The Agony and the Ecstasy
1965 · 138 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 8,377 VOTES · DIR. Carol Reed
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
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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
Charlton Heston
Michelangelo
Rex Harrison
Pope Julius II
Diane Cilento
Contessina de'Medici
Harry Andrews
Bramante
Alberto Lupo
Francesco Maria della Rovere, duke of Urbino
Adolfo Celi
Cardinal Giovanni de' Medici (pope Leo X)
Venantino Venantini
Paris De Grassis
John Stacy
Sangallo
Fausto Tozzi
Foreman
Maxine Audley
Woman
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