Michelangelo: The Last Giant

Year Published: 1967

Format: 16mm/video file

Description: The 15th century witnessed the advent of such artistic giants as Botticelli, Ghiberti, and Da Vinci. Michelangelo Buonarroti, sculptor, painter, architect, and poet was the last and perhaps the greatest giant. This film, originally produced for NBC News, covers ninety years of Michelangelo's life and work and is, in itself, an artistic masterpiece Producer and writer, Lou Hazam ; director and cameraman, Thomas Priestley ; music, Laurence Rosenthal ; editor, Loftus McDonough Peter Ustinov, voice of Michelangelo ; José Ferrer, narrator