![]() ![]() Yes, I knew it had an X rating, but I had also seen The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, And Her Lover many years ago and figured I was in for a somewhat disturbing but artistically sound production that may never have gotten the respect it truly deserves. So I decided to take a chance with the 1979 movie Caligula starring Malcolm McDowell as the depraved emperor of Rome. But I realize that many of these epics, out of necessity, often play around with the historical facts either for dramatic effect or to bolster the screenplay or God knows what. A lush, sweeping historical epic about mankind's long-suppressed dream of freedom and one courageous man who led a revolt against the mighty Roman Republic and almost got away with it. ![]() Take Stanley Kubrick's Spartacus, for example. "If I ever really get mad at Gore Vidal, I'll publish his script." - Tinto Brass I love movies based on ancient historical events.
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