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Caligula
- Director: Tinto Brass; Bob Guccione
- Writer: Gore Vidal; Bob Guccione
- Producer: Bob Guccione; Franco Rossellini
CGiii Comment
Fantastically bad with a fantastic cast - all duped into making this - aaah money talks.
The Vidal script...lest he never forget.
Worth watching for the unintentional comedy, the seriously bad acting - all inter-cut with porn.
It makes a mockery of the film industry and the pseudo-intellectual guff that surrounds it.
Very well done...in a bad way, obviously.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
The rise and fall of the notorious Roman Emperor Caligula, showing the violent methods that he employs to gain the throne, and the subsequent insanity of his reign - he gives his horse political office and humiliates and executes anyone who even slightly displeases him. He also sleeps with his sister, organises elaborate orgies and embarks on a fruitless invasion of Britain before meeting an appropriate end. There are various versions of the film, ranging from the heavily truncated 90-minute version to the legendary 160-minute hardcore version which leaves nothing to the imagination (though the hardcore scenes were inserted later and do not involve the main cast members).
Cast & Characters
Malcolm McDowell as Caligula;
Teresa Ann Savoy as Drusilla;
Guido Mannari as Macro;
John Gielgud as Nerva;
Peter O'Toole as Tiberius;
Giancarlo Badessi as Claudius;
Bruno Brive as Gemellus;
Adriana Asti as Ennia;
Leopoldo Trieste as Charicles;
Paolo Bonacelli as Chaerea;
John Steiner as Longinus;
Mirella D'Angelo as Livia;
Helen Mirren as Caesonia;
Rick Parets as Mnester;
Paula Mitchell as Subura Singer