The Agony and the Ecstasy

1965 · 138 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 8,377 VOTES · DIR. Carol Reed

The Agony and the Ecstasy poster

Overview

During the Italian Renaissance, Pope Julius II contracts the influential artist Michelangelo to sculpt 40 statues for his tomb. When the pope changes his mind and asks the sculptor to paint a mural in the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo doubts his painting skills and abandons the project. Divine inspiration returns Michelangelo to the mural, but his artistic vision clashes with the pope's demanding personality and threatens the success of the historic painting.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,108 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:57 The dome of St. Peter's.
00:05:21 a treasure of art only recently discovered.
00:11:34 not far from this square, the Campidoglio, which he had designed...
00:22:47 - Perhaps it sleeps in one of these marbles. - lt's not well to goad Bramante.
00:28:19 l have been compared to Lucifer, Beelzebub...
00:31:42 What is your opinion of the architecture? The truth, Buonarroti.
00:36:27 Because an artist refuses a commission?
00:39:23 - Why else would you argue with yourself? - l'm not arguing with myself.
00:47:00 Tell me now!
00:52:07 He's-- He's a strange man.
01:00:26 and fowl that may fly above the earth...
01:07:52 - Eight. - Six! Six thousand ducats! My last word!
01:17:13 And to an embrace?
01:21:02 ln the house of His glory.! Obscenity.! Shameful.!
01:23:54 - Wh-When... when-- - When you are finished.!
01:30:59 Holiness, with your permission, there's something l would like to show you. Please.
01:34:55 - Your health is more important to me. - What other arrangements?
01:41:48 No word from Spain?
01:47:00 l'll never go in it again.
01:51:58 What do you want?
01:55:10 - Ah, yes, to feed the troops. - Yes, Holiness.
02:00:52 God sometimes appears to be deaf.
02:05:58 Do you hear? lt is refused.
02:13:32 and forced you to accept life.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,108
Dialogue density8.0 lines / min
First line00:00:57
Final line02:13:32

Production Record

DirectorCarol Reed
LanguageEnglish
Budget$10,000,000
Revenue$4,000,000
IMDb votes8,377