The Agony and the Ecstasy

TCM's Dave Karger introduces The Agony And The Ecstacy, 1965.

TCM's Dave Karger introduces The Agony And The Ecstasy, 1965.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces The Agony And The Ecstacy, 1965.

The opening of the documentary prologue, titled The Artist Who Did Not Want To Paint, produced by writer Vincenzo Labella, screened by 20th Century Fox at premieres worldwide as context for The Agony And The Ecstasy, 1965, starring Charlton Heston and Rex Harrison.

Michelangelo (Charlton Heston) is at work on statues for the tomb of Pope Julius II, conversing with the papal architect Bramante (Harry Andrews) and the foreman (Fausto Tozzi) then the pontiff himself (Rex Harrison) returns from his latest conquest, in The Agony And The Ecstasy, 1965.

At The Vatican, 1508, feisty Pope Julius (Rex Harrison) consults with architect Bramante (Harry Andrews) and artist Michelangelo (Charlton Heston), whom he instructs to quit carving statues (for the pope’s own tomb!) and start on a new project, in The Agony And The Ecstasy, 1965.