Agreed! An excellent film about those events will be airing this evening on EWTN, beginning at 7pm.
POPE JOHN PAUL II
Filmed on location in Rome and Poland, The late pope's life is traced from his youth in Poland to his last days as Successor of Peter. Witness how he touched millions of lives, defended human dignity and changed the face of the Church and the world.
It stars Jon Voight as the aged Pope JPII and Cary Elwes as young Karol Wojtyla.
Raymond Arroyo interviewed both actors about the study and work entailed in portraying the pope, especially the accent, parkinson's mask, etc. Do watchit, if you can, or DVR it for future viewing.