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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.
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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!''"
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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 with His Head|decapitate people]] buried up to their necks in the dirt in front of it!
* [[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.
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