eShop USA > VHS > Shoes of the Fisherman
Shoes of the Fisherman
List Price: $14.98Price: $11.98 You Save: $3.00 (20%)Prices subject to change.
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780790746135
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered, Special Edition, NTSC
ISBN: 0790746131
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: English (Original Language), AnalogLatin (Original Language), Analog
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: March 07, 2000
Running Time: 167 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: November 14, 1968
Related Items: Featured Listmania!
Editorial Review:
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
All eyes are focused on the Vatican, hoping to see the traditional puffs of white smoke that signal the selection of the next Pope. But this time, much more is at stake. The new pontiff may be the only person who can bring peace to a world hovering on the edge of nuclear nightmare. Year: 1968 Director: Michael Anderson Starring: Anthony Quinn, Oskar Werner, David Janssen, Vittorio De Sica, Leo McKern, Sir John Gielgud
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Laudable but long
On the plus side, this film presents thoughtful characters in an understatedly epic scenario. It also has several very nice moments. However, the film is released at an epic length (with intermission provided on the disc) that doesn't necessarily add to its impact. Many details are included about the Vatican lifestyle being portrayed, and yet although these details are not without interest, I wonder whether they really needed such emphasis to be able to serve the story's themes.
(spoiler ... Read More
Rating:  - Movie predicts John-Paul's election
I saw "The Shoes of the Fisherman when it first came out in 1968 / 69. It didn't receive that much acclaim at the time, and there are places in the film where the storyline stalls a little. What has renewed interest in this movie about the election of a Russian Pope is the fact that it came out just ten years before the election of Pope John-Paul II. Who could have guessed in 1968 that a bishop from a communist country would be elected the supreme pontiff of the Universal Church?
The cast reads ... Read More
Rating:  - One of a Kind
This is my favorite movie. It is truly unlike anything else ever filmed, in that it does an incredible job of showing a little of what the papacy is, and its burden on the man bearing it. Also, it shows the beauty of Christianity and the Catholic Church at its core, dispelling misconceptions of the character of what sometimes is seen as a monolithic entity. The movie also treats the subject matter with a respect for the Catholic church that is all but gone from the English-speaking media today. The movie ... Read More
Rating: - Dad's Review
This is my fathers FAVORITE movie. He says it was one of the BEST movies ever made. And that Anthony Quinn is outstanding in this role!
Rating: - One of my favorites
The Shoes of the Fisherman Anthony Quinn has been in a lot of movies but, for me, I would have to say this is one of my favorites, and a must see, even if you are not Catholic. One of his other really good ones has to be 'The Secret of Santa Vittoria'.
Related Categories:
|
