The Agony and the Ecstasy | Irving Stone's The Agony and the Ecstasy - 1965
- Director Carol Reed
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Pope Julius II (Sir Rex Harrison) is eager to leave behind works by which he will be remembered. To this end he cajoles Michelangelo (Charlton Heston) into painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. When not on the battlefield uniting Italy, the Pope nags Michelangelo to speed up his painful work on the frescoes.
| Technical Sheet | |
| Original Title | The Agony and the Ecstasy |
| Title | The Agony and the Ecstasy | Irving Stone's The Agony and the Ecstasy |
| Year | 1965 |
| Language | English, Portuguese |
| Subtitle | Portuguese |
| Colors | Colorful |
| Gender | Biography, Epic, Drama, History, Period Drama, Docudrama, Historical Epic |
| Duration | 138 Min. |
| Direction | Carol Reed |
| Countries of origin | United States |
| Cast | Charlton Heston, Rex Harrison, Diane Cilento, Harry Andrews, Alberto Lupo, Adolfo Celi, Venantino Venantini, John Stacy, Fausto Tozzi, Maxine Audley, Tomas Milian, Fortunato Arena, Lars Bloch, Angelo Boscariol, Calisto Calisti, Amerigo Castrighella, Anita Ceccotti, Enrico Chiappafreddo, Antonio Corevi, Pasquale De Filippo, Gianni Di Segni, Vito Fasano, Umberto Felici, Onofrio Fulli, Eugenio Galadini, Gilberto Galimberti, Veriano Ginesi, Andrea Giordana, Margherita Horowitz, Paolo Magalotti, Vincenzo Maggio, Ugo Mari, Gino Marturano, Alec McCowen, Furio Meniconi, Mario Meniconi, Marvin Miller, Sandro Mondini, Nino Musco, Rosalba Neri, Angela Palmieri, Piero Pastore, Mario Pennisi, Adolfo Pezzini, Mimmo Poli, Antonio Proietti, Giuliano Raffaelli, Amerigo Santarelli, Luigi Scavran, Alberto Sorrentino, Dino Strano, Amedeo Trilli, Mirko Valentin |
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| Observation | |
| Did you know? | |
| Curiosities | In his 1995 autobiography "In the Arena" Charlton Heston denied that Michelangelo Buonarotti was a homosexual. He also refused permission to use scenes from "The Agony and the Ecstasy" in the 1995 documentary "The Celluloid Closet" because he told the filmmakers he had done a lot of research for his role and could assure them that Michelangelo was not gay. |
| Bloopers | Giovanni de' Medici (Pope Leo X) is portrayed in this movie as an older man in this film, however he was only in his 30s when the Sistine Chapel ceiling was painted and only 37 when elected Pope. |
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