How can I watch the movie Caligula?

Is it streaming somewhere?

get a vpn and torrent it here

or watch it here

Yuk!

[quote]How can I watch the movie Caligula?

Most people use their eyes.

And that's "Sir, may I watch 'Caligula,' Sir?"

Looks like AIDS!!!

Thanks R3. Love the subtitles.

Its very interesting. It is two different movies spliced together in one hardcore mess.

Famously, John Gielgud said to Helen Mirren, as she was appearing topless:

[bold]Helen. Boobies, boobies, boobies![/bold]

as R8 said. I'd love to see it as it was originally filmed from Gore Vidal's Screenplay. I saw the original release with all the porn inserted and the real historical stuff cut out. I'm sure its a very different film. I once had the chance to talk to Peter O'toole before he died and couldn't help but ask him about this. He gave me that famous laugh! A memory I'll never forget.

I don't know, how CAN you?

I've heard it's a shitty movie. Why put yourself through that?

Hey was such a great man. I wish I had more time to spend with him. One of my life's regrets.

I love the commentaries on the film and its filming. Everyone admittedly signed on because of the big money, and of course the result was a hideous freak, like "Man with Two Heads," as R8 noted. It's just dull, despite the camp of failed promise and the incredible collection of talent that simply were wasted.

Not just wasted. More like a group of greats and near-greats paid and then realizing they were just to be hit with thick spray of hog shit and then set afire. You'd think THAT would make the viewing tremendous fun.

Or maybe chemicals would improve the experience of watching it.

Tiberius loved his little fishes

Peter O’Toole is FABULOUS.

There are lots of naked men in it, so there's that.

On another website about the film there's a quote by John Gielgud in which he reportedly said, "I've never seen so much cock in my life".

You're not going to see Peter getting it on with anyone.

Malcolm McDowell does some nudity.

I saw the movie a few years ago, I'm pretty sure it was on streaming, but damned if I can remember where! Youtube??? If so, was it PPV or something that was taken down after I saw it?

FYI it was unspeakably bad. And it made me never want to have sex again.

I know you can watch it on fmovies

For all the hype about the debauchery, it’s a boring film. We rented it when I was in college with great expectations for fun but terrible raunch, but it was mostly just terrible: flat and unengaging, even on a smut level.

It's deadly boring. There are a couple of graphic sex shots that are so fast you'll miss them if you blink. The rest of the movie drags on and on.

In the longer version there are several minutes of hardcore sex that Guccione edited in. You see one guy ("Lucky Fellows") with a big cock getting a blowjob and cumming. In another scene, two uncut cocks ejaculate cum into a bowl.

I’ve tried watching it twice in my lifetime and it was as others have said, intensely boring. Just a complete mess.

The version streaming at R3 has all these scenes. Yes it's boring, there is little character development and nothing really happens other than (nasty) sex and executions. But the sets are pretty good and some of the Italian extras are hot. The scenes where he turns on Macro are decent. And it's probably a realistic portrait of imperial Rome, at least when you believe Suetonius.

Does it still have the scene where the lesbians pee on each other while giggling?

[quote]Hey was such a great man. I wish I had more time to spend with him. One of my life's regrets.

Who -- Caligula? My, you ARE old, aren't you?

Watch Satyricon instead.

BBC's I, Claudius is amazing.

I want to see SIR JOHN GIELGUD get it on.

Gielgud was originally approached to play Tiberius but he chickened out and played a very asexual Nerva instead.

"Watch Satyricon instead."

You mean the Fellini version? I saw it back in the day, and it's also an incoherent mess. Not nearly as bad as "Caligula", but it isn't good.

I agree R32 - “Satyricon” is essentially Fellini’s “New York, New York.”

Malcolm McDowell said on Gilbert Gottfried's podcast he wanted to do a one-man show about the production of the film.

The hardcore shots were added when Guccione realized the movie was shit and he had to find a way to sell it.

Haven’t seen it in years. The disembowelment shocked me.

Guiccione? I remember my pervy dad and his friends couldn’t wait to see it.

I love the derision heaped upon poor OP for asking a simple question. DL, don’t ever stop being you!

Why derision, R38? I enjoy the conversation. And, yes, Fellini's Sartyricon is a mess and has not aged well either, R33.

[quote] BBC's I, Claudius is amazing.

Though not enough dick.

"I, Claudius" has BAFTA-winning performances by Sir Derek Jacobi and Dame Sian Phillips as Claudius and Livia. It was the forerunner of shows like "ROME", "The Borgias", "The Sopranos" and "Game of Thrones".

OK why does McDowell always play characters with paranoid schizophrenia? He was as cute as a button and manly af.

OToole was good in the film but the story from McDowell about how wasted o toole got for the disembowlment scene where he accidentally knocked the guy out .So exciting to see them performing together. Helen Mirren was used as a prop. I’m thinking that Gielgud was cool to be in it

There are a lot of size meat sightings available especially at the end of the film

[quote] OK why does McDowell always play characters with paranoid schizophrenia?

Have you seen his face?

OP? You must have better things to do. Believe me.

R41, I think Brian Blessed is awesome as Augustus too. He does not look the part (in conventional terms) but he is very convincing. Better than Roddy McDowall for sure.

R45, I agree. I think Brian Blessed's performance as Augustus is one of the highlights of his career. He won the New York Film Critic's Circle Award for it.

The scene where Augustus lines up his daughter's lovers in a row and interrogates them is great. ("Is there anyone in Rome who has not slept with my daughter?!").

His death scene is another highlight.

there is a totally new cut of Caligula coming this year. Uses all different takes and shots than the original. Also looks great when its cleaned up...

Awesome R47. How can they make a movie out of entirely different takes and shots? Did they have several cameras rolling simultaneously?

Oh honey, I saw that thing on its original release. I don't care what they do or find or re-edit....it's AWFUL.

Watch Sebastiane instead. It's a lot gayer.

I saw it decades ago on homo video or HBO or something. All I remember is that it was very weird how hardcore sex scenes were spliced in, and that none of it was very sexy or titillating. Just weird. Would not recommend. I concur with R44, you have better things to do.

*HOME video!

What is wrong with his skin in OP's pic?

r48 A young film historian spent a few years collecting everything there was to find in terms of different cuts, reels, the original director has done hundreds of interviews, then interviewed him some more, spoke with crew members and finally met with the new Penthouse CEO who wanted to help him--then they hit the motherlode--New Penthouse CEO found out about an old storage unit that the previous owner stopped payment on. They were days away from throwing it all out. The entire Caligula archive was found. All of the production books, hundreds of reels of film (some pristine, some degrading), etc. It's also easier and cheaper than ever to do color correction, remove scratches, add back damaged frames with AI. Same with sound. So this should look better than it ever did.

They also found edits from the original director's rough cut. When the guy who owned Penthouse fired the director, he hired a new editor and they started editing from scratch. So aside from the hardcore porn that was dropped in, the cut of the version we've previously seen wasn't anything like what the director intended. The new editor also bizarrely kept in weird camera zooms. they're kind of cool but distracting and were never intended to be put in the movie, they were resetting the shot (the cameraman was getting a wide shot, then zooming in for a closeup to be edited separately, and they kept the zoom)

Did Helen show her tits, ass and pussywillow in this?

[Quote] at least when you believe Suetonius

The original Robin Leach

R 54, thanks for these insights! I was always puzzled by these weird zooms. Can’t wait to see the new version. I think the sets and costumes were fabulous, love the use of red colors.

^R54

Who's this giving a horny BJ?

That fisting scene on the grooms wedding night by Caligula was startling.

He fisted some poor fool on his wedding night

Not just on his wedding night. At his wedding, in front of the guests.

Is that Liam Neeson that Mirren is munching on at R59? Or did she suck an extra?

No one has answered my question so I will take a guess and say the character had syphilis? Yea or nay?

Syphilis was not around in antiquity, R64. It’s a case of badly done bad makeup.

No, the makeup was meant to indicate syphilis, because nobody involved in the production could be arsed to look up the history of STDs.

Whose is that cock in Mirren's gob?!

Caligula is a surefire cure for sex addiction.

Well, now you sent me on a quest for knowledge.

Helen Mirren is barely in the film, blink and you will miss her

The non porn portion of the film are poorly lit and cheap looking. The pornography is very hardcore, not pg anything and defies all logic.

No one is gonna sit through two hours of a bad TV movie to see two minutes of porn even if it is very hardcore.