The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)

09/16/1965Drama, History2h 18m
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From the age of magnificence comes a new magnificence in motion pictures.

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.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Charlton Heston

    Michelangelo

  2. Cast 1

    Rex Harrison

    Papa Giulio II

  3. Cast 1

    Diane Cilento

    Contessina de'Medici

  4. Cast 1

    Harry Andrews

    Bramante

  5. Cast 1

    Alberto Lupo

    Duca di Urbino

  6. Cast 1

    Adolfo Celi

    Giovanni de' Medici

  7. Cast 1

    Venantino Venantini

    Paride de Grassis

  8. Cast 1

    Tomas Milian

    Raffaello Sanzio

  9. Cast 1

    John Stacy

    Giuliano da Sangallo

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 fictionalised account of how Michelango came to paint his masterpiece on the roof of the Sistine chapel, focusing solely on the two main characters of the piece, The Agony & The Ectasy is a character and dialogue driven piece of work. I'm not here to give you a history lesson on the Renaisssance painters or the...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$10,000,000.00

Revenue $4,000,000.00

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