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

Contributor(s): Series: Oscar best movie collectionPublication details: Taipei City, Taiwan : Evervision Corp., 2004Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 139 min.) : sd., ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • NO ISBN
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.4372 AGO
Production credits:
  • Music composed and conducted by Alex North ; director of photography, Leon Shamroy ; art director, Jack Martin Smith ; production designed by John DeCuir ; film editor, Samuel E. Beetley
Cast: Charlton Heston, Rex Harrison, Diane Cilento, Harry Andrews, Alberto Lupo, Adolfo CeliSummary: 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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Media Resources Taylor's Library-TU 791.4372 AGO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available SLASx,21003,02,GR 1000136956

Originally released as a motion picture in 1965

Based on the novel of the same title by Irving Stone

Music composed and conducted by Alex North ; director of photography, Leon Shamroy ; art director, Jack Martin Smith ; production designed by John DeCuir ; film editor, Samuel E. Beetley

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.

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