Caligula: The Ultimate Cut
- 2023
- 2h 58m
Follows Caligula as he kills his devious adoptive grandfather and takes control of the decadent Roman Empire, spiralling into depravity, devastation, and madness.Follows Caligula as he kills his devious adoptive grandfather and takes control of the decadent Roman Empire, spiralling into depravity, devastation, and madness.Follows Caligula as he kills his devious adoptive grandfather and takes control of the decadent Roman Empire, spiralling into depravity, devastation, and madness.
Malcolm McDowell
- Caligula
- (archive footage)
Helen Mirren
- Caesonia
- (archive footage)
Teresa Ann Savoy
- Drusilla
- (archive footage)
Peter O'Toole
- Tiberius
- (archive footage)
John Gielgud
- Nerva
- (archive footage)
Guido Mannari
- Macro
- (archive footage)
Giancarlo Badessi
- Claudius
- (archive footage)
Bruno Brive
- Gemellus
- (archive footage)
Adriana Asti
- Ennia
- (archive footage)
Leopoldo Trieste
- Charicles
- (archive footage)
Paolo Bonacelli
- Chaerea
- (archive footage)
John Steiner
- Longinus
- (archive footage)
Mirella D'Angelo
- Livia
- (archive footage)
Donato Placido
- Proculus
- (archive footage)
Osiride Pevarello
- Giant
- (archive footage)
John Francis Lane
- Major Domo
- (archive footage)
Eduardo Bergara Leumann
- Bergarius
- (archive footage)
Andrew Lord Miller
- Senator Acesius
- (archive footage)
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- TriviaThe film is a complete re-imagination of Caligula (1979), based on 96 hours of never-before-seen footage recovered many years after its release. Under the supervision of historian Thomas Negovan, an "Ultimate Cut" of the film was created. Instead of expanding existing scenes with the new footage, the entire film was edited from scratch, which resulted in a version that doesn't contain a single frame from the theatrical version. Visual effects were used to enhance scenes and replace cheap sets and backgrounds, and AI technology was used to restore previously unusable dialogue that was plagued with background noises. A new music score was composed as well, in contrast to the public domain ballet music. A limited theatrical release was planned in late 2020, but it was delayed due to legal difficulties, distribution issues and the Covid-19 pandemic. This version eventually premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2023, with high remarks by actors Malcolm McDowell (who previously had been ashamed by the film) and Dame Helen Mirren.
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As a huge caligula fan i own all there is to own about my fav roman emperor and so when i heard there is a new extended edition of the beloved 1979 film with around 20 or so new footage scenes i was excited and i immediately bought the new spanish blu ray release.
Sadly things did not went well with this.
This cut has a lot of flaws. In fact all went wrong if u exclude some new deleted scenes.
Those deleted scenes were the only worthy part of the film.
U get to see how caligula orders other people to worship his own statues which replaced those of the gods. This scene was great and there are a few more but the good things end here.
Unfortunately this is NOT the original take of the film and everything was changed.
What i mean is even the voices the way the actors performed was different than the theatrical version and that was not good.
More important the divine music which made the original film so much better was not here.
The music used here was boring and added nothing to the film.
I was tired watching this.
I will only keep this cut cause of the new footage and that's that.
I'm very disappointed of this new extended cut.
So i advise you to stick to the imperial edition of the film and the original 155 minutes long version.
Sadly things did not went well with this.
This cut has a lot of flaws. In fact all went wrong if u exclude some new deleted scenes.
Those deleted scenes were the only worthy part of the film.
U get to see how caligula orders other people to worship his own statues which replaced those of the gods. This scene was great and there are a few more but the good things end here.
Unfortunately this is NOT the original take of the film and everything was changed.
What i mean is even the voices the way the actors performed was different than the theatrical version and that was not good.
More important the divine music which made the original film so much better was not here.
The music used here was boring and added nothing to the film.
I was tired watching this.
I will only keep this cut cause of the new footage and that's that.
I'm very disappointed of this new extended cut.
So i advise you to stick to the imperial edition of the film and the original 155 minutes long version.
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $76,031
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $30,815
- Aug 18, 2024
- Gross worldwide
- $91,202
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