Talk:Caligula

I thought the movie was in the late 60s and ruined Roddy McDowells career? What am I missing here?

nope. Entry is right. Malcolm, as in Clockwork Orange, not Roddy-the-childstar.

even worse -- about three- five years before I started Grad school, my future adviser was asked to testify as an expert witness as to the historical value! JHK

I am quite sure about the year. I was in college at the time. The movie was shown in the theatre in the college town. Many of my friends walked out of the theatre in the middle of it because it was gross. I sat through it just to see why it was so controversal. I heard it cost $15M to make, which was big budget for the time.

Thanks.

==== This is confusing. The 1979 (per IMDB - not 1980) movie "Caligula" starring Malcolm MacDowell was not based on the Camus play but on the Gore Vidal novel. Camus's play was the basis for the 1996 Hungarian movie, and the 2001 made for TV version. Eclecticology

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What was the outcome of the court case mentioned above? Who sued whom? AxelBoldt

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Comment about "the hard-core XXX rating" removed, as there is no such movie rating in the MPAA system.