The agony and the ecstasy [DVD] / Twentieth Century Fox ; International Classics ; producer/director, Carol Reed ; screen story and screenplay, Philip Dunne.

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Author

Andrews, Harry. -- Heston, Charlton. -- Cilento, Diane. -- North, Alex. -- Stone, Irving, 1903- -- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc. -- Lupo, Alberto. -- Harrison, Rex. -- Celi, Adolfo, 1922-1986. -- Reed, Carol, 1906-1976.

Publisher

Beverly Hills, CA : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2004.

Description

1 videodisc (139 min.) : digital dolby, sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Call #

DVD

Summary

Originally released as a motion picture in 1965. Based on the novel of the same title by Irving Stone. Charlton Heston, Rex Harrison, Diane Cilento, Harry Andrews, Alberto Lupo, Adolfo Celi. When Pope Julius II (Harrison) commissions Michelangelo (Heston) to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, the artist initially refuses. Virtually forced to do the job by Julius, he later destroys his own work and flees Rome. Eventually resumed, the project becomes a battle of wills fueled by the artistic and temperamental differences that form the core of this movie.

Subjects

Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564

UPC #

024543148333

ID #

1274286

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Music and Video Summary -> Adapted from the novel by Irving Stone. The tale of the conflict between Michelangelo and Pope Julius II after his Holiness directed the artist to paint the Sistine Chapel.

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