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| Genre/Form: | Feature films Biographical films Historical films Epic films Video recordings for the hearing impaired Drama |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Michelangelo Buonarroti; Julius, Pope |
| Material Type: | Videorecording |
| Document Type: | Visual material |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Carol Reed; Philip Dunne; Charlton Heston; Rex Harrison; Diane Cilento; Harry Andrews; Alberto Lupo; Adolfo Celi; Alex North; Irving Stone; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.; International Classics, Inc.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc. |
| OCLC Number: | 57775823 |
| Language Note: | Soundtracks in English (mono. and stereo), French (mono.), Spanish (mono.) with optional subtitles in English and Spanish. Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. |
| Notes: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1965. Based on the novel of the same title by Irving Stone. |
| Credits: | Director of photography, Leon Shamroy ; art director, Jack Martin Smith ; production designed by John DeCuir ; film editor, Samuel E. Beetley ; music composed and conducted by Alex North. |
| Cast: | Charlton Heston, Rex Harrison, Diane Cilento, Harry Andrews, Alberto Lupo, Adolfo Celi. |
| Description: | 1 videodisc (139 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Details: | DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen anamorphic 2.20:1; Dolby Digital. |
| Series Title: | Cinema classics collection. |
| Other Titles: | Agony and the ecstasy The agony and the ecstasy |
| Responsibility: | Twentieth Century-Fox ; a Carol Reed production ; produced by International Classics Inc. ; directed by Carol Reed ; screen story and screenplay by Philip Dunne. |
| Local System Bib Number: | 188568 |
Abstract:
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.
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