Caligula (1979) (The Imperial Edition)

[DetroitSportsFan]

Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

You have heard that this is a violent film. But who could have suspected how violent, and to what vile purpose, it really is? In this film, there are scenes depicting a man whose urinary tract is closed, and who has gallons of wine poured down his throat. His bursting stomach is punctured with a sword. There is a scene in which a man is emasculated, and his genitals thrown to dogs, who eagerly eat them on the screen. There are scenes of decapitation, evisceration, rape, bestiality, sadomasochism, necrophilia.

SOLD!

[doctorsteve]

Originally Posted by Blove23

I was thinking about adding "Caligula" to my collection.I just wanted to know everyone's thoughts on this movie.

Very disappointed that I bought it. I thought it was looked down on for it's over the top sexual content and alleged deviance. But it's crappy in Sooooooo many other ways.

Originally Posted by sfmarine

The movie is pretty bad. I'm selling my copy if anyone wants it lol

I'd like to as well, but as it pretty much qualifies as porn, I'm not sure how I'd go about it.

Originally Posted by Pondosinatra

Pretty sad attempt by Penthouse founder Guccione.

Agreed. Decadent for it's time probably... but *ugh*, I will be ditching this title if I can...

[demoni]

Originally Posted by DetroitSportsFan

SOLD!

HAHA, great! You gotta love trashy movies!

[Loris]

I have this film on blu, decent quality....for it's time, it was an amazing film..Still enjoying it..

[honeybunker]

The number one reason I bought the BD was for the copious bonus features. The commentaries are wonderful for fans of Malcom McDowell and Helen Mirren. If the disc had just the movie I might have passed on a purchase and rented instead.

[painted_klown]

I saw this movie sevral years ago when a friend of mine picked it up on dvd. I liked it then just because it's "all f-ed up!!!"

After all these years (and reading this thread) I am curious to go back and rewatch it now as my tastes have changed considerably since that time...I have a feeling it will not hold up well to my current ideas of what constitutes a good movie or not.

[sfmarine]

Crazy flim.

[Blove23]

Add it to the collection: This is one of the craziest and wildest movie ever made. I knew something was wrong when I saw Penthouse production and Malcolm McDowell in the film. Fasten your seat belts for the ride of a live time...

[OrlandoEastwood]

I bought this title on Blu-ray when I was in college. I am so happy that I watched it while my roommate was asleep. I HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS GETTING MYSELF INTO!!!

[Cortese]

I ordered the UK version, the PQ is supposed to be a nice improvement.

[AlexSing]

Originally Posted by Cortese

I ordered the UK version, the PQ is supposed to be a nice improvement.

I assume that has none of the hardcore in it though?

I'm just asking for, er, research purposes....

[sbeck201]

Originally Posted by AlexSing

I assume that has none of the hardcore in it though?

I'm just asking for, er, research purposes....

The UK version is the full unrated release, just use the FF button (or pause).

[swifty7]

I can't believe that somebody compared Caligula to Manos hand of fate. Ignore the naye sayers and judge the movie for yourselves. I don't know about anybody else but I liked Caligula very much.

[sfmarine]

The UK cover art is insane haha.

[Cortese]

Originally Posted by AlexSing

I assume that has none of the hardcore in it though?

I'm just asking for, er, research purposes....

Well, I thought the movie was hardcore enough!

Forgot this thread so it was a little late response

[#Darren]

This film is a depressing waste of great talent :-(

[billyearle]

Originally Posted by Cortese

I ordered the UK version, the PQ is supposed to be a nice improvement.

Over the US blu-ray, or over the DVD? It's surprising I can't find on the internet anywhere a comparison of bluray editions. I have the regular US "imperial edition" blu-ray, which looks fine considering the source, but would double dip if there is any version with slightly better PQ or especially interesting exclusive extras.

[mar3o]

Originally Posted by billyearle

Over the US blu-ray, or over the DVD? It's surprising I can't find on the internet anywhere a comparison of bluray editions. I have the regular US "imperial edition" blu-ray, which looks fine considering the source, but would double dip if there is any version with slightly better PQ or especially interesting exclusive extras.

Yeah, I would also like to hear some factual information comparing the US "Imperial" blu-ray to the UK Arrow "Blu" edition. I understand the the Arrow doesn't have the commentaries, correct? That alone makes it very unappealing to me, as I have read many great things about the commentaries.

I'm very interested in the extras, also - and I can't tell exactly if the US Imperial edition contains all the available extras. For instance, on this review of the UK DVD, here:

http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/...l_edition.html

It lists an extra called:

North American Bonus Footage (31:34)

The North American Bonus Footage is listed as separate from "Deleted & Alternate Scenes (48:08)" and "Behind the Scenes (79:37)", which both seem to be available on the US DVD and Blu-ray sets. The "North American Bonus Footage" apparently has the original audio, yet I can't find that extra listed anywhere for the US Imperial Edition blu-ray set or DVD set. Was this only available on the UK DVD and Blu-ray set?

That region 2 DVD that the above link reviews also lists the commentaries, and the Arrow Blu-ray doesn't have the commentaries, right? So it looks like some extras are missing from the blu-ray maybe? Can anyone chime in?

EDIT: From what I can tell by what I've been able to find out, both the US Imperial DVD and Blu-ray releases have the "Deleted and alternate Scenes" and "Behind the Scenes Footage", but missing the "North American Bonus Footage" found on the UK DVD and Blu-ray set. Can anyone confirm this? How can it be called "North American Bonus Footage" if it doesn't even appear on the US sets?

[billyearle]

OK, I broke down and ordered the UK slipcase version, since, like you, I couldn't find any solid info on differences, apart from that the US version also includes the "cencored" version with the commentaries. When it arrives I will either post here, or a comparative review on the UK Limited Edition item page here (I already have the US version).
That's interesting to hear the UK might have deleted scenes with original audio. BTW, I couldn't play the DVD-rom extras, are they that great? I was curious to sample some of the original screenplay, but I think I can get an idea of it's nature from the other extras.

[mar3o]

Originally Posted by billyearle

OK, I broke down and ordered the UK slipcase version, since, like you, I couldn't find any solid info on differences, apart from that the US version also includes the "cencored" version with the commentaries. When it arrives I will either post here, or a comparative review on the UK Limited Edition item page here (I already have the US version).
That's interesting to hear the UK might have deleted scenes with original audio. BTW, I couldn't play the DVD-rom extras, are they that great? I was curious to sample some of the original screenplay, but I think I can get an idea of it's nature from the other extras.

Cool! I look forward to hearing your thoughts on the UK version. I'm very interested in the additional scenes that don't seem to be in the US version.

Not sure yet about the extras. I've read some reviews that state one of the extras is a .pdf scan of the full Penthouse issues that discusses the film, yet other sites say there are only the relevant articles that are scanned. Vey confusing.