The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) |
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| Director(s) | Carol Reed |
| Producer(s) | Carol Reed |
| Top Genres | Biographical, Drama, Film Adaptation, Historical |
| Top Topics | Artists, Book-Based, Period Piece, True Story (based on) |
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Charlton Heston(as Michelangelo)
The Agony and the Ecstasy
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1965
The Agony and the Ecstasy
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1965
Charlton Heston
(as Michelangelo)
Rex Harrison(as Pope Julius II)
The Agony and the Ecstasy
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1965
The Agony and the Ecstasy
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1965
Rex Harrison
(as Pope Julius II)
Diane Cilento(as Contessina de'Medici)
The Agony and the Ecstasy
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1965
The Agony and the Ecstasy
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1965
Diane Cilento
(as Contessina de'Medici)
Harry Andrews(as Bramante)
The Agony and the Ecstasy
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1965
The Agony and the Ecstasy
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1965
Harry Andrews
(as Bramante)
Adolfo Celi(as Giovanni de' Medici)
The Agony and the Ecstasy
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1965
The Agony and the Ecstasy
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1965
Adolfo Celi
(as Giovanni de' Medici)
Tomas Milian(as Raphael)
The Agony and the Ecstasy
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The Agony and the Ecstasy
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1965
Tomas Milian
(as Raphael)
Alec McCowen(as )
The Agony and the Ecstasy
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1965
The Agony and the Ecstasy
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1965
Alec McCowen
(as )
The Agony and the Ecstasy Overview:
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) was a Biographical - Historical Film directed by Carol Reed and produced by Carol Reed.
Academy Awards 1965 --- Ceremony Number 38 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Art Direction | Art Direction: John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith; Set Decoration: Dario Simoni | Nominated |
| Best Cinematography | Leon Shamroy | Nominated |
| Best Costume Design | Vittorio Nino Novarese | Nominated |
| Best Music - Scoring | Alex North | Nominated |
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The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
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The Agony and the Ecstasy Quotes:
Raphael:
For what is an artist in this world but a servant, a lackey for the rich and powerful? Before we even begin to work, to feed this craving of ours, we must find a patron, a rich man of affairs, or a merchant, or a prince or... a Pope. We must bow, fawn, kiss hands to be able to do the things we must do or die.
[chuckles]
Raphael: We are harlots always peddling beauty at the doorsteps of the mighty.
Michelangelo: If it comes to that, I won't be an artist.
Raphael: [scoffs] You'll always be an artist. You have no choice.
[chuckles]
Raphael: We are harlots always peddling beauty at the doorsteps of the mighty.
Michelangelo: If it comes to that, I won't be an artist.
Raphael: [scoffs] You'll always be an artist. You have no choice.
Contessina de Medici:
Your question insults us both!
Pope Julius II:
What do you think we should do here? Bramante wants to pull it down. He likes pulling things down! No, I want to do something less destructive.
Pope Julius II:
You dare to dicker with your pontiff?
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The movie was originally supposed to have been filmed in 1961, starring Burt Lancaster, but production was delayed for three years.
The film lost $8 million worldwide.
The material used as the wet plaster that drips into the mouth of Michelangelo (Charlton Heston) was chocolate pudding.
Rex Harrison did not get along with Charlton Heston at all during filming. Twelve years later, while filming Crossed Swords, he avoided him completely.
Charlton Heston put a steel rod in his nose to make it resemble Michelangelo's broken one, but Rex Harrison steadfastly refused to grow a beard, even though the real-life Julius II had one.