Overview:
During the Italian Renaissance, Pope Julius II contracts the influential artist Michelangelo to sculpt 40 statues for his tomb. When the pope changes his mind and asks the sculptor to paint a mural in the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo doubts his painting skills and abandons the project. Divine inspiration returns Michelangelo to the mural, but his artistic vision clashes with the pope's demanding personality and threatens the success of the historic painting.| Status: | Released (1965-09-16) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 5 Oscars. 3 wins & 9 nominations total |
| Screen: | Irving Stone, Philip Dunne |
| Productions: | DDL Cinematografica, International Classics, 20th Century Fox |
| Production Countries: | Italy, United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English, Latin |
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Casts
- 10017: Charlton Heston - Michelangelo
- 35321: Rex Harrison - Papa Giulio II
- 45467: Diane Cilento - Contessina de'Medici
- 19463: Harry Andrews - Bramante
- 89125: Alberto Lupo - Duca di Urbino
- 9920: Adolfo Celi - Giovanni de' Medici
- 22312: Venantino Venantini - Paride de Grassis
Crews
- 15378: Carol Reed - Director - Directing
- 1152107: Irving Stone - Novel - Writing
- 116326: Philip Dunne - Screenstory - Writing
- 116326: Philip Dunne - Screenplay - Writing
- 15378: Carol Reed - Producer - Production
- 2108: Elmo Williams - Executive Producer - Production
- 8502: Darryl F. Zanuck - Executive Producer - Production
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Reviews
John Chard
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When will you make an end? When I am finished! And so it be that that is the often repeated exchange between Rex Harrison's Pope Julius II & Charlton Heston's Michelangelo, and thus we have the basis for the film version of Irving Stone's novel The Agony & The Ectasy. This is a ....
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Depending on the version you see, this film starts with a gorgeously scored trip around some of the museums of Italy and of the Vatican allowing us to put the sheer magnificence of the talent of Michelangelo Buonarroti into context - and the volume and quality of that body of work, c ....
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