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The Shoes of the Fisherman [VHS]
by (Cinematographer: Erwin Hillier) (Editor: Ernest Walter) (Producer: George Englund) (Writer: James Kennaway) (Writer: John Patrick) (Writer: Morris L. West)
Director: Michael Anderson
Product Group: Video
Studio: MGM/UA
ISBN: 0792833627
EAN: 9780792833628
Binding/Media: VHS Tape
Running Time: 162 minutes
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
SKU: 06404
Condition: New
Comments: Brand new in shrink wrap. 2 VHS tapes, contains original theatrical trailer.
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Editorial Reviews
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Amazon.com
If you find during the 160-minute running time of The Shoes of the Fisherman that you don't like the plot, wait 10 minutes. It will surely change and there will be another story thread to entice you. The screenplay is literally all over the map: Siberia, where Archbishop Kiril Lakota, played splendidly by Anthony Quinn, has been exiled to a work camp in the oppressive Soviet regime; Moscow, where a genially scene-chewing Laurence Olivier plays a Soviet ruler with history with Lakota; China, where famine threatens to bring the world of the late '60s to the brink of World War III; and Rome, where Lakota travels after being freed (and where dissolute reporter David Janssen does his best to groove on the Swinging Sixties). Yet despite its flaws, the movie's central drama is riveting: the current Pope dies suddenly, and for a good bit of the film, viewers are treated to the Vatican's inner workings on the election of a new Pope. The events unfold at a leisurely pace, which allows you to drink in the spectacle and wonder of the ancient traditions. The Alex North Oscar-nominated score is lovely, and Quinn's performance is the somber-with-a-humble-twinkle glue that holds the film together. Anyone interested in the traditions and rituals of the Vatican will find plenty to savor. --A.T. Hurley
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