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The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) | User Rating
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Running Time
2 hours, 18 minutes
Country USA
Studio 20th Century Fox, International Classics
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Other Titles
• The Agony and the Ecstasy
• Inferno und Ekstase (1965)
• Irving Stone's The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
• Il Tormento e l'estasi (1965)
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Genre: Drama, Biography, Epic, Religion, Period Piece, Infidelity, Doctor
Tagline: From the age of magnificence comes a new magnificence in motion pictures
Plot: Much of what appeared in Irving Stone's biographical novel of the life of Michelangelo was of the author's invention, but few will dispute that the artist painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, which is the subject of Carol Reed's film. Starring Charlton Heston as the irascible genius, it traces his life from the age of 13 to his death at 88 but deals mainly with the five years during which he painted the chapel. Pope Julius II (Rex Harrison) has commissioned the work in the hope that it will serve as an immortal symbol of his enlightened papacy. Yet both his money and remaining years are finite, and his constant haranguing of the artist to finish his painstaking work is the source of an ongoing war of words between them. When not struggling with the pope, Michelangelo battles with his physical limitations and recalcitrant materials in the quest for perfection. The multifaceted Carol Reed (OLIVER!, THE THIRD MAN) has successfully taken on yet another genre in a film that also features superb art direction and costume design.
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| Directed by |
Carol Reed
The Third Man, Oliver!, Mutiny on the Bounty |
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| Written by |
| Philip Dunne
How Green Was My Valley, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, The Egyptian |
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 | Rex Harrison
My Fair Lady, Cleopatra, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir |
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Seddok, l'erede di Satana, The Giant of Marathon, Django Shoots First | Adolfo Celi
Thunderball, The Phantom of Liberty, Roi de coeur, Le | |
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Spartacus, Good Morning, Vietnam, A Streetcar Named Desire | |
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