Caligula
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"Digitally remastered & fully restored"--DVD container.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1979.
"Musical excerpts from work by Aram Khachaturian and Sergei Prokofiev."
Writer Gore Vidal and director Giovanni Tinto Brass both took their names off the credits after the completion of the film. The credits are: "adapted from an original screenplay by Gore Vidal" and "principal photography by Tinto Brass." Additional pornographic scenes were helmed by Guccione himself.
Malcolm McDowell (Caligula), Teresa Ann Savoy (Julia Drusilla), Helen Mirren (Caesonia), Peter O'Toole (Emperor Tiberius Caesar), John Steiner (Longinus), Guido Mannari (Macro), Paolo Bonacelli (Chaerea), Leopoldo Trieste (Charicles), Giancarlo Badessi (Claudius), Mirella D'Angelo (Livia), Anneka Di Lorenzo (Messalina), Lori Wagner (Agrippina), Adriana Asti (Ennia), John Gielgud (Nerva), Bruno Brive (Gemellus), Rick Parets (Mnester), Paula Mitchell (Subura Singer), Osiride Peverello (Giant), Donato Placido (Proculus).
"Caligula may very well be the most controversial film in history ... the epic story of Rome's mad Emperor. All the details of his cruel, bizarre reign are revealed right here: His marriage to Rome's most infamous prostitute, his fiendishly inventive means of disposing those who would oppose him, and more. Not for the squeamish, not for the prudish"--Container.
DVD presented in its 1:85:1 theatrical aspect ratio.
Contents: Spartak. -- Romeo i Dzhul{u2032}etta (Ballet).
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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Penthouse Video, [1999]
Year Published: 1999
Description: 1 videodisc (156 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: DVD
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Brass, Tinto.
McDowell, Malcolm, 1943-
Savoy, Teresa Ann, 1955-
O'Toole, Peter, 1932-
Gielgud, John, 1904-2000.
Mirren, Helen.
Steiner, John.
Guccione, Bob, 1930-
Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012.
Khachaturi͡an, Aram Il{u2032}ich, 1903-1978.
Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953.
Penthouse Films International.
Penthouse Video (Firm)
SUBJECTS
Caligula, -- Emperor of Rome, -- 12-41 -- Drama.
Tiberius, -- Emperor of Rome, -- 42 B.C.-37 A.D. -- Drama.
Messalina, Valeria, -- d. 48 -- Drama.
Agrippina, -- Minor, -- 15-59 -- Drama.
Feature films.
Historical films.
Emperors -- Rome -- Drama.
Dictators -- Rome -- Drama.
Consanguinity -- Drama.
Sexual deviation -- Drama.