Caligula (film)

Caligula (Italian: Caligola) is a Italian-American biographical, historical and pornographic exploitation film from 1979, directed by Tinto Brass, with scenes that were added by Giancarlo Lui and Penthouse founder Bob Guccione's magazine. The film shows the life of the Roman Emperor Caligula. The scenario was written by Gore Vidal and was partly financed by the magazine Penthouse and produced by Guccione and Franco Rossellini. The film has Malcolm McDowell, John Gielgud, Peter O'Toole and Helen Mirren in the lead roles. Caligula got negative criticisms, but became quite popular on video and dvd.



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[hide] *1 Story  ==Story[ Edit] == ''Because of the different versions out there of this film in circulation are the plot synopsis can differ from what is written below. This is the integral film:''
 * 2 Cast
 * 3 background history
 * 4 Edition, receipt and status
 * 5 external link

Caligula (Malcolm McDowell), the young heir to the throne of the Emperor Tiberius by syphilis halfgekke (Peter O'Toole), see a black bird fly in his room and thinks it's a bad omen. Shortly thereafter appears the head of the Praetorian guard Macro (Guido Mannari) to Caligula to tell that Tiberius has asked him to get straight to the island of Caprito go. Tiberius is staying here for several years together with his close friend Nerva (John Gielgud), Claudius (Giancaro Badessi), a not very brainy Caligula's younger stepbrother family member and Gemellus (Bruno Brive), which Tiberius ' eye is. From fear to be killed not to leave, but his sister dares Caligula Drusilla (Teresa Ann Savoy) convinces him to go anyway.

Arrived In Capri, Caligula finds that Tiberius has become an old insane man who amuses with decadent pursuits of Roman politics. Caligula observes all these bizarre scenes with fascination and horror. However, the tension when Tiberius jokingly tries to poison Caligula in Gemellus ' presence. Nerva commits suicide after this because he does not go with the prospect that Caligula ever will come to power. Then get a heart attack, which Tiberius and Caligula to Tiberius to kill Macro. Macro strangles Tiberius with a scarf, but it appears to have seen everything Gemellus.

Caligula is now the new emperor and his sister Drusilla calls out to his wife. This leads to disgust in the Roman Senate. Afterwards to kill Drusilla convinces Caligula to Macro. There is prepared a show trial in which Gemellus is forced to declare that Macro single-handedly murdered Tiberius. Macro is hereinafter referred to as Tiberius ' and Caligula murdered appoints ex-Advisor Longinus (John Steiner) as his right hand and calls senator Chaerea (Paolo Bonacelli) to become new head of the Praetorian guard. Drusilla is trying to find a woman for Caligula, but he just want to marry with her. However, when she refuses, he marries with the courtesan Caesonia (Helen Mirren), albeit only after she has given birth to a son.

Caligula is soon a popular but eccentric ruler who enter tax cuts and abolishing all dictatorial measures of Tiberius. Gradually also comes his dark side up. Caligula raped a bride and groom on their wedding day out of jealousy and let to get a comment from Drusilla Gemellus executed. After Caligula suffered from fever, but Drusilla know him through nursing again to heal. After that, however, they themselves get sick and deceased after Caligula observes a black bird again. Caligula Gets a nervous breakdown and depressed he goes dressed as Wanderer, he is picked up and staying on the streets. briefly in the prison. After his release he decides to humiliate the Senate as much as possible, including by the women of the Senators to oblige prostitutes to be, properties for confiscation, to abolish the ancient religion and an absurd war against Great Britain to start.This brings the Senators to plan an assassination of Caligula, encouraged by Longinus and Chaera.

After Caligula observes a black bird for the third time, he is killed along with his family the next day. Claudius is to new emperor was proclaimed. ==Division Of Roles[ Edit] == ==Background History<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The film was originally intended as a historical drama based on a screenplay by Gore Vidal. For lack of sufficient financial resources Vidal contacted Bob Guccione, Penthousefounder and publisher of the journal, who was willing to cooperate if the film would be a grand spectacle with extra sex and nude scenes to promote to its sheet. Vidal and Franco Rossellini, the nephew of Roberto Rossellini, agreed and the project was launched. Tinto Brass was appointed Director and well-known actors such as Malcolm McDowell, Helen Mirren, John Gielgud and Peter O'Toole were employed. The film struggled from the start, however, with great difficulties and differences of opinion between the Director, producer and screenwriter.
 * Malcolm McDowell as Caligula
 * John Gielgud as Nerva (son of Marcus Cocceius Nerva)
 * Peter O'Toole as Tiberius
 * Helen Mirren as Caesonia
 * Teresa Ann Savoy as Drusilla
 * John Steiner as Longinus
 * Guido Mannari as Macro
 * Paolo Bonacelli as Cassius Chaerea
 * Leopoldo Trieste as Charicles
 * Giancarlo Badessi as Claudius
 * Mirella D'Angelo as Julia Livilla
 * Adriana Asti as Ennia
 * Bruno Brive as Tiberius Gemellus
 * Lori Wagner as Agrippina
 * Anneka Di Lorenzo as Messalina

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Vidal resigned and distanced himself from the project because it deviated too far from his scenario. Brass filmed so many scenes that budget problems arose. This fired Brass and Guccione took control over itself.Because some scenes were filmed, there were not yet fast extra scenes added, sometimes just as a buffer to connect two previously recorded scenes. Guccione also added many hardcore pornographic scenes. The end result was a chaotic film with a large number of continuity problems in the plot.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Both Brass and Vidal did criticism of the film and gave then Guccione a process so that Caligula Edition had to be postponed for a long time. It was finally decided that Vidals name at his own request of the credits and posters would be met. Anneka Di Lorenzo, actress who played Messalina, Guccione challenged later also for the Court because her reputation was tarnished because Guccione without her knowledge had added to the film pornographic scenes. ==Release, reception and status<span class="mw-editsection" len="350" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Eventually Caligula became in 1979, three years after the shooting had begun, released. The film was put to the sword and caused international controversy because of the sexual and violent content, including orgies,masturbation, cunnilingus, fellatio, fisting, cross-dressing, homosexuality, incest, rape, urination, zoophilia, castration and murder. There are several versions of the film in circulation, with the shorter versions have several offensive scenes censored.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">As video film Caligula grew thanks to its reputation from scandal to a cult film.