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Product Description ------------------- Shoes of the Fisherman, The (DVD) A world living in fear of nuclear holocaust . . . A secret meeting totip the global balance of power . . . And one man of faith . . .With aworld poised on the brink of world war, and a humble priest installed inone of the most powerful international positions as a pawn in a plot forgeopolitical domination, can one man find the strength to bring peace tothe earth? Academy Award winner Anthony Quinn (Alexis Zorbas) stars asRussian bishop and political prisoner Kiril Lakota, who is released toRome in a Soviet bid to control the Vatican. Elected Pope Kiril, thisman surprises the Vatican, the Kremlin and the entire world by holdingto his spiritual principles tempered by winters in a Siberiangulag--despite the massive pressure on him from both global powers andthe Church that he heads, principles that lead him to make changes thatwill rock the world. ]]> .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 : 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 O-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