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{{quote|''"What shall it profit a man if he should gain the whole world and lose his own soul?"''|'''[[The Bible|Mark 8:36]]''', [[As the Good Book Says...|quoted at the film's beginning.]]}}
'''''Caligula''''' is a 1979 Italian-American [[Porn with Plot|erotic]] historical drama film focusing on the rise and fall of the Roman Emperor [[Emperor Caligula|Caligula]]. It stars [[Malcolm McDowell]], Teresa Ann Savoy, Helen Mirren, [[Peter O'Toole]], John Steiner and John Gielgud. It is the only feature film produced by the men's magazine Penthouse.
It became very controversial for its violent and sexual content and had all sorts of legal issues at the time. The film is [[Vindicated by History|now seen]] as a [[Cult Classic]].
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For the [[Troubled Production|troubled]] development history, see [[Caligula/Development History|here]].
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* [[Advancing Wall of Doom]]: The head chopping machine is a diabolically crafted work of art.
* [[A God Am I]]: "''Aye!''" "''Aye!''" "''Baaaah!''" "''Baaaah!''"▼
* [[All There in the Manual]]: According to the production notes, two of the characters played by Penthouse Pets were supposed to be Messalina (who would go onto marry Claudius) and Agrippina (mother of Nero).
* [[Aluminum Christmas Trees]]: The scene where Tiberius refers to the sex slaves in his bath as his "little fishies". Most viewers would think it's just another one of those over the top sexploitation scenes put in to shock audiences. In actual fact most historians will tell you he did have something like that, and they where mostly little boys. So this is one case where the movie actually ''toned it down'' from the real thing.
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* [[Ancient Rome]]
* [[Badass Boast]]: "I have existed from the morning of the world and I shall exist until the last star falls from the night. Although I have taken the form of Gaius Caligula, I am all men as I am no man and therefore I am a God."
* [[Captain Obvious]]: Despite torturing and killing several people, not to mention making his horse Incitatus a senator, it's only after Caligula declares himself a god in front of the senate Longinus exclaims "he's mad!"
** In fairness, the stuff Caligula had done until that point was apparently ''less'' crazy than what Tiberus had been doing in his final years. Declaring himself a god was probably the first sign that he was truly delusional, as opposed to just being a tyrant.
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* [[Den of Iniquity]]: Tiberius's mansion.
* [[Depraved Bisexual]]: Caligula.
* [[Driven to Suicide]] {{spoiler|Nerva,}} who has had enough of Tiberius's reign and can't bear the fact Caligula will be the next emperor.
* [[Droit du seigneur]]: Caligula exercises his right by {{spoiler|raping both Proculus and his new wife}}, [[Moral Event Horizon|a pretty sickening thing to do]].
* [[Epic Movie]]: Possibly the only [[Epic Movie]] (and the only movie starring Malcolm Mcdowell, Helen Mirren, Peter O' Toole and Sir John Gielgud) to feature unsimulated hardcore sex.
<!--* [[Euroshlock]]: Its writer was American, but its director, setting and filming-location were Italian, and its actors were British. And its producer was American but of Italian descent. Therefore, it counts.-->
* [[Everythings Funkier With Disco]]: The sound track is a combination of the kind of bombastic classical music you
* [[Fan Disservice]]: And HOW!
▲* [[A God Am I]]: "''Aye!''" "''Aye!''" "''Baaaah!''" "''Baaaah!''"
* [[Gorn]]
* [[Heroic BSOD]]/[[Villainous Breakdown]]: Depending on your character interpretation of Caligula, he suffers one of these following the death of {{spoiler|Drusilla}}.
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* [[Rage Against the Heavens]]: Caligula trashes the statue of Isis after {{spoiler|Druscilla dies of the fever}}.
* [[Scenery Porn]]: Say what you will about what's happening in the film, many of the sets are rather beautiful.
** And in the case of the orgy scene, it takes on [[
* [[Schizo-Tech]]: Wow, they never taught us in history class that the Romans had a giant wall/car/thing with lawnmower blades on the bottom that could move forwards and [[Off
* [[The Starscream]]: Longinus. Macro is set up to be this early in the film, but Caligula decides that he's too much of a potential liability and disposes of him.
* [[Take That]]: According to MalcolmMcDowell's commentary track on the DVD, the scene where Caligula lines people up and has Gemellus identify the culprit who killed Tiberius, was a jab at Guccione who did something similar after one of the dancers shoved one of the Penthouse Pets.
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** Making matters worse, according to Malcolm McDowell it was real vomit.
* [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity]]
* [[Your Head Asplode]]: {{spoiler|A baby's head is smashed on a staircase.}} Something the [[IMDb]] [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080491/parentalguide Parental Guide] makes sure to mark as "[[Gorn|UNRATED VERY BLOODY]] [[Nightmare Fuel|DISTURBING]].
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