-29T08:14:32.748-04:00Comments on Bonfire of the Vanities: St. Thomas More wants your kids to smoke!Fr Martin Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01375628123126091747noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-1129846316370114812005-10-20T18:11:00.000-04:002005-10-20T18:11:00.000-04:00Yes, the Paul Scofield version (Scofield later was...Yes, the Paul Scofield version (Scofield later was the Ghost in Mel Gibson's <I>Hamlet</I> and the King of France in Branagh's <I>Henry V</I>) is good, too.<BR/><BR/>The Heston version of Man For All Seasons is less a screen adaptation then a filmed version of the stage play. Roy Kinnear (in his final role) is outstanding as The Common Man, and Sir John Gielgud plays Woolsey. And Heston directs. It's worth finding. (My nearest Catholic giftshop carried it.)Sir Galen of Bristolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249011691189216258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-1129774250906211062005-10-19T22:10:00.000-04:002005-10-19T22:10:00.000-04:00Paul:Oh, well, I don't really have any opinion on ...Paul:<BR/><BR/>Oh, well, I don't really have any opinion on Blessed William (whom I hadn't heard of); I picked up the "ambitious" comment from the site where I found the exerpt from "A Man of All Seasons." Glad you offered the correction.<BR/><BR/>I can't recall seeing the Charlton Heston version. I saw a version with Orson Welles as Woolsey, as I recall.Fr Martin Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01375628123126091747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-1129742647438089672005-10-19T13:24:00.000-04:002005-10-19T13:24:00.000-04:00Excellent post! Can I quibble with your character...Excellent post! <BR/><BR/>Can I quibble with your characterization of Roper? The Bl. William Roper the Younger was More's son-in-law and biographer. He wasn't so much ambitious as zealous.<BR/><BR/>That's an great play; have you seen the version with Charlton Heston in the title role?Sir Galen of Bristolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249011691189216258noreply@blogger.com