Charlton Heston and Rex Harrison were both booming screen presences with a decided tendency toward hamminess. They knew the taste of the scenery, and enjoyed it. But I think both actors deliver some of their best work in "The Agony and the Ecstasy" — a measure of restraint and disappearance into the character, as opposed to bursting out of the box as was their wont. Neither received an Oscar nomination, and indeed the film in general was rather ignored during the awards season, receiving five nods from the Academy in only technical categories, winning none.
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
Charlton Heston and Rex Harrison were both booming screen presences with a decided tendency toward hamminess. They knew the taste of the scenery, and enjoyed it. But I think both actors deliver some of their best work in "The Agony and the Ecstasy" — a measure of restraint and disappearance into the character, as opposed to bursting out of the box as was their wont. Neither received an Oscar nomination, and indeed the film in general was rather ignored during the awards season, receiving five nods from the Academy in only technical categories, winning none.