Adolfo Celi, Alberto Lupo, Charlton Heston

Pope Julius II persuades Michelangelo to leave his sculptures and paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

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Unrated, 2 hrs. 20 min.

Directed by: Carol Reed

Release Date: September 16, 1965

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DVD Release Date: February 22, 2005

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  • August 27, 2008
    Very long, intricate retelling of the story...but still great.
  • October 12, 2009
    good stuff great cast
  • September 15, 2009
    Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni[1] (March 6, 1475 ? February 18, 1564), commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer. Despite making few forays beyond the arts, his versatility in the disciplines he took up...( read more) was of such a high order that he is often considered a contender for the title of the archetypal Renaissance man, along with his rival and fellow Italian Leonardo da Vinci.
  • July 26, 2009
    I think Chuckles and Rex Harrison play well off each other. Good/strange period epic.
  • April 13, 2009
    This is one of my favorite Heston movies!
  • March 29, 2009
    want to see sometime in my life.
  • January 10, 2009
    No thankyou - Not interested.
  • December 15, 2008
    Somewhat slow moving but worth watching to see Charlton Heston and Rex Harrison's on screen chemistry.
  • December 10, 2008
    lol, wanna see Rex Harrison do a pious role... and Heston as Michaelangelo?
  • September 6, 2008
    THE AGONY AND THE EXTASY (1965)
    directed by Carol Reed
    starring Charleston Heston, Rex Harrison, Diane Cilento

    The Agony and the Ecstacy is about painter Michelangelo's struggle with his aspiriration and Pope Julius II to
    ...( read more) finish his work in the Sistine Chapel. Its based on facts, of course and the film begins with a short documentary, or sort of, about Michelangelo's body of work, especially as a sculptor cause he never considered himself a painter, even if the Sistine Chapel is considered to be his masterpiece. That documentary helps understand why he doesnt want to finish the work and why he kept arguing over his painting with the pope.

    This film has a pretty interesting reflexion about arts and how it can be peceived depending of the time it is made. Its a good period piece that becomes an epic - cause all movies were in the 60's - and the music and everything is huge in this film.

    Charlton Heston is quite intense here, he may not be the best actor but he should get credits for being committed to his role. Its a little long but definately interesting from beginning to end.

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