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DVD 1979

Tormented by the murder of his family, the young, wary Caligula (Malcolm McDowell) eliminates his devious adoptive grandfather Tiberius (Peter O'Toole) and seizes control of the declining Roman Empire as it descends into a spiral of depravity, destruction and madness.

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Description:

1 videodisc (178 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
polychrome
digital
optical
surround
Dolby Digital 5.1
wide screen
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: R

Other Title:

Also known as: Caligola
Caligola (Motion picture : 1979) [DVD]

Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1979
Title from container
Director of photography, Silvano Ippoliti ; art director, Danilo Donati ; film editor, Nino Baragli ; music, Paul Clemente
Malcolm McDowell, Teresa Ann Savoy, Helen Mirren, Peter O'Toole, John Steiner, Guido Mannari, Paolo Bonacelli, Leopoldo Trieste, Giancarlo Badessi, Mirella D'Angelo, Anneka Di Lorenzo, Lori Wagner, Adriana Asti, John Gielgud
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired
DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1
For private home use only
Audio track in English, with optional subtitles in French Canadian, captions in English

Control Number:

3343696

UPC:

778854241190

Other Authors:

Asti, Adriana, 1933- actor
Badessi, Giancarlo, actor
Bonacelli, Paolo, 1939- actor
Brass, Tinto, film director
D'Angelo, Mirella, 1956- actor
Di Lorenzo, Anneka, actor
Gielgud, John, 1904-2000, actor
Guccione, Bob, film director
Lui, Giancarlo, 1930- film director
Mannari, Guido, actor
McDowell, Malcolm, 1943- actor
Mirren, Helen, actor
O'Toole, Peter, 1932-2013, actor
Rossellini, Franco, actor
Savoy, Teresa Ann, 1955-2017 actor
Steiner, John, 1941-2022, actor
Trieste, Leopoldo, 1917-2003, actor
Unobstructed View, distributor
Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012, screenwriter
Wagner, Lori, actor

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