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Absolute power corrupts

Caligula (1979)

August 14, 19792h 36mIT
6.0

972 votes

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Overview

After the death of the paranoid emperor Tiberius, Caligula, his heir, seizes power and plunges the empire into a bloody spiral of madness and depravity.

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Status

Released

Original Language

Italian

Budget

$17.5M

Revenue

$23.4M

Production Companies

Penthouse Films InternationalFelix Cinematografica

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talisencrw

8.0

Land sakes!!! They don't make films like this anymore...and that's a dirty rotten shame! =)

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Arrrrrrrach

9.0

Walk through a Bosch painting and marvel at the excesses and debauchery. Critics don't take this seriously because a porn producer snipped it up and inserted his own scenes. It is what it is. A near masterpiece.

adorablepanic

4.0

A distinguished international cast; a screenplay by Gore Vidal; respected, award-winning talent behind the scenes; and millions of dollars at its disposal. What could possibly go wrong? Where would you like to start? CALIGULA (1979) had so much potential. I'd like to think that there's another universe where Vidal's much darker original script was given over to, say, Stanley Kubrick. That world now has a SPARTACUS (1960) for the post-porn age. Instead, we have something closer to CENTURIANS OF ROME (1981) with only slightly less cocaine. Producer Bob Guccione could have made a case for the big…

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