The Agony and the Ecstasy (Blu-ray)
From the age of magnificence comes a new magnificence in motion pictures.
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 2 hours, 18 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: March 4, 2014
- Originally Released: 1965
- Label: 20Th Century Studios
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Charlton Heston & Rex Harrison | |
Performer: | Diane Cilento, Harry Andrews, Adolfo Celi, Tomas Milian, Alberto Lupo, Venantino Venantini, John Stacy & Fausto Tozzi | |
Directed by | Carol Reed | |
Screenwriting by | Irving Stone & Philip Dunne | |
Composition by | Alex North, Jerry Goldsmith & Franco Potenza | |
Art Direction by | Jack Martin Smith & John DeCuir | |
Produced by | Carol Reed | |
Director of Photography: | Leon Shamroy |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 2/5 --
Required viewing for the fan of pious filmmaking or the cinematographer in film school. From a story and character perspective, it's sadly very forgettable.
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7M Pictures
Rating: C+ --
As a chronicle of the artist Michelangelo, this is one of Carol Reed's most underwhelming films, though some of the production values are good.
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EmanuelLevy.Com
Rating: 7/10 --
For some viewers, the agony will be watching Charlton Heston (over)act, and the ecstasy Rex Harrison. But it IS refreshing for a period film to cover such new and (pun intended) artistic ground.
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Movie Metropolis
Product 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.