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Caligula AKA Io Caligola AKA Caligula, My Son (Blu-ray 4K) (1979)
What would you have done if you had been given absolute power of life and death over everybody else in the whole world?Director: Tinto Brass (principal photography), Bob Guccione & Giancarlo Lui (additional scenes), Thomas Negovan ("Ultimate Cut")
Year of Copyright: 1979
Year of Production: 1976
OVERALL: Blu-ray ALL-
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Extras:DISC ONE (Blu-ray 4K)
* The Film (The Ultimate Cut) (177:54) [2160p]
Audio Commentary with Heather Drain (2024)
"Caligula: The Rise, Fall & Resurrection" 2024 Video Essay by Jarret Gahan (26:01)
"Thomas Negovan and Aaron Shaps Discuss Caligula: The Ultimate Cut" 2024 interview (62:55)
"Caligula at Cannes - Thomas Negovan" 2024 interview (58:19)
"The Ultimate Cut" Trailer (1:42)
DISC TWO (Blu-ray)
* The Film (The Ultimate Cut) (178:03) [1080p]
Audio Commentary with Heather Drain (2024)
DISC THREE (Blu-ray)
* The Film (Unrated Uncensored Cut) (155:56) [1080p]
"Caligula's Pet: A Conversation with Lori Wagner" 2007 interview (28:21)
"Tinto Brass: The Orgy of Power" 2007 interview (34:29)
"My Roman Holiday with John Steiner" 2007 interview (24:24)
DISC FOUR (Blu-ray)
* The Film (The Pre-release Cut) (153:01) [1080p]
* The Film (The Australian Cut) (101:50) [1080i60 upscaled]
* The Film ("Io, Caligula" The Italian Cut) (125:26) [1080p]
Audio commentary with actor Malcolm McDowell, moderated by Nick Redman (pre-release cut)
Audio commentary with actress Helen Mirren, Alan Jones and James Alice Chaffin (pre-release cut)
Audio commentary with on-set writer Ernest Volkman (interviewed by Nathaniel Thompson) (pre-release cut)
"Caligula: The Rise, Fall & Resurrection" 2024 Video Essay by Jarret Gahan (26:03)
"Thomas Negovan and Aaron Shaps Discuss Caligula: The Ultimate Cut" 2024 interview (62:59)
"Caligula at Cannes - Thomas Negovan" 2024 interview (58:20)
Deleted Scenes (48:00)
BTS Footage (79:21)
"The Making of Gore Vidal's Caligula" 1981 documentary (61:50)
"The Making of Caligula" featurette (9:57)
Post-screening Q&A with Malcolm McDowell and Thomas Negovan at Fantastic Film Festival 2023 (18:58)
Q&A with Malcolm McDowell and Thomas Negovan at Fantastic Film Festival 2023 (8:33)
Stills Galleries (60:35)
Trailers for "The Ultimate Cut", US Theatrical Trailer, Teaser Trailer, R-Rated Release Trailer (5:40) -
Subtitles:The Ultimate Cut: English HoH
Unrated Uncensored Cut / Pre-release Cut / Australian Cut: None
Italian Cut: English (optional) -
Aspect Ratio:Multi Aspect Ratio
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Picture Format:HEVC
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HDR:HDR10, Dolby Vision
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Soundtrack(s):4K The Ultimate Cut:
English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo
Blu-ray The Ultimate Cut:
English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo
Unrated Uncensored Cut:
English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Pre-release Cut:
English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.0
Australian Cut:
English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
Italian Cut:
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:The Ultimate Cut is in 2.00:1.
The unrated uncensored cut, pre-release cut, and Italian cut are in 1.85:1.
The Australian cut is in 1.78:1.
Also available with a limited slipcover exclusively at the Umbrella Web Shop.
Also available in the Absolute Power Collector's Edition exclusively at the Umbrella Web Shop limited to 5000 copies which includes:
- A 248 page hardback bound book including a host of essays, interviews and artwork
- A 426 page page bound book with 2 Gore Vidal screenplays and the novelisation
- Partial re-print of May 1980 Penthouse Special Caligula Issue
- Custom artwork outer rigid slipcase by Will de Villiers
- Custom artwork design slipcover by Will de Villiers
- 8 poster cards
- 2 x A3 reversible posters featuring French Ultimate Cut, Australian Ultimate Cut, USA and Italian original posters
The initial release contained lossy Dolby Digital audio for the UHD disc. This has since been resolved and Umbrella Entertainment does have replacement program for corrected lossless audio of DTS-HD Master Audio. -
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OVERALL: Blu-ray ALL
Currently the only release we have specs for.
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CUTS:
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Blu-ray ALL The Ultimate Cut Australia- Umbrella Entertainment - No cuts. Includes 5 versions of the film:
- 2023 The Ultimate Cut (177:54)
- Unrated Uncensored Cut (155:56)
- The Pre-release Cut (153:01)
- The Australian Cut (101:50)
- "Io, Caligula" The Italian Cut (125:26)
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Blu-ray ALL The Ultimate Cut Australia- Umbrella Entertainment - No cuts. Includes 5 versions of the film:
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Comparison added by James-Masaki_Ryan on 19/10/24
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 19/10/24UPDATE LOG:
19/10/24: Initial entry.
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