MAN FOR ALL SEASONS 1966 Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Leo McKern BELGIAN POSTER

Original Belgian 14 inch x 22 inch Poster for the 1966 Fred Zinnemann Historical Drama A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS starring Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Leo McKern as Cromwell, Robert Shaw, Orson Welles as Cardinal Wolsey, Susannah York, Nigel Davenport, John Hurt, Corin Redgrave, Colin Blakely, Cyril Luckham, Jack Gwillim, Thomas Heathcote, Yootha Joyce, Anthony Nicholls, John Nettleton and Vanessa Redgrave as Anne Boleyn.

Scofield’s definitive performance as Sir Thomas More who does battle with Shaw’s Henry VIII over his divorce is just one of the reasons to admire this excellent version of Robert Bolt’s play. Cast, costumes, sets, photography and direction all come together with panache and it desrvedly picked up 6 Oscars including Best Picture.

Poster art by Howard Terpning. Howard Terpning was born November 5, 1927, in Oak Park, Illinois. He is an American painter and illustrator best known for his paintings of Native Americans. He studied at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and the American Academy of Art in Chicago. In 1962, he began working as a freelance artist creating magazine covers, story illustrations and advertising art for publications such as Reader's Digest, Time and Newsweek.
In addition Terpning completed over 80 movie posters starting with The Guns of Navarone in 1961. Other examples include Cleopatra, Doctor Zhivago, The Sound of Music, The Sand Pebbles, and the 1967 re-release of Gone with the Wind.

The poster is in fine unfolded (rolled) condition.