Charlton Heston
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The Agony and the Ecstasy is a 1965 American historical drama film directed by Carol Reed and starring Charlton Heston as Michelangelo and Rex Harrison as Pope Julius II.
The Agony and the Ecstasy: Directed by Carol Reed. With Charlton Heston, Rex Harrison, Diane Cilento, Harry Andrews. The biographical story of Michelangelo's troubles while painting the Sistine Chapel at the urging of Pope Julius II.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Carol Reed
- 1965-09-16
Mar 3, 1987 · Irving Stone’s classic biographical novel of Michelangelo—the #1 New York Times bestseller in which both the artist and the man are brought to vivid, captivating life. His time—the turbulent Renaissance, the years of poisoning princes, warring Popes, and the all-powerful de'Medici family...
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- Irving Stone
The Agony and the Ecstasy is a biographical novel of Michelangelo Buonarroti written by American author Irving Stone. Stone lived in Italy for years visiting many of the locations in Rome and Florence, worked in marble quarries, and apprenticed himself to a marble sculptor.
- Irving Stone
- 1961
Charlton Heston and Rex Harrison portray two of the Renaissance's most colorful figures in this historical drama based on Irving Stone's best-seller...
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1961) is a biographical novel of Michelangelo Buonarroti written by American author Irving Stone. After Ghirlandaio looks at Michelangelo’s sketches of Christ drawn with a stonemason as the model, he tells Michelangelo the story of Donatello showing his newly carved crucifix to Brunelleschi.
A biographical chronicle of Michelangelo and the opposition he faced from Pope Julius II while painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. 1,424 IMDb 7.1 2 h 13 min 1965. 13+. Historical · Drama · Joyous · Touching. Available to rent or buy.
