Movie Description Adapted from Irving Stone's fanciful biography of Michelangelo and starring Charlton Heston as the artist, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY focuses on the five years that the artist spent creating the Sistine ceiling and his tumultuous relationship with Pope Julius II (Rex Harrison). The pope is a vain and ambitious sort who has commissioned the painting of the chapel with the intention of having his name preserved for posterity. To this end, he tries to bully and threaten the volatile painter, who is answerable only to his muse.
| Credits | | Producer: | Carol Reed | | Cast: | Adolfo Celi, Fausto Tozzi, John Stacy |
Notes DVD Features:
Region (unknown) Keep Case Full Frame - 1.33, The film is based on the novel by Irving Stone, which recounted in detail Michelangelo's life from birth to death.
The film was rumored to have cost $12 million; it allegedly earned back only $4 million.
It is one of the first group of films produced under Darryl F. Zanuck upon his return to 20th Century Fox.
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