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The fictional account of Andrew Jackson's love for a woman named Rachel.

A history of western expansion, telling of the people and events that led to the settling of California, Utah, Nevada, and Colorado.

The opening of the far west, 1840 - 1900

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.