Caligula
Project Details
Synopsis: Before Rome. Before Gladiator. The most controversial film of all time as you've never experienced it before! Combining lavish spectacle and top award-winning stars, this landmark production will startle and amaze you like no other film ever made! From the moment he ascends to the throne as Emperor, CALIGULA enforces a reign like no other as power and corruption transform him into a deranged beast whose deeds still live on as some of the most depraved in history.

Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Helen Mirren, John Gielgud, Peter O'Toole, Adriana Asti, John Steiner, Leopoldo Trieste, Mirella D'Angelo, Teresa Ann Savoy

Director(s): Bob Guccione, Tinto Brass

Language: English

Genre(s): Drama, Foreign, Mature, Feature Film, Ancient Rome, Erotica, History/Events, Italy

Caligula (Imperial Edition) (DVD)
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MSRP: $39.99
Release Date: 10/2/2007
Catalog #: ID8757GMDVD  
Rating: Un-Rated Rating Reason: N/A
Color Format: Color Run Time: 156 mins Audio Format: Dolby Digital 5.0
Aspect Ratio: Other 16x9: YES Number of Disc: 3
Language: English Closed Captioned: NO Subtitles: N/A
Country of Origin: Italy, United States of America
Special Features:
  • Audio Commentaries with Malcom McDowell & Helen Mirren
  • The Making of Caligula-Documentary
  • The Making of Caligula-Featurette
  • My Roman Holiday with John Steiner
  • Caligula's Pet: A Conversation with Lori Wagner
  • Tinto Brass: The Orgy of Power
  • Pets Arrive in Rome
  • Set Construction, Painting & Props
  • Extras Make-Up
  • John Gielgud in Make-Up
  • Caligula's Arrival in Capri
  • Creating Tiberius' Grotto
  • Too Much Wine
  • Preparing Macro's Execution
  • Tinto Brass Directing
  • Isis Pool Rehearsals
  • Isis Pool Filming
  • Preparing the Wedding Banquet
  • The Wedding Rape
  • Caesonia's Dance Instructor
  • Filming the Bordello Ship
  • Still Galleries
  • DVD-Rom Features
  • Audio Commentary with On-Set Writer Ernest Volkman
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    Reviews:
    "Sumptuous... Ultra-raunchy... Instructive and hilarious!" — Richard Corliss, Time Magazine

    "The commentaries by Malcolm McDowell and Helen Mirren are worth the disc by themselves!" — Ain't It Cool News

    "One of the most thorough and complete DVD packages ever... stands as one of the best digital revisits of the last ten years!" — DVD Talk

    "Long live the Imperial Edition ... 5 Stars ... Truly fascinating!" — Monsters and Critics

    "This exhaustive release is a testament to the film's creators and its own twisted legacy, making it a must for any serious film connoisseur!" — DVD Drive-In

    "Pretty much what HBO's Rome series wanted to be... a dramatic improvement over the version released on disc in 2000!" — Detroit Free Press

    "As overindulgent as the film it presents... Will never cease to fascinate!" — DVD Verdict

    "If you saw HBO's steamy and violent Rome, maybe you're finally ready for the infamous Caligula... a bizarre spectacle like no other... great fun to watch [and] amusingly candid!" — Seattle Times

    "Bizarre fun... strangely fascinating... And the movie has been remastered into what can only be called startling clarity!" — Akron Beacon