FRI SEP 29, 2023 7:00 PM CALIGULA: THE ULTIMATE CUT $17.00 Aero Theatre sponsored by NEON | Beyond Fest 2023 West Coast Premiere! Q&A with actor Malcolm McDowell. Moderated by critic/historian Stephen Farber. Introduction by writer/historian Thomas Negovan. Screening courtesy of Vitagraph Films Tickets are no longer on sale for this event.
ABOUT THE FILM: Shadowed by the murder of his entire family, the young, wary Caligula (Malcolm McDowell) eliminates his devious adoptive grandfather (Peter O’Toole) and seizes control of the declining Roman Empire, descending into a spiral of depravity, destruction, and madness. A treatise on the corrupting influence of power, this extensive reconstruction of the notorious 1980 spectacle, CALIGULA: THE ULTIMATE CUT restores the complete performances of McDowell and Helen Mirren, as the promiscuous Caesonia, from an unprecedented amount of never before seen footage. With John Gielgud, amid sumptuous designs by two-time Oscar winner Danilo Donati. An official selection of the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. FORMAT: DCP DISTRIBUTOR: Vitagraph Films COUNTRY: USA