John Chard2014-09-18T15:52:26.141Z

8.5/10

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 Ect...

Geronimo19672023-01-07T17:19:48.788Z

7/10

Depending on the version you see, this film starts with a gorgeously scored trip around some of the museums of Italy and of the Vatican allowing us to put the sheer magnificence of the talent of Michelangelo Buonarroti into context - and the volume and quality of that b...

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The Agony and the Ecstasy

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.

Release

16/09/1965

Rating

⭐ 7.1/10

Runtime

138 min

Status

Released

Budget

$10,000,000

Revenue

$4,000,000

Genres

Drama History

Languages

LatinEnglish

Production

Links

IMDb Wikidata