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Caligula

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Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.1 x 5.42 x 0.58 inches; 2.93 Ounces
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Ben30

THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL FILM IN FILM HISTORY GETS A BLU-RAY RELEASE

Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2014

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CALIGULA
filmed over a 2 year period back in the late 70's and released in cinemas in 1979
originally this film was going to be a straight forward sexual Erotic Drama about the Roman empire,
actually about the Era of Rome when CALIGULA reigned power
the original concept was written by Gore Vidal and Directed by Tinto Brass whose known for Erotic Dramas
and in between the writer and Director is Producer Bob Guccione who was somehow part of Penthouse magazine
Bob also Financed the whole film

During filming nearly all scenes were played out straight from the script by Gore Vidal
this is mentioned in Tinto brass's interview on the extras
so the film does have a plot which included some Erotic sex scenes (but soft core sex)
also included alot of Nudity, very Graphic killing and violence, lots of blood spurting in some scenes
which was very controversial back in 1979
During filming Producer Bob Guccione and Director Tinto brass had alot of Arguments
cause Bob wanted some more sex scenes in the film but Tinto didn't want it
so During editing, Bob Guccione went behind Tinto Brass's back and filmed some more
very explicit sex scenes between 2 penthouse models and other extras that were in the film
the explicit sex scenes are equivelent to today's contemporary porn
so you see everything in this film, even the Orgy scene is full on
anyway these extra scenes were inserted back into Tinto brass's film before it was released to cinemas
so you can imagine, there was lots of controversy, scandal and Lawsuits between
Bob Guccione, Tinto Brass and Gore Vidal when this film was released to the public

so there is 2 versions of this film the Unrated X rated cut of the film
that has explicit sex scenes included, about 1 hour of extra sex and violence etc
all the extra scenes that Bob Guccione Directed screwed up the film, screwed up the plot actually
so the Unrated version does not make sense with the plot of the film
cause the extra scenes are just for show
the Unrated version goes for about 2 hrs 40mins
The 2nd version is the Alternate cut of the film
it's the version that has all of Bob Guccione's extra scenes cut out of the film
so the Alt version is Tinto brass's Theatrical cut i'm assuming

cause i've never seen Tinto brass's Theatrical cut i've only seen the Unrated X rated version
i prefer the X rated version, it's about opinion, a person's perspective on the film
so you either like it, love it, or hate it that's it.
back in 1979 films like Caligula were Unheard of
especially when you got scenes of explicit sex in a General public film
you've got the X rated or Tinto brass's Theatrical cut of the film, so you choose which version to watch

Both versions of Caligula are on this IMPERIAL EDITION blu-ray release
Disc 1 has both versions and both versions have been given beautiful HD widescreen transfers
in all new remixed 5.1 master audio surround sound
Disc 1 also has has new Audio commentaries by Malcolm McDowall and Helen mirren
about there experience with making the film

lots and lots of special features on Disc 2
there is 2 making of Documentaries about CALIGULA, Vintage making of footage actually from 1977-78
the first one is the uncut 2 hours of behind the scenes footage and interviews
the 2nd is a featurette of the same Doco but shorter
so take your pick
there is also brand new interviews with Tinto brass about 1 hour conversation
about the making of the film, He talks about the lawsuits with Bob Guccione
his relationship with writer Gore vidal, he talks about actors Malcolm McDowall, Helen mirren
fantastic interview
there's a new 30mins interview with one of the Penthouse models from the film, Lori wagner
she talks about how she got involved in the film and her Lesbian sex scene filmed by Bob Guccione etc
there's also an interview with one of the Actors in the film John steiner
there's lots and lots of behind the scenes Photos
and the list Goes on
for some reason Malcolm McDowall & Helen Mirren didn't want to do an interview for this blu-ray
but instead they've done the Audio commentary
there is Vintage interviews of Malcolm & Helen from the Making of Doco anyway

for fans of this film definitely get this blu-ray version, Definitely worth the cash
i gave it 5 stars for sure

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The porn Gone with the Wind

Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2010

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If you expect to be intellectually edified and historically informed after viewing Bob Guccione's film Caligula, you will be enraged upon viewing this gargantuan, Preminger-esque porn extravaganza.

Caligula (the film) has many things going for it; notably viable dialogue, largely contributed by Gore Vidal who, I believe, disowned this film once he got wind of the direction the film script was going in the hands of the producers, and wildly imaginative set pieces that are probably not too far off the mark in regards to what Rome looked like in 40 A.D. It also boasts an impressive cast of stars who seem to have believed in the project by forcing themselves to pretend they were making a movie for Lindsay Anderson (O Lucky Man) or Stanley Kubrick (Clockwork Orange). In fact, the ever-splendid Peter O'Toole gives a chilling, scary performance as Tiberius Caesar, Caligula's grandfather. His dying emperor reminds me of Willem Dafoe's character in David Lynch's Wild at Heart, very dangerous and very insane. Tiberius, like all the historical individuals in most films about Rome, is completely bogus here, but O'Toole falls into the spirit of the cartoony nature of this flick and has a grand old time going WAY over the top as he would love to have done in every movie he's made. He is at his best in these kinds of roles, see The Ruling Class and The Lion in Winter.

The English are nothing if not mercenary in a very practical sense, so the producers of Caligula were able to entice the great John Gielgud to give them one of his programmed performances for a, no doubt, very high fee for 10 minutes of film time.
And I expect he enjoyed all the naked people running around in his scenes on the isle of Capri. Good work if you can get it.

The historic person, Gaius Caligula, was a huge man according to the historians, who was hairy, bald and brawny. We have quite a different impression of this man stemming from the really off-base character in I Claudius, played by the otherwise great John Hurt, and this version here, played by a similarly wan and blonde, English, naughty choirboy type. Malcolm MacDowell has stated that he now knew what it was like to be a whore. Well, I expect he had a pretty good idea of that before this project, but having said that, he certainly seems to be enjoying himself enormously as this fantasy anti-hero, Caligula Caesar, who spends his days and nights fornicating with girls and fisting the boys.

Helen Mirren seems game for anything and it isn't all that surprising to see her flailing her enormous breasts about in priapic rituals in old Roma. Mirren was always a superb actress who has shown over the years how versatile and adventurous she is when choosing roles, and she does them all brilliantly. After Caligula was made she went on, years later, to star in Peter Greenaway's shocking, often disgusting film The Cook, the thief, his wife and her lover, finally making her way to Buckingham Palace as Queen Elizabeth II. An amazing career when you look at her curriculum vitae.

These four stars make for engaging viewing between orgies and atrocities, which are, in themselves, interesting to watch, if you have the stomach for it.

Caligula is a movie for people who appreciate the beauty of the human body and are not averse to seeing it on display in a wide array of positions and activities. The dialogue is not nauseatingly inane because Guccione opted to concentrate on the sex stuff so few words were needed to add on to Vidal's work. What a con! The man was a genius.

The film is made slightly cheesy, in an appropriate manner for a porn flick, by the use of 'classical' music by Aram Khachaturian and Serge Prokofiev, recorded in Mantovani-like ffffFrequency sound; lots of swooning violins in an indoor pool environment, sort of thing, alternating with blaring Ben Hur-like brass fanfares and bombast.

The sets, as I stated, are first class, no expense was spared on the production and is in many ways beautiful to behold.
Guccione was the Preminger porn kings.

You've been warned, but for those of you still interested, get it.

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René Cruz Talamantes

Calígula Sin Censura, mejor que nunca

Reviewed in Mexico on December 11, 2023

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Calígula es conocida por ser una versión elaborada del mítico gobernador de Roma con mucho contenido elevado y sin duda lo entrega con honores.
El DVD llegó en excelentes condiciones y rápido. Incluye subtítulos en español para poder disfrutar sin censura su adaptación estrella.

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Nachtschatten

Film scandaleux, provocant, assez extrême, mais fabuleux en même temps

Reviewed in France on August 9, 2016

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Considéré comme l'un des films les plus scandaleux de l'histoire du septième art, Caligula (1979) est une œuvre qui s'inscrit dans la lignée des films choc des années 70 comme El Topo, La Grande bouffe, Portier de nuit, Salo et L'Empire des sens.

Visuellement stupéfiant, totalement baroque, continuellement traversé de passions érotiques interdites, de sadisme et de cruauté (le meurtre de Proculus est d'une rare sauvagerie), Caligula est à l'origine conçu comme un film sur l'orgie du pouvoir par son créateur Tinto Brass. Si ce dernier allait déjà loin dans la peinture des mœurs décadentes et de la folie du pouvoir dans Salon Kitty (1976), il va au bout des choses avec Caligula et transpose le cadre historique de la période nazie à l'Antiquité romaine, au Ier siècle après J.-C., avec le court et délirant règne de l'empereur Caligula (37-41). Rarement la folie d'un homme au pouvoir aura été montrée avec autant de crudité et de vérité : on pourrait presque résumer le film comme deux heures trente de caprices d'un enfant qui joue avec l'immense pouvoir qu'il détient entre ses mains et n'en fait qu'à sa tête.

Tinto Brass voyait son œuvre ainsi. Mais son Caligula est devenu un film sur le pouvoir de l'orgie. La raison en est simple : le producteur Bob Guccione, patron du magazine pornographique Penthouse, a rajouté plusieurs séquences de sexe explicite - dont la plus célèbre est la scène saphique entre Anneka di Lorenzo et Lori Wagner - qui ont modifié le long-métrage originel et ont allongé sa durée. Et ce malgré le refus de Tinto Brass de faire basculer le film dans la pornographique car il estimait que cela n'apportait rien à son histoire.

Quoiqu'il en soit, et même si il est difficile d'attribuer la paternité du film à tel ou tel personnage (outre Tinto Brass et Guccione, le scénariste Gore Vidal et le producteur Franco Rossellini ont également essayé de s'accaparer le film), Caligula est un film réussi, très maîtrisé malgré l'ajout de scènes non souhaitées par Brass, grandiose et halluciné. Il suffit de voir l'incroyable prestation de Malcolm McDowell, qui incarne l'empereur Caligula, pour s'en convaincre.

On l'aura compris, le contenu sexuel et sanglant de long-métrage hors norme en font un film à ne pas présenter à des mineurs. Une œuvre extrême sur bien des plans, mais fascinante en même temps.

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G. Feldwick

ART OR SMUT?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 29, 2011

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Having first seen this movie, in an extremely 'abridged' version in Sydney about 1980, it fascinating to revisit it in it's 'complete' version. My understanding is that upon first release in Australia it was submitted for censorship classification on numerous occasions, and finally received a release after extensive cutting. It was, at the time, extreme, even in the cut version, as nothing quite like it had been seen. And after watching the fascinating documentary material which accompanies this release, Bob Guccione and others at Penthouse must have been rubbing their hands together, knowing that they had a hit on their hands, IF they could only get it out there!. Remember this was the very early days of VHS , and material such as this was not generally legitimately available.
I'm not about to comment on the content of the film, nor the historical accuracy, but the picture and sound presentation. But the Blu-ray DOES give a better view of the amazing sets, which must have cost a fortune.
It always fascinated me that in numerous interviews with the stellar cast in the following years, that they all, without exception, claimed that they did NOT know they were making a film with such explicit sex scenes. I was always sceptical, but watching the amazing Tinto Brass doco on the disc, it all falls into place. Watch it and see.
The Blu-Ray version comes up well, bearing in mind the limitations of the source material. There's something about film stock generally used in the 70's and 80's, its often not up to scrutiny, especially in the BD format, which is by its nature, very critical. We need to be cautious of Blu-Ray discs, especially from these years, as a number of releases have been VERY disappointing (AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON is a classic example - really poor). But CALIGULA is fine, not staggering, but an improvement on the DVD at least. But for the bonus material on the disc it's worth the purchase price. Also, the booklet and additional artwork add to the impact of the film, looking at the different ways the marketing was directed. The sound quality is overall pretty good, once again, not staggering, but OK. I always felt that this film was well supported by an exceptional choice of music - classics not least, and it still works very well.
Overall, if the film interests you, it's a good buy on BD, but not a great example of Blu-Ray at its best. But the support documentaries DO provide a very informative background to the film, it's turbulent history, with some of the true characters of the 20th Century - Gore Vidal, Tinto Brass, not to mention Bob Guccione (you've got to see the doco from the 70's with BC sitting there telling us it's all about the ART!!!). Priceless for this stuff alone.

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Davywavy2

A mediocre film, now with extra nudity.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 4, 2008

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It's a film which could only have happened in the 1970's; Bob Guccione, owner of Penthouse magazine and flush with wealth after riding the sexual license of the preceding decade set out to remake himself into an artist. He certainly succeeded in creating a film which maintains a reputation thirty years on (and how many do that?), but what reputation? And did he create art? Not a chance.
On paper, Caligula has a lot going for it; the sets and visual design are sumptuous and must have cost a fortune and the casting is a list of a-class thesps including John Gielgud, Maccolm MacDowell and Peter O'Toole. The only thing that lets it down is that it really isn't a very good film. Guccione brought everything he'd learned from making porn movies to a big budget production and it shows. The script is wooden and the dialogue leaden; instead of any sort of insight into what made Caligula into the deranged dictator he was we instead get scene upon scene of bacchanalian excess with occasional moments of plot - for example, the decision to murder Caligula is a couple of lines in the middle of a 20-minute orgy scene. The quality of the scripting is such that if a washing machine repairman appeared with a 'large tool' and offered to Druscilla to 'clear her pipes' I wouldn't have been overly surprised.
Needless to say, historical accuracy is jettisonned to make room for plot-vital extra shots of ladies in the altogether.
It's common knowledge that the a-listers on the cast didn't know what they were getting themselves into and were unaware that Guccione was sneaking back onto set at night with some porn actors to film some explicit sex scenes which were then edited into the film later - the Imperial edition is the first UK release with these scenes inserted (as it were) and they really don't add much. I suppose if you have a thing for 70's Romano-porn they could be for you but at the end of the day, Caligula is little better than a curiousity. It's that film that John Gieldgud and Peter O'Toole were tricked into appearing with a lot of willies; it's all very pretty with great sets, but you won't want to watch it more than once unless your tastes are quite specialised.

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metal maestro

Still highly shocking more than 40 years after it's release.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 19, 2021

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Bob Guccione and Tinto Brass's 1979 historical epic 'Caligula' has been described as the most controversial film of all time and this is no exaggeration. When originally submitted to the BBFC for a UK certificate, 8 minutes of footage had to be removed just to make it LEGAL. Available only in heavily edited form for more than a quarter of a century, the complete version was finally passed uncut in 2007.

The 156 min drama documents the rise, descent into madness and fall of Rome's most notorious emperor and features strong performances from acting heavyweights Malcolm McDowell (in the titular role), Helen Mirren, Peter O'Toole and John Gielgud. With lavish sets, authentic looking period costumes and excellent cinematography, the film is visually stunning, but all of this is overshadowed by the extreme and disturbing content.

'Caligula' contains numerous scenes of graphic sex, including hardcore inserts (not involving the lead actors), along with sequences of sadistic and perverted violence that make 'Game Of Thrones' look tame by comparison. I'm a big horror movie fan, but even I was shocked by some of the material in the movie, with the drunk soldier/wine scene and the murder of Proculus being prime examples.

While some scholars have stated that it is historically accurate, 'Caligula' is a depraved and highly unpleasant film that pushes the boundaries of the 18 certificate to their absolute limits. This 'Uncut Edition' is only recommended to adult fans of extreme cinema with the broadest of minds and the strongest of stomachs.

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