| Description |
1 videodisc (139 min.) : digital dolby, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. |
| Cast |
Charlton Heston, Rex Harrison, Diane Cilento, Harry Andrews, Alberto Lupo, Adolfo Celi. |
| Credits |
Music composed and conducted by Alex North ; director of photography, Leon Shamroy ; art director, Jack Martin Smith ; production designed by John DeCuir ; film editor, Samuel E. Beetley. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1965. |
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Based on the novel of the same title by Irving Stone. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
When Pope Julius II (Harrison) commissions Michelangelo (Heston) to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, the artist initially refuses. Virtually forced to do the job by Julius, he later destroys his own work and flees Rome. Eventually resumed, the project becomes a battle of wills fueled by the artistic and temperamental differences that form the core of this movie. |
| Subject |
Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564 -- Drama.
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Cappella Sistina (Vatican Palace, Vatican City) -- Drama.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Biographical films.
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Historical films.
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Epic films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Reed, Carol, 1906-1976.
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Heston, Charlton.
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Harrison, Rex.
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Cilento, Diane.
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Andrews, Harry.
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Lupo, Alberto.
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Celi, Adolfo, 1922-1986.
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North, Alex.
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Stone, Irving, 1903-1989.
Agony and the ecstasy.
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
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| Standard No. |
024543148333 |
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