What is The Agony and the Ecstasy?
{{Infobox film | name = The Agony and the Ecstasy | image = | caption = Theatrical release poster by [[Howard Terpning]] | director = [[Carol Reed]] | producer = Carol Reed | writer = screenplay by<br>[[Philip Dunne (writer)|Philip Dunne]]<br>Carol Reed<br>from the novel by<br>[[Irving Stone]] | starring = [[Charlton Heston]]<br>[[Rex Harrison]]<br>[[Diane Cilento]]<br>[[Harry Andrews]]<br>[[Alberto Lupo]] | music = [[Jerry Goldsmith]]<br>[[Alex North]] | cinematography = [[Leon Shamroy]] | editing = Samuel E. Beetley | distributor = [[20th Century Fox]] | released = {{start date|1965|10|07}} | runtime = 138&nbsp;minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = $7,175,000<ref>Solomon, Aubrey. ''Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series)''. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. {{ISBN|978-0-8108-4244-1}}. p254</ref> | gross = $8,000,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1965/0AGEC.php|publisher=The Numbers|title=The Agony and the Ecstasy, Box Office Information|accessdate=January 22, 2013|archive-date=September 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929053115/http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1965/0AGEC.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> }} '''''The Agony and the Ecstasy''''' is a 1965 [[movie]]. It was directed by [[Carol Reed]]. It stars [[Charlton Heston]] as [[Michelangelo Buonarroti|Michelangelo]] and [[Rex Harrison]] as [[Pope Julius II]]. The movie was partly based on Irving Stone's biographical novel of the same name. The movie is about the stormy relationship between Michelangelo and Pope Julius II during the painting of the ceiling of the [[Sistine Chapel]]. It was nominated for five [[Academy Award]]s. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{IMDb title|id=0058886|title=The Agony and the Ecstasy}} * {{AllMovie movie|1241|The Agony and the Ecstasy}} * {{tcmdb title | id=66918 | title=Th