Zorba The Greek

Michael Cacoyannis' powerful film starring ANTHONY QUINN "in the performance of his career," (Hollywood Reporter) garnered seven Academy Award ® nominations including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor. On the Greek isle of Crete, Basi (ALAN BATES), a shy, inhibited writer from England is befriended by Zorba (Quinn), a boisterous, gregarious peasant with an astonishing love for life.

When Zorba agrees to work at Basil's abandoned mine, it is the beginning of a lesson for the young man as he gradually moves from an observer of the world to a participant. This acclaimed classic co-stars IRENE PAPAS and LILA KEDROVA in  an Oscar® - winning perforamnces.  "An utterly absorbing and sharply memorable film." (Hollywood Reporter)