Caligula: The Imperial 4 Disc Edition Full Uncensored version

[boyblue]

I like it too - it's a mess but a glorious one.



Does anyone know in which ways this new UK release differs from the recent US release. I've bought both and even i don't think it's THAT good, lol.

[batman]

UK DVD specs (from DVD Times):



The Imperial Edition is a four-disc set that features three separate versions of the film including the complete, fully uncut and uncensored version that sealed this demented film's reputation as one of the most controversial in cinema history.



Due to many varied censorship issues and legal problems, over the years since its completion Caligula has emerged in several different versions. The four-disc Caligula: The Imperial Edition includes the three most widely known of these – the full, Uncut Version (2 hours 36 minutes), the UK Theatrical Version (1 hour 42 minutes) and the Alternative Version (2 hours 33 minutes), the latter replacing most of the more sexually explicit sequences with alternate scenes and alternate camera angles. The fourth disc of Extras features a variety of materials (documentaries, interviews, press notes, etc.) that provide a comprehensive background on the history and the making of the film.



Caligula – The Uncut Version - 2 hours 36 minutes

Dolby Digital 5.0 Surround Sound and Dolby Digital 2.0 audio options



Caligula – The Theatrical Version – 1 hour 42 minutes

Trailers: Teaser, trailer & R-rated trailer

North American bonus footage

Behind the scenes footage



Caligula – The Alternative Version – 2 hours 33 minutes

Dolby Digital 5.0 Surround Sound and Dolby Digital 2.0 audio options

Deleted and alternate scenes

Audio commentaries by Malcolm McDowell, Helen Mirren and Ernest Volkman (Penthouse magazine's on-set writer and reporter)



Extras Disc

Making of Caligula documentary

Making of Caligula featurette

My Roman Holiday with John Steiner

Caligula's Pet: A Conversation with Lori Wagner

Tinto Brass: The Orgy Of Power

Stills galleries

Additional DVD-ROM content includes press kit notes; cast and crew biographies; script; novelization.

[dremble wedge]

Crikey...



BBC News - Caligula director Tinto Brass plans 'first 3D porn'



Caligula director Tinto Brass plans 'first 3D porn'



Caligula director Tinto Brass, has announced plans to make the world's first 3D pornographic film, according to the Hollywood Reporter.



Brass plans to "revisit an abandoned project about a Roman emperor that was ruined by Americans", suggesting that the film will be a remake of Caligula.



The 1979 film, starring Helen Mirren, was a collaboration between Brass and the Penthouse publisher Bob Guccione.



Critically panned, it also starred the late John Gielgud and Peter O'Toole.



US author Gore Vidal, who wrote the original script, was so keen to distance himself from the infamous film, that he took legal action and had his name removed from the project.



The film concerns the rise and fall of Roman Emperor Gaius Caesar Germanicus, better known as Caligula, played by British actor Malcolm McDowell.



Italian director Brass and Guccione reportedly fell out over the final cut, with Guccione secretly adding a number of explicit sexual scenes in post-production.



Guccione later defended his decision, saying he wanted the film to reflect the reality of pagan Rome.



Following uproar over the film's explicit violent and sexual content, an edited version was produced. Both versions are currently available on DVD.



Brass's 3D version, the first 3D film to be made in Italy, will begin shooting in May.

[billy bentley]

Does anyone know what is McDowell's opinion of these versions ?

[Steve Crook]

name='dremble wedge']Crikey...



BBC News - Caligula director Tinto Brass plans 'first 3D porn'



Caligula director Tinto Brass plans 'first 3D porn'

It's bad for your eyes



Steve

[Mark O]

name='Steve Crook']It's bad for your eyes



Steve

LOL!



Personally I can't think of anything more boring than watching a film where two people are having sex with eachother, I'm no prude, far from it, but on-screen copulation is just one big yawn.......

[batman]

name='Mark O']

Personally I can't think of anything more boring than watching a film where two people are having sex with each other

You'll be OK with Caligula then .... 'cos it's not just two people .... there's loads of people having sex with loads of other people .... often at the same time!