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The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968) was a Drama Film directed by Michael Anderson .

Academy Awards 1968 --- Ceremony Number 41 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best Art DirectionArt Direction: George W. Davis, Edward CarfagnoNominated
Best Music - ScoringAlex NorthNominated
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Fr. David Telemond: The doctors, they don't anything. They're like the auto-mechanics.


Kiril Lakota: The only thing necessary to the Church is the Spirit of God.


George Faber: It's the Russian. Kiril Lakota. They've elected a Russian Pope.


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Alex North reused the opening fanfare he wrote for 2001: A Space Odyssey but which had been rejected by Stanley Kubrick, as one of the main themes in his score.
Although it is never mentioned or indicated at any point in the film, the story is actually set 20 years in the future.
The footage showing the arrival of the Cardinals and the crowds gathering in St. Peter's Square is taken from news reels and other archive films that documented the events between the death of Pope John XXIII and the election of Pope Paul VI in 1963.
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