Caligula: The Ultimate Cut [Blu-ray]

This is awesome! If you like the original, you will LOVE this version. It's like they went back to 1976 and said, "Let's do this again". Lots of extended scenes, some new scenes, even the same scenes are shot with different angles, more actors, new dialogue. There are also many more scenes with Helen Mirren, who is so beautiful and awesome. Malcolm McDowell is just the best!

CALIGULAfilmed over a 2 year period back in the late 70's and released in cinemas in 1979originally 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 powerthe original concept was written by Gore Vidal and Directed by Tinto Brass whose known for Erotic Dramasand in between the writer and Director is Producer Bob Guccione who was somehow part of Penthouse magazineBob also Financed the whole filmDuring filming nearly all scenes were played out straight from the script by Gore Vidalthis is mentioned in Tinto brass's interview on the extrasso 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 1979During filming Producer Bob Guccione and Director Tinto brass had alot of Argumentscause Bob wanted some more sex scenes in the film but Tinto didn't want itso During editing, Bob Guccione went behind Tinto Brass's back and filmed some morevery explicit sex scenes between 2 penthouse models and other extras that were in the filmthe explicit sex scenes are equivelent to today's contemporary pornso you see everything in this film, even the Orgy scene is full onanyway these extra scenes were inserted back into Tinto brass's film before it was released to cinemasso you can imagine, there was lots of controversy, scandal and Lawsuits betweenBob Guccione, Tinto Brass and Gore Vidal when this film was released to the publicso there is 2 versions of this film the Unrated X rated cut of the filmthat has explicit sex scenes included, about 1 hour of extra sex and violence etcall the extra scenes that Bob Guccione Directed screwed up the film, screwed up the plot actuallyso the Unrated version does not make sense with the plot of the filmcause the extra scenes are just for showthe Unrated version goes for about 2 hrs 40minsThe 2nd version is the Alternate cut of the filmit's the version that has all of Bob Guccione's extra scenes cut out of the filmso the Alt version is Tinto brass's Theatrical cut i'm assumingcause i've never seen Tinto brass's Theatrical cut i've only seen the Unrated X rated versioni prefer the X rated version, it's about opinion, a person's perspective on the filmso you either like it, love it, or hate it that's it.back in 1979 films like Caligula were Unheard ofespecially when you got scenes of explicit sex in a General public filmyou've got the X rated or Tinto brass's Theatrical cut of the film, so you choose which version to watchBoth versions of Caligula are on this IMPERIAL EDITION blu-ray releaseDisc 1 has both versions and both versions have been given beautiful HD widescreen transfersin all new remixed 5.1 master audio surround soundDisc 1 also has has new Audio commentaries by Malcolm McDowall and Helen mirrenabout there experience with making the filmlots and lots of special features on Disc 2there is 2 making of Documentaries about CALIGULA, Vintage making of footage actually from 1977-78the first one is the uncut 2 hours of behind the scenes footage and interviewsthe 2nd is a featurette of the same Doco but shorterso take your pickthere is also brand new interviews with Tinto brass about 1 hour conversationabout the making of the film, He talks about the lawsuits with Bob Guccionehis relationship with writer Gore vidal, he talks about actors Malcolm McDowall, Helen mirrenfantastic interviewthere's a new 30mins interview with one of the Penthouse models from the film, Lori wagnershe talks about how she got involved in the film and her Lesbian sex scene filmed by Bob Guccione etcthere's also an interview with one of the Actors in the film John steinerthere's lots and lots of behind the scenes Photosand the list Goes onfor some reason Malcolm McDowall & Helen Mirren didn't want to do an interview for this blu-raybut instead they've done the Audio commentarythere is Vintage interviews of Malcolm & Helen from the Making of Doco anywayfor fans of this film definitely get this blu-ray version, Definitely worth the cashi gave it 5 stars for sure

Caligula was an interesting film no dought. So interesting that there was one thing I had to question about it. If Caligula was that nuts, then bravo to Malcom McDowell!WARNING POSSIBLE SPOILERSIt all starts out with Caligula (Played brillainty and not so brillainty by Malcom McDowell) lying under a tree with his lover, who actually happens to be his sister Drusilla (Played by the hot unknown Teresa Ann Savory). And a note to those who are offended by this, insest wasn't uncommon back then, the Egyptians did it too. But they didn't know back then that when a brother got a sister pregnant that the baby would be deformed. But back to the movie. Drusilla is married to a fat guy, and Caligula wants her all for himself. But the real trouble isn't the insest going on, it's the fact that the really perverted Tiberius (Played maginificanty by Peter O'Toole), Caligula's adoptive grandfather, is a tyrant. Caligula goes through certain stages that Tiberius tries to kill him.Then as the film goes on Tiberius is strangled by Macro. Later Caligula is crowned emperor of Rome! Later on he has Macro killed. Then he must find a wife, since Drusilla is already taken. He finds the most promiscuos woman in all of Rome, Caesonia (Played by the Oscar winning Helen Murrin). After he marries Caesonia he gets her pregnant, it turns out to be a girl rather then a boy, and not suprisingly he names her after the true love of his life, Drusilla!Now for the bad part, Caligula rapes a girl who he wanted to marry originally, talk about humiliation, and he puts his fist up her new husband's butt! How is that possible?! Later on he kills her husband and a bunch of sex slaves have sex with his dead body. Then later on Drusilla dies, and Caligula is crushed, no he didn't have sex with her dead body, he was kissing it, but that's it, they pretty much editied the infamous sex scene when Caligula has sex with his dead sister's body. Then things go from bad to worst. He starts pimping the senitor's wives, and everyone as we can tell isn't happy about Caligula. And for those prono lovers and haters, yes people were really that sluty back then, after all Rome was a promicuous sociaty.Then at the end of the movie, they kill Caligula and his wife and infant daughter. And to think that his daughter had to suffer for the sins of her father, what a shame!Well other then that there were some goofs with the movie.A. Some historical goofs, Caligula married his wife Caesonia only after Drusilla died in real life. Macro is rumored to have committed suicide, not been beheaded which leaves me to goof number B.B. When they beheaded Macro it wasn't your average ancient execution, no it was some kind of beheading machine which didn't exist at all back then! So that part was kind of stupid.C. When they smashed Caligula's daughter's head into the cement at the end, it appeared to me that her head was already smashed before it hit the ground, then again it could just be me.So while there is some truth to the film, it's all just Hollywood to me. On a positive note, excillent cast, costums, scenery and sex! The acting was ok, but not very great, Malcom McDowell should have gotten an acadamy award, however it seemed like he tried too hard to act like a villian. He was good at acting like a nut, but nobody sounds like a villian in real life. But if I had to chose watching this and watching Waterworld, it would defently be this film! It's the best flop ever!

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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Spanische Blu-ray mit ausschließlich englischem Ton in 5.1 und 2.0 Sound. Optionale spanische Untertitel. Achtung: kein deutscher Ton! Laufzeit: 172 Min.Bonus: Trailer und kleine, aber unspektakuläre Bildergalerie. 32 seitiges Booklet mit Informationen zur Entstehung des Ultimate Cut in spanischer Sprache.Besonderheiten gegenüber der Originalfassung: Deutliche Entschärfung bis komplette Entfernung der Sex- und Tabubruch-Szenen, komplett neue Takes, neuer Vorspann, Original Dialogaufnahmen (kein Looping), einige neue Szenen und Szenenverlängerungen, neue Filmmusik.Diese neue Schnittfassung des Films ist für alle, welche die unzensierte Kinofassung von 1979/1980 kennen und nicht nur wegen ihrer "skandalösen" Szenen mögen, eine lohnenswerte Alternativversion von"Caligula". Man bekommt einen völlig neuen Film zu sehen, der aus gänzlich anderen Takes und einigen bis dahin unbekannten Szenen montiert. Man sieht deutlicher, welch ein irrer Aufwand bei den Studiokulissen betrieben wurde und wie grandios die Leistung der Schauspieler ist. Und hier liegt auch der deutliche Unterschied zur Orginalversion: keine Hardcore Sex-Szenen, weniger provokante Tabubrüche, dafür echte Film- und Schauspielkunst, die sich nicht in der Schmuddelecke zu verstecken braucht. Helen Mirren hat hier übrigens deutlich mehr Screen Time. Freilich sollte man keine modernisierte, auf Hèktik getrimmte Version erwarten. Der Ultimate Cut ist ein dialoglastiges Drama geblieben, das einem Mainstream-Publikum von heute viel zu zähflüssig vorkommen wird. Der Film ist wie ein aufwändig inszeniertes Theaterstück für die große Leinwand zu sehen. Was mir persönlich an der neuen Fassung aber nicht gefällt ist die Musik, die, wie seit Jahren üblich, eher belangloses Synthesizèr-Sounddesign ist. Da ist Bruno Nicolais (Pseudonym: Paul Clemente) orchestrale Arbeit für die alte Version weitaus besser, was deŕ Cue "Isis Pool" für die Untermalung der lesbischen Isis-Orgie in Drusillas Haus beispielhaft zeigt. Auch der neue Main Title-Vorspann, ein CGI-animierter Alptraum Caligulss, wirkt stilistisch einfach deplatziert. Da war das Original mit der Münze doch besser. Ich freue mich jedenfalls, dass es den Ultimate Cut von "Caligula" 44 Jahre nach der Kinopremiere der Originalversion gibt, auch wenn es sich dabei nicht um Tinto Brass' Version handelt. ,"The Ultimate Cut " stellt eine lohnenswerte Ergänzung zur alten Fassung dar, auch aufgrund der neuen Szenen. Nicht zuletzt gibt er den Schauspielern, von denen mittlerweile schon viele gestorben sind, ihre Würde zurück. Der Ultimate Cut ersetzt die unzensierte Version jedoch nicht. Um es mit Tiberius' Worten zu sagen: "One needs both. For health."

Ottimo