The Agony and the Ecstasy (movie)
- User score: 7
- Production country: Italy, United States of America
- Producer: Carol Reed
- Production companies: Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica, International Classics, 20th Century Fox
- Genre: Drama, History
- Budget: $10,000,000
- Revenue: $4,000,000
- Release date: 9/16/1965
- Run time: 138 min.
Movie description
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.
