Caligula - The Ultimate Cut (Brass, 2023): Prince Charles Cinema, 2.15pm
This film also screens on August 11th, 14th and 15th. Details here.
Prince Charles Cinema introduction:
CALIGULA:
THE ULTIMATE CUT stars Malcolm McDowell (A CLOCKWORK ORANGE),
Academy-Award Winners Helen Mirren (THE QUEEN) and Sir John Gielgud
(ARTHUR), Peter O'Toole (LAWRENCE OFARABIA), Teresa Ann Savoy. The
original writer was Gore Vidal and the original director, Tinto
Brass, but both removed their names when their vision was severely
compromised. The original film was produced by Bob Guccione and
Franco Rossellini. With sumptuous set designs by two-time Oscar
winner Danilo Donati. Shadowed by the murder of his entire
family, the young, wary Caligula (Malcolm McDowell) eliminateshis
devious adoptive grandfather (Peter O'Toole) and seizes control of
the declining Roman Empire, descending into a spiral of depravity,
destruction, and madness. A treatise on the corrupting influence
ofpower, this extensive reconstruction reveals the complete
performances of McDowell and Helen Mirren,as the promiscuous
'Caesonia', from an unprecedented amount of never-before-seen
footage. Mirren’s role is greatly expanded from less than 20
minutes to almost an hour onscreen. McDowell and Mirren display a natural chemistry in this their
third teaming, having appeared together in the previously acclaimed
productions of O LUCKY MAN!, directed by Lindsay Anderson, and Harold
Pinter's THE COLLECTION, directed by Michael Apted, also starring
Alan Bates and Laurence Olivier.
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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