Caligula

Caligola (1979)

Timing: 2:36 (156 min)

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Video 6

Photo 134

Actors and characters

Release date

1979-08-14

Country

Italy, United States

Production

Penthouse Films International, Felix Cinematorgrafica

Genre

Drama, History, Romance

Budget

$17 500 000

Revenue

$23 438 335

Website

https://drafthousefilms.com/caligula

Director

Tinto Brass

Actors

Malcolm McDowell, Teresa Ann Savoy, Helen Mirren, Peter O'Toole, John Steiner, Guido Mannari, Paolo Bonacelli, Leopoldo Trieste, Giancarlo Badessi, Mirella D'Angelo
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Scenario

Masolino D'Amico

Producer

Franco Rossellini, Bob Guccione, Jack H. Silverman

Operator

Silvano Ippoliti

Composer

Renzo Rossellini

Artist

Luigi Marchione, Mauro Tiberi, Carlo Rissone

Audition

Editing

Nino Baragli, Russell Lloyd, Enzo Micarelli
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• The Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy used dialogue from the film in their song 'Rise of the Tyrant' from their 2007 album of the same name: Caligula: I have existed from the morning of the world and I shall exist until the last star falls from the night. Although I have taken the form of Gaius Caligula, I am all men as I am no man and therefore I am a God. Claudius: All those who say aye, say aye. Caligula: Aye... Aye! Senators: Aye! Aye! Aye! Guard: He's a god now...
• It took about four years to make the film.
• The film was subsidized by the 'Penthouse' pornography empire, hence the scandalously indecent nature of some scenes, which led screenwriter Gore Vidal to remove his name from the credits, and moral crusaders (especially in the Vatican) called it 'repulsive, shameful trash'.
• Authentically pornographic scenes, featuring 6 minutes of real, unsimulated sex on screen, were personally filmed and edited into the film by Bob Guccione, the publisher of the magazine 'Penthouse,' which is recognized as pornographic in the United States. He did this without the knowledge of the film's main director, Tinto Brass, who had been removed from the film's production by that point.
• The film was subsidized by the pornographic empire “Penthouse,” hence the scandalously indecent nature of some scenes, which led screenwriter Gore Vidal to remove his name from the credits, while moral crusaders (especially in the Vatican) called it “repulsive, shameful trash.”
• Truly pornographic scenes, with real, unsimulated sex (totaling 6 minutes) on screen, were personally filmed and edited into the film by the producer, Bob Guccione, publisher of the magazine “Penthouse,” recognized as pornographic in the United States. He did this without the knowledge of the main director, Tinto Brass, who had been removed from the film's production at that point.