In the late 1970s, Penthouse magazine publisher Bob Guccione had a dream similar to that of Burt Reynolds’ Jack Horner in “Boogie Nights“: He wanted to produce a pornographic feature film that was ...
The 1979 version of “Caligula” was notorious upon its initial release. An X-rated spectacle featuring a cast of name actors — Malcolm McDowell, Helen Mirren, Peter O’Toole and Sir John Gielgud among ...
With the belief that a masterpiece lurks within the mangled original 1980 release, Thomas Negovan has patched together a new version (with less skin) from the Penthouse archive. By Elisabeth ...
In “Caligula: The Ultimate Cut,” absolute power corrupts absolutely, but even using absolutely all of the footage shot for the notorious production back in 1976 does not necessarily result in a better ...
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"Caligula: The Ultimate Cut" restores and reconstructs the notorious pornographic epic to find the artistry beneath the surface. But it still contains wall-to-wall nudity and carnage. The resulting ...
An even longer cut overseen by Thomas Negovan restores scenes once scrapped in favor of pornographic material, but fails to repair the foundational folly of Bob Guccione's debauched Roman epic.