Talk:Caligula
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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
What was the outcome of the court case mentioned above? Who sued whom? AxelBoldt
Comment about "the hard-core XXX rating" removed, as there is no such movie rating in the MPAA system.
I'm detecting a very non-encylopedic, almost conversational tone to much of this article. Could use a good copyedit, but I'm a bit too busy today to tackle it personally... Radagast 16:20, Mar 18, 2004 (UTC)
Removed entry stating confusion around next emperor was due to Caligula being first assasinated emperor. Julius Caesar would have to be the first if I am not crazy.
- But wasn't Julius Caesar dictator for life, and not emperor?--Lucky13pjn 02:16, Oct 22, 2004 (UTC)
- That is correct. Augustus was the first Emperor. -- Bean 14:46, Nov 25, 2004 (UTC)
Confusing!
The paragraph giving Caligula's lineage starting "His father was son to..." is terribly, terribly confusing. Someone who's familiar with the dynasty should re-write this without all of the indirection. i.e. "His paternal grandmother was daughter to Marcus Antonius and Octavia" might become "His paternal grandmother's parents were Marcus Antonius and Octavia". Or perhaps trim the lineage down a bit to begin with.
Caesar or Augustus?
It depends on your perspective. From *our* perspective Augustus was the first emperor buuuuuuuuut from the perspective of people of that time (Suetonius, St. John [Revelation 17:10]) the first emperor was Julius Caesar.